I'm a full member of Cheap Trick in all respects. Solely as an accommodation to some of the band members, I reluctantly agreed to take a temporary hiatus from touring.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Cheap Trick has played with every band on the planet.
I'm still involved in the business of Cheap Trick, so I keep my eye on that kind of stuff.
I am the extreme member of the band because I never go out after the show. It's my rule.
It's the first time I have returned to my roots - like going back to be a trio. The fans really wanted me to go back on stage and do the Supremes music, so I went about trying to make it happen. We'll go on tour in the summer.
I decided we should book ourselves, so I started booking the band.
I won't join another band again.
I toured a lot in the U.K. and Europe solo for a lack of funds, really. I left people I'd been playing with for years at home, just because I couldn't afford it.
The rest of the band were basically friends, So it was me following them around and begging them to let me be in their band for two or three years. And they finally let me in on the harmonica, actually, and then the keyboards, and finally the guitar.
As far as Cheap Trick albums, I like the Red Ant record, which is just called 'Cheap Trick,' from 1997; that's my second-favorite album.
I've always just given myself to the band, if you know what I mean, and been busy with that.