Band members have a special bond. A great band is more than just some people working together. It's like a highly specialized army unit, or a winning sports team. A unique combination of elements that becomes stronger together than apart.

My lifelong friend and mentor Frank Barsalona is gone. And the music business as we knew it went with him.

I have lost a brother and a best friend. The world has lost one of the greatest actors of all time.

Being a rock 'n' roll star ain't a part-time gig.

Let the wealthier countries and corporations of the world fund an Emergency Organization.

I know what it takes to make a band, how they should interact, what makes a record sound like it's a band - everything having to do with a band, I happen to be into.

Within three hours of a disaster event there should be a recon damage assessment of the infrastructure and an educated guess as to the casualties and degree of imminent human peril. Then make the airdrops of supplies and personnel. Simultaneously, Seabees would be dropped in, with lights and generators, to begin rescue efforts.