J-TELL US ABOUT HEARTLESS..AND HOW YOU HOOKED UP W/THEM ..
K-WELL SEE THAT’S WHAT WAS GOING ON.. FRED GALOPA.. MANAGED HEARTLESS.. AND ACTUALLY STILL MANAGES ME NOW.. HE WAS THE OWNER OF THE ROCKET CLUB.. THE WORLD FAMOUS ROCKET CLUB. WHEN ALL THE BAD STUFF WAS HAPPENING TO JULLIET.. WELL I DON’T WANNA SAY BAD STUFF WAS HAPPENING TO JULLIET....IT WAS HAPPENING TO ALL THE BANDS, IN OUR KIND OF MUSIC.. FROM US TO GREAT WHITE.. TO WHITE LION.. RATT TO MOTLEY.. EVERYONE WAS GETTING IT…PEARL JAM AND ALL THAT WAS COMING IN..IT JUST WASN’T WHAT WE DID..AND LIKE I SAID..CAPITAL PULLED JULLIET OFF THE ROAD AND WAS READY FOR US TO START MAKING A SECOND RECORD,WHICH WE ALL THOUGHT WAS A TERRIBLE IDEA..CAUSE AT THAT TIME WE WERE SELLING RECORDS, AND WE WERE ON THE ROAD..AND DOING GREAT..THEY FELT THEY WERE NOT PART OF THE 1ST ALBUM AND WANTED US TO DO THE SECOND…SO DURING ALL THAT..FRED IS CALLING ME DOWN IN FLORIDA..SAYING COME BACK TO FLORIDA….I GOT A PROJECT FOR YOU,EVERYTHING WILL BE BETTER HERE, WE HAVE A RECORDING STUDIO…I WOULD HAVE ALL THE FREEDOM IN THE WORLD AND AT THE TIME HE WAS SAYING ALL THESE THINGS TO ME…EVERYONE IN L.A. AND THE NEW RECORD COMPANY WAS SAYING DO THIS..DO THAT…DO THIS…FRED WAS OFFERING ME COMPLETE FREEDOM,AND THAT’S WHAT WAS IMPORTANT.SO FINALLY I BROKE DOWN AND MOVED BACK TO FLORIDA..AND EVERYTHING HE PROMISED ME WAS TRUE..SOME OF THE STUFF I DID W/HEARTLESS WAS BEING PREPARED TO BE ON THE JULLIET 2ND ALBUM..

J-THAT’S WHAT I WAS GOING TO ASK NEXT…..SO DID U ACTUALLY RELEASE CD’S W/HEARTLESS?
K-ACTUALLY..CD’S..W/HEARTLESS..NO..I DIDN’T RELEASE CDS W/HEARTLESS…THEY HAD RELEASED A CD BEFORE ME..BUT EVERYTHING..OR ANYTHING PEOPLE HAVE THAT HEARTLESS RECORDED…WAS DEMOS..WE DIDN’T ACTUALLY RELEASE ANYTHING.. (J-I HAVE THESE CD’S AVAILABLE FOR SALE..THEY ARE AWESOME..AND SURE DON’T SOUND LIKE DEMO RECORDINGS…LET ME KNOW IF YOUR INTERESTED IN ANY---->)


J-OK..WHAT LET TO THE BREAK UP OF HEARTLESS…?
K-ONCE AGAIN IT WAS…

J-WELL ACTUALLY YOU CHANGED YOUR NAME FROM HEARTLESS TO DYING BREED..AND IT WAS THE SAME LINE-UP…
K-WELL ACTUALLY..WE NEVER REALLY CHANGED THE NAME..WE CHANGED THE NAME CAUSE THE BAND DID A SHOWCASE IN NEW YORK..W/THE OLD SINGER..AND THEY DIDN’T WANNA GO BACK YA KNOW..AND TRY AND BRING OUT PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT LABELS UNDER THE SAME NAME..CAUSE A LOT OF THE LABELS HAD ALREADY SEEN THE BAND W/THE OTHER SINGER..SO IT WAS KINDA LIKE..LETS CHANGE THE NAME SO THEY WONT BE LIKE…OH WE’VE ALREADY SEEN THEM…CAUSE THEY HADN’T SEEN US..CAUSE WE WERE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT W/ME BECAUSE I WAS DEFINATLY THE SONGWRITER IN HEARTLESS...(J-AND YES I HAVE SOME HEARTLESS & DYING BREED VIDEO TOO..FROM PROSHOTS..TO TV APPEARANCES..TO CLUB SHOWS...EMAIL ME..)

