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http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/uponsu ... gadeth.phpNow, as far as me getting ready to work on the next record. I got really excited when we were out on Gigantour. That's when I started to really get the fire in my belly. So we did the record for Universal, and you know, there's no secret that there were some weird problems during production with John Kay coming and going.
Great guy, um, tremendous respect for him, but kinda like the chain came off the bicycle a couple times during the process.
And I love the record, I think it's great. It's one of those polarizing records, though, where people listen to one song and evaluate the whole record off it; which is kinda dumb. But I like it. There's some great stuff on there from Chris and John too. I know they have more stuff they've written, it's just a matter of when the time is right.
There are certain times you have a great riff but you can't put a song around it, it's really weird, I don't know if you are a musician or not. But at that time you just can't fit it. They've got a ton of stuff. It's kinda like when the Iditarod is starting and you have these massive snow dogs that are ready to just run, and somebody has to keep everybody from running in different directions.
With all that strength and power, somebody needs to know how to keep things going in a forward motion if you want things to be successful. I don't confess to be the one with the breaks on or anything because these guys all know the difference between a good part and a great part, and the cool thing is that they can't help but come up with good parts. It's how we decide between the four of us to see what is good and what is great.