| 1. What are you currently up
to? |
Right now I'm working on finishing up my first solo album. It will
have Michael Foster playing drums, Bruce Waibel playing bass, and
yours truly playing guitar, keys, and singing all vocals. It's in the
same direction as song #7 ("I'm In Love This Time") off of the
FireHouse O2 album...... melodic rock with a southern feel.
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| 2. What has been the highlight(s) and lowpoint(s) of your career to
date? |
Highlight - Winning the American Music Award in 1991 for best new hard
rock/heavy metal band. Low point hasn't happened since it wasn't that
long ago that I was cleaning out garbage dumpsters for a
living.Everything in my music career has been awesome compared to
that.
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| 3. Who have been your biggest influences on your career? |
For a complete list, please visit my website: www.LEVERTY.com , but
to name a few: Eddie Van Halen, Michael Schenker, Scorpions, Jeff
Beck, Allan Holdsworth, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Allman Brothers, Joe Satriani
and Stevie Wonder.
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| 4. Which songs give you the most pleasure to sing live?
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I really love them all, but any time I sing lead vocals I get the
most pleasure in singing. Other then those rare moments, "All She
Wrote" and "Reach For The Sky" are 2 of my favorites.
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| 5.
Have you ever considered doing a solo album? What style would you
like it to take?
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Yes, as I said in question #1, I'll have my first solo album ready
very soon.
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| 6. Are Firehouse working on a new album? Any song titles/songs ready
to go yet?
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We're writing now, but we don't have any titles that we can share at
this time.
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| 7. How did the Metal Edge tour go? What was the highlight(s) for you?
Would Firehouse like to be part of a package tour again?
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It was awesome. We had such a great time sharing the stage with so
many great bands that have influenced us over the years. We got to
meet some great musicians like Barry Sparks. He's even helped us out
by playing a few gigs with us. He's absolutely amazing.
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| 8. Firehouse started just at the end of the 80's metal scene and just
as grunge was breaking. Did you ever consider a change of style as
you were afairly new band or were you convinced you could still make
an impact in your style of music? How easy was it to get exposure via
radio and gigs?
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We thought about trying to jump on that band wagon, sure, but it
didn't take us long to realize that we needed to be true to ourselves
as artists and not try to be something that we're not. Airplay and
exposure is much harder to get these days, but we're playing music
that we really enjoy and still keep recording new albums.
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| 9. Outside of business, what do you enjoy doing in your free time?
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I play ice hockey. It's very dangerous, but it is the greatest sport
in the world and I can't live without it!!
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| 10. Message for your
fans... |
Thanks so much for sticking with FireHouse for so many years. Please
visit our websites, and check out my solo album when it comes out.
Thanks again for your support...........
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