The voices on the record, that was trying to treat my voice like guitar players treat guitar tones.

When 5150 came out rock was king. Post Nirvana and Pearl Jam 1996 is a different story.

We weren't One Hit Wonders. We had a few hits.

The voices on the record, that was trying to treat my voice like guitar players treat guitar tones.

When I was in Van Halen I was hitting notes that were out of my range. I never went for those registers before until Eddie pulled it out of me.

In my writing with Extreme, there are heavy themes. The cover photo has me with a gun to my neck. I am not advocating suicide. I am taking the philosophy that man is the measure of his own fate.

Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years.