| 1. What are you currently up
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I was just in Sweden to meet up with Bruce Springsteen and Little
Steven and I am working on a solo album for the moment.
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| 2.
What has been the highlight(s) and lowpoints(s) of your career
to date?
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Probably too many to mention but let's try. My first solo deal with
Virgin and Sony were high points. Crown of Thorns debut not being
released in the US, a low point. Meeting so many great musicians,
fans, journalists through out my career, a high point. No follow up
to Voodoo X the Awakening, a low point......
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| 3. How did the recent UK tour go?
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It was a lot of fun. I think the promoter could have done a better
job of letting the fans know about the shows, but nevertheless, The
fans were great and it was a blast for us to be back on the road
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| 4. What were your personal highlights?
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Seeing familiar faces and getting a chance to rock hard again!!!!
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| 5. The new Crown of Thorns album 'Karma', continues a long line of
fine releases. What are your personal highlights on the album? How easy/difficult do you find it to come up with new song ideas for
each album?
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Thanks alot, my personal favorites change but for the moment,
Believer, Til you had Enough, Once in my Life, My Sweet Lord.
I always worry before I start. Somehow the ideas just come when they need to. I'm lucky for this reason. I just hope it continues!!!!
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| 6. Who have been your main musical influences? Anyone you would
like to work with in the future?
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I'm kind of an classic rock guy. The Stones, Led Zepp.., Bad Co,
Beatles. All the greats. I also was a fan of the great Motown stuff
as well. I have very wide taste actually. As far as who I'd like to
with, Bowie, Bryan Adams, Aerosmith and many others. There are also
some very cool new bands that I would like to work with as well.
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| 7. You also run a successful solo career in tandem with Crown of
Thorns. Do you make an effort to have a distinct change in musical
style between the two or does it just come out of the writing?
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Crown of Thorns is a hard rock band to me so we do experiment but try
to maintain our sound. With the solo records, I feel I can further to
the left or right. Try anything I want. I'm actually going through
this in my mind right now as I am writing my next solo record.
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| 8. Outside of business, what do you enjoy doing in your free time?
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To tell you the truth, I don't have much free time. I spend most of
it in the studio but when I do, I love watching films, I like riding
horses, I do Martial arts, Kick Boxing and I like travelling.
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| 9.How did the original Crown of Thorns line-up come about?
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I ran into Micki and Tony Thompson several times in the past years
and we always talked about doing a band. I got a solo offer from
Interscope and I told them that I would prefer to make a band album.
I called Paul and told him about it, he called Gene and they told me
they would really like to be involved.
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| 10. Message to your fans...
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Thanks for being there for us. We'll never forget!!!
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