IE: And you kind of you assume that
your significant other will go along with
your moods and wait. But it didn’t hap-
pen like that with your missus?
TRO: Yeah It’s very hard if you choose a
role in life where you’re away a lot, basi-
cally. You could be I a band, or you could
be in the army, or you could be working
night shifts or away on an oil rig. When
the same place now, and it’s all good. So
you adjust, I suppose, don’t you? I recog-
nize the marital strife that a lot of people
go through now, and I never want to be
self-indulgent about it. Because I felt it
deeply, and still do But your normality
changes into new systems, new ways of
working. So I came out of this a much bet-
ter person, a much better father, much
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you’re not living your life together for big
chunks of time, things fall apart. So that
was kind of hard for me, and a very steep
price to pay. And I found it hard and still
do. more aware of myself, and engaged with
other people. I have my priorities much
more in order than I ever did, so out of
that difficult situation, a lot of good did
eventually come.
IE: Did you go through clinical depres-
sion during all this?
TRO: I dunno. I’ve never been diagnosed
with it, but I’ve definitely had tendencies
in that direction for maybe 25 years. And
I hadn’t really recognized that or dealt
with it until the last three or four years,
and that was difficult for the other guys
in the band. Now I’m much better at
keeping that stuff in check. IE: Grace Slick once told me that —
since people are living longer, healthier
lives now — that old concept of staying
with one person, forever and ever,
Amen, no longer holds true. You may
wind up with two or three life partners
along the path.
TRO: Yeah. Well, it’s a big subject. But I
think that the sooner we stop selling the
impossible fairy tale of falling in love at
18 and everything is a blissful dream for
the next 70 years, well, I mean, it’s not
impossible. People do it, and I really
respect the work that goes into it. But for
the many, many people that that doesn’t
work out for, to feel judged by society
TRO: Obviously, you moved out. But
where did you go? Did you crash at your
studio, Sea Fog?
TRO: Yeah. Pretty much. I lived above my
studio for a few months. But I’m still in
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