Not only was it enough to be a cover band, it was perhaps the highest calling. After all, if you could play music recorded by others, stay true to the original, and still add fire and flare, why not?
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Well, we didn't have our original drummer on our last record. And most of that album was not played as a band in the studio. It was mostly the world of computers and overdubs. There was very few things played live or worked out as a band.
I would've loved to have been in a band, but sadly I just wasn't good enough.
My only general rule was to steer away from things I played with the band over the past couple of tours. I was interested in re-shaping the Rising material for live shows, so people could hear the bare bones of that.
That's probably half the reason I wanted to be in a band - I wanted to see the world.
There was never going to be a right time for a band that was still recording and had health in its environment, had made a very good record and was playing well.
One of the main things we learned as a band in those days was not to be the headliner.
If I think about the way I was drawn into the music, it was much more by recordings than by live performances.
My first band, Kid Wicked, we did half covers and half originals.
How do you possibly say that a cover band is better than the band that created and wrote the material? It's absurd.
I feel so lucky to have been in a group where it was a real band. This wasn't a singer and guitar player and some other guys.