It's time I get back to my interviews.. hopefully for the new year, I can keep up.
This month, is Stacey Blades from Roxx Gang..
Through the years I've become friends with Stacey.. not only is he a great guitar player.. but a great guy also!
So if your in the L.A. area..make sure you go check him out!

First off we are going to go back to the Roxx Gang stuff.. and how did you hook up with those guys?
This would be going back to about late 92' I remember they had an ad in Metal Edge Magazine and I saw that they were looking for a guitar player and I had there record, I jumped on the first opportunity to take advantage of that.. I called the ad, talked to the manager, send him a press kit.. and 2 days later they called...

Where were you living?
I was in Toronto..

What bands were you in up there?
At that time the band I had been in had been  together for a couple years.. called Fraidy Cat.. had broken up so.. I really wasn't doing anything ..I was in between bands.. so when I saw the opportunity I  took full advantage of it.. so I flew down. I ended up...the day before I left I got some Beijing Flu, and could barely walk.. my flight was delayed like 5hrs. so I was like great.. if this is any indication of how this audition is going to go...but I went in there and kicked ass. They called me 3 days later and said I got the gig.. so I packed my stuff. 10 years later....

How did everyone get along?
Ummm...Roxx Gang was a definite working environment.. your constantly working..ya know we got along... after a while it became a democracy..ya know... I think that had allot to do with the people.. the band was like a revolving door of members..and towards the end.. I got along.. didn't get along..it was all hear say... but it was definitely all work...

How about the song writing...?
Basically in about 10 years I got to write about 2 songs...so that probely sums up the question..

Ya I interviewed Kevin.. and he seemed very work..work..
Yes it was my this..my this..my this..my band.. my songs.. my this.. my that..
 

What was your favorite recording you did with them..?
Probably "The Voodoo You Love" ..thought that was a really good album, fun recording process.. we did that over at Morisound Studios in Tampa.. had a big budget to work with... god it seems so long ago.. I enjoyed that album..

And what was your least favorite or just didn't sound as good as you would have liked?
Mojo Gurus..

That's..great.. that's my favorite..and my least favorite also..hahaha..
Still do this day don't understand what Kevin was trying to achieve with that.. I hated making the record..it was a nightmare. I don't think I've listened to it since its been recorded..

How about the Mojo Gurus? How did you like playing that style of music?
I hated it..absolutley hated it.. one of the big reasons I left this band.. besides personal. and creative differences. was the band had really, really lost directions far as I was concerned, on trying to reinventing ourselves, and I felt we took two steps back instead of a step forward.. and I just still to this day don't understand the reasoning for that whole mojo thing...

I was like do one or the other.. I didn't understand seeing Mojo Gurus open for Roxx Gang..
I hated it.. I didn't get it.. I hated playing that stuff.. no one got it. If Kevin wants to be a Muddy Waters cover band.. or a blues band. go to Memphis.. or Tennessee. where its appreciated..ya know..

What else is going on in Stacey's World...