I started out myself rather late you see, I was 18.

Shortly after that, we got management problems over in England, and Judas Priest asked me to join.

I never took a lesson until I was 20, and I'm glad I had those years living the life of a normal person. I don't consider that time wasted.

My vocal ability is very limited, but I'm fortunate in that I can write the songs around my vocal limitations.

It was about working with other musicians, but more than that it's about exploring musical areas that you could never do with the band you're in, in my case Judas Priest. You could tackle musical areas and lyrical areas that wouldn't be appropriate for Priest.

We love not just Judas Priest music, but we love heavy metal and we love to get out on that stage every night and perform. It's a joy to be able to do it.

Too much down time makes us miss home.