This months "Where the Hell U Been" is with guitar player Mick Sweda..from
King Kobra..and then onto Bullet Boys.. Mick has some great new solo stuff he is
releasing
through his website..so make sure you check it out! I've always been a big fan
of Bullet Boys..
and am glad Mick is still playing..so here he is! Mick Sweda!
J-You were in the band King Kobra before Bullet Boys..
how did you hook up with them?
M-I was thinking of quitting LA and Carmine Appice walked into a record store I
was working in and I got the gig.
J-How many cds did you release with them?
M-Two with Capitol, a soundtrack tune and I think I have some parts on a cd of
demos he put out.
J-What was it like in that band? Did everyone get along? Was there a lot of
fighting?
M-No, the band itself was a very calm experience compared to others I know of
but the hierarchy doomed it to pure, abject failure.
J-Do you still talk to any of the members from that band?
M-Not on a regular basis but I could see any of them ten years from now and we'd
get on like it was yesterday. Once we got up and cleaned off.
J-King Kobra was very glam.. do you ever look back at the pictures and think
"what the hell was I thinking?"
M-No, I pushed it as far as I could (without getting my ass kicked) and loved
every second. With the exception of some very tense truck stop moments.
J-How important was the look back then?
M-It was important to look good at all times. Whether or not I did was
irrelevant.
Seems natural, actually.
J-What was the biggest crowd you ever played for in King Kobra?and where?
M-I believe there were around 20, 000 people at a show we did in Acapulco. And
one of them was LaToya Jackson. Don't ask. Mexican security had some nice
automatic weapons onstage though.
