JP: Is the writing a collaborative effort?
RG: You know what, it is becoming that. I’ll explain myself real quick. When we
first got in the band, when we first decided to do this, Polo had almost all of
“Karma” laying around. Now some parts have been changed. Some five-minute
songs have become three-minute songs. As a whole, Polo has had these things
laying around for a couple of years. We worked on them together and we
changed and wrote and rewrote, but a lot of this record when it comes to the
writing, the credit needs to be given to Polo Staber. The new material is a
collaborative effort.
JP: You have a new video coming out. What song is that for?
RG: “Hell to Pay”, which was the first single off of the record, which was
mastered by BILL LEVERTY of FIREHOUSE. We were able to wrap that up while
we were on tour. We took two days and rolled into Kentucky, where it was
twenty degrees and raining. We got rained out the first day, and got up the next
day to a nicer day--about 35 or 40 degrees--for some Florida boys with cutoff
shorts (laughing}. It came out really, really well. We’re very pleased with the
effort everybody put forth.
JP: At ION Indie Magazine, we were privileged to have access and write a
review of your new CD, “Karma”. How would you best describe the sound you
have created on the CD for those who haven’t heard it?
RG: I would like to think of it as
Newmachine at its best. I’d like to think
it’s a little different than anything and
everything that’s coming out, yet has
the same nuances that everyone will
like. I think if you’re kind of the 80’s
throwback hair/metal type, you’re going
to relate to it…if you like the FOO
FIGHTERS, THREE DOORS DOWN, that
kind of thing. I keep hearing like the
modern-day SCORPIONS. I’ve had a
couple of people come up and say that to
me.