The music of my youth. The sounds of all those AC/DC influenced bands that came out in the mid to late 80's... LA Guns, Kix, Faster Pussycat, Junkyard, Cinderella, Britny Fox, Guns N' Roses... that is the stuff that influences the music we make. We also tip our hats to Skid Row, Hanoi Rocks, New York Dolls, Kiss, Poison, Ramones and Motorhead.

Many, many hours of watching Headbanger's Ball.

KISS was the first to really turn my head, but it was Stryper that made me really say that this is what I'm going to do.

The lyrics to "No Pool Party Tonite" by my old band, The Huntingtons, tells the story nicely.

Hard rock/sleaze metal with glam tendencies first popularized by many of the bands I listed in my answer to the first question. We don't fit in with the popular sounds of the modern day, but there is a burgeoning underground for this kinda thing that's been goin' on for a few years now. Regardless of what may or may not happen with that burgeoning underground, this is the music we will continue making. Y'know... the older I get, the more I insist on playing the music that made me want to play music in the first place.

Stand By Me is my all-time favorite movie followed closely by The Neverending Story, Narnia, Rocky Balboa, High Fidelity and Dark Crystal. My favorite songs are "The Lust, The Flesh, The Eyes & The Pride Of Life" by the 77's and "Room At The Top" by Tom Petty. My favorite book is my guide through this life--it will take me all the way to the next--and that is the Holy Bible. I also really, REALLY love the various works of Frank Peretti, the Vampire Chronicles series by Anne Rice, the entire Chronicles Of Narnia series and Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis and Please Kill Me by Legs McNeil & Gillian McCain. My favorite food is Chef Boyardee Pizza. My favorite gum is Trident. My favorite dog is the red, short-haired dachshund.

We haven't toured yet... we start touring in June of [2008]. For the first two months of our tour we'll be with a very well known artist named Michael Drive. He's the lead singer of the fantastic 80's metal band, Barren Cross. He's a real talent with a huge voice and great stage presence.

I'd love to share the stage with Stryper. I really would. Other bands I'd love to play with would be LA Guns, Kix and The Donnas.

It's a double-edged sword, really. I love the idea of people being able to hear our stuff... to be able to circumvent the radio or MTV world and still find an audience. More and more people are downloading entire albums straight into their iPods. The cd medium may be dying soon and once that happens then the only artists that will be able to tour will be big artists. Selling cds at the show is one of the main things that makes it possible for smaller artists such as ourselves to continue. If that goes away then we will only be left with selling t-shirts or whatever and, to me, that seems less effective of a proposition.

Well, we've already begun the writing process for the next one. We've got two rockers and one ballad. The rockers are thick and dirty, very sleazy sounding and great. The ballad shows a lot of promise so far. We're hoping to record our next album this August and have it released in early '09.

Late to bed and late to rise!

Oh, but there's so many live ones I'd like to meet! Hmmm... a dead person. I think I'd like to meet Johnny Ramone and just simply thank him for being who he was.

Well, I'm hoping that people will bow out of the technological race and embrace an older way of life, but the majority of people out there seldom make those kinds of choices. I see a future of cars being made without cd players. They'll be made for the iPod or whatever the next thing is. I see a world that will make people who are now in their early 20's long for the "good ol' days." It is the way the world works. We all have our time and that time passes for each of us.

Robert Sweet, the drummer for Stryper, would be that artist for me. He's a genuine world class drummer and the youth of today has no idea who he is. I've stood in the room while he was tracking drums and he just blew my mind. His talent is still just so mind boggling. The people who know he is have no idea what he is capable of, simply because of the constraints that most of the pop stylings that the music of Stryper has been known for. I kid you not... the man is still every bit as good as Tommy Lee was in his prime!

After I play a show, I prefer there to be no music for several hours. I like to kick back in a restaurant with my wife, band members and some fans and just have a good time talkin' and hangin' out.

Starts in June [2008] and continues through mid-November. We'll begin posting dates in the next few weeks. It's a nationwide USA tour... should be a good time.

Mikey Mayhem is our vocalist and he's a very good vocalist. He's a funny, talkative sort of guy... very genuine. Josho, our drummer, is very mellow and easy to be around. Aaron, our bassist, is funny and often distant... he never really lets you know what he's thinkin'. We've been together now, in various incarnations, since early '06. Finding the right guys, guys that will go the distance, is a very difficult thing to accomplish. The current lineup will probably change again and that's fine. We'll keep forging ahead no matter what.

DrudgeReport, ChristianMetalRealm and Myspace would probably be among the sites I frequent the most as of late. I also really love the mighty Metal Sludge, but it doesn't get updated much anymore.

I've been really thankful for [both] the good and the bad. The good reviews make me feel good and the bad reviews make me determined to rock more on the next record. You can't impress everyone, no matter how hard you try. Some people get what we do and some don't and that's okay. That fact that people are taking the time to post their thoughts about what we're doing is a good thing... a very good thing and I'm really grateful for it.

That the Bible is true.