This months interview is with one of the hardest working guys out there....
Between books, drumming clinics, and videos, tons of bands through the years,
and even a fitness guru... there isn't much left for him to cover...
So here he is...
Bobby Rock.........

J-Ok...first off, lets rewind to the good ol' days:
One of the first times I recall seeing you was in the band Vinnie Vincent Invasion…how did you hook up with those guys?

B-I was out on the road in another band at the time and had heard that Vinnie was going to be auditioning drummers.  Someone else knew that Dana Strum (Vinnie's bassist at the time) was coordinating things, so they actually gave me Dana's number.  So I called, talked up a storm on his answering machine and he agreed to let me come on out to LA to try out.

J-Also, that's not Mark Slaughter on the album...but he's in the video???

B-Yeah, Robert Fleischman did the first record but things didn't work out beyond that.  Mark was hired after the fact, then came in as a permanent band member and did the video, tour and everything else, as well as the second record.
 

J-How was it working with Vinnie?

B-He was an interesting character...let's put it that way.  I actually got
along with him pretty good, though.


J-Any good road stories?

B-It was during the decadent mid to late-eighties at the height of the glam
metal era...every road story was a good one!


J-Did everyone in that band get along?

B-For the most part, yes, although towards the end there was somewhat of a
strife between Vinnie and the rest of us due to a lot misunderstandings and
so forth.  But even at its worst, we all did okay.

J-How many albums did you play on with them?

B-Two - the self-titled debut and "All Systems Go."


J-What ended up happening with VVI?

B-We split up at the end of the second tour.
 

J-Do you still talk to any of the guys?

B-Mark Slaughter pretty regularly, Dana Strum on occasion and, unfortunately,
Vinnie Vincent never.  He seems to have vanished.

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