J-AND WHAT FINALLY LED TO THE BREAK UP OF THE LINEUP?
K-WELL I TELL YA..ONCE AGAIN..IT WAS ME LEAVING…I DON’T WANNA KEEP SAYING IT LIKE IM A QUITTER..BY ANY MEANS CAUSE IM NOT..AND I DON’T MEAN THIS IN ANY KIND OF DEROGATORY STATEMENT…..OTHER PEOPLE GAVE UP..SO IM NOT WILLING TO HANG AROUND WHILE OTHER PEOPLE ARNT GIVING IT THERE ALL..CAUSE IM NOT GONNA STOP PLAYING MUSIC..

J-DO YOU TALK TO ANY OF THOSE MEMBERS..AND DO YOU KNOW WHERE ANY OF THEM ARE?
K-I TALK TO CHRISTAN..THE BASS PLAYER..I TALK TO DEAN THE DRUMMER PROBLEY 6 OR 7 MONTHS AGO…TOMMY IS IN LAUDERDALE..AND I TALK TO BILLY VIA EMAIL..HES IN CONNECTICUT…BUT NONE OF THEM ARE IN MUSIC..THAT I KNOW OF THEY COULD BE…I KNOW BILLY ISNT,AND I KNOW TOMMY ISNT..MAYBE THEY ARE DOING IT AS A HOBBY..BUT I DON’T WANNA SPEAK FOR THEM, THEY DEFINATLEY DIDN’T WANNA KEEP GOING HARD LIKE I WANTED TO..
 

J-OK..NOW ONTO THE PRESENT…AS EVERYONE CAN SEE…YOU’VE BEEN DOING ROCK N ROLL THE WHOLE TIME W/NO BREAKS..DO YOU EVER THINK IVE HAD ENOUGH..I DON’T WANNA DO THIS ANYMORE?
K-NEVER ENTERS MY MIND…
 

J-OK..AND WHAT ARE YOU CURRENTLY UP TO?
K-RIGHT NOW….WELL IN THE LAST 4 YRS. IVE PLAYED 1,200 SHOWS..WHICH TO ME IS REMARKABLE THAT I CAN EVEN SPEAK TO YOU RIGHT NOW..AND IVE BEEN RECORDING THE WHOLE TIME, AND IVE SAID THISFOR THE LAST 2 YEARS..THE NEW ALBUM WILL BE DONE PROBABLY THE END OF JANUARY.. BEGINNING OF FEBRUARY.. WE HAD TO CHANGE STUDIOS CAUSE WE WERE UNHAPPY..WHICH DID CAUSE A DELAY, BUT IT SPAWNED 2 NEW SONGS SO IT WAS WORTH THE WAIT.

J-THAT’S WHAT I WAS GOING TO ASK NEXT..HOW OFTEN DO YOU PLAY OUT LIVE…?
K-ALL THE TIME…ALLL THE TIME…

J-AND DO YOU STILL PLAY JULLIET AND HEARTLESS SONGS?
K-ABSOLUTELY…I CONSIDER THOSE MY SONGS.. AND WHEN PEOPLE COME TO SEE ME PLAY.. THAT’S WHAT THEY REALLY WANT..

J-ALSO I SEE THAT YOU PLAY GUITAR ABOUT 50% OF THE TIME LIVE NOW..WHY DIDN’T YOU PLAY MORE IN JULLIET?
K-WELL…I DID ON “LOVE CAN CHANGE YOU” AND “CHIP AWAY” BUT I DON’T KNOW…I PLAY GUITAR AND PIANO..THAT’S HOW I WRITE MY SONGS, BUT I PICKED IT UP FOR A COUPLE OF THE SONGS.AS IVE GROWN AND AGED.. AND MATURED AS A PERSON AND A MUSICIAN MADE ME WANNA PERSUE IT EVEN MORE….I LOVE PLAYING GUITAR ON STAGE..

J-YA I HAD NO IDEA..ALL THE YEARS I SAW HEARTLESS..AND DYING BREED..IT WOULD BE ACOUSTICLY ONCE IN A WHILE..BUT YOU CAN REALLY PLAY!
K- YA I CAN PLAY..MY ONLY COME BACK TO THAT IS…HOW DO YOU THINK I WROTE THE SONGS?