CINDERELLA Guitarist: 'I Would Love To Do Another Record With The Band'

Scott Cronick of The Press of Atlantic City recently conducted an interview with CINDERELLA guitarist guitarist Jeff LaBar. An excerpt from the chat follows:

Q: It's 20 years. Did you ever think it would last this long?

Jeff: "No. Actually, I'm a little surprised. But when we set off with CINDERELLA, it was our goal not to be a flash in the pan but to be a long-lasting member of the rock community like the STONES and AEROSMITH. I'm not claiming to be there, but it is awesome to be around this long and still have as many fans as we do that really enjoy seeing us and hearing us."

Q: Fans of CINDERELLA always say the band was wrongly labeled as a 'hair metal" band, yet you still go on the road and tour with bands that are or were clearly hair metal. Is it just too late to try to avoid it?

Jeff: "I don't know we're trying to avoid anything. We are who we are. If people think we stand out as being better than so-called 'hair metal' bands, that's awesome. I appreciate that. But we were popular during that time and dressed the part, too. We were doing what it took to be popular at that time. And we enjoy touring with other bands that were popular at that time.

"With POISON, it's very cool, because we're two of the only bands that have all of our original members. And we all go way back. We did our first tour together opening for a Japanese band called LOUDNESS.

"So as far as being bunched in that whole '80s thing, that's who we are, and we're OK with that. At the time, it was cool and awesome. It's a derogatory term after the fact."

Q: Will CINDERELLA ever put out new material?

Jeff: "Who knows? We have a ton of material that we never played live and never released. And we're not about to go on a tour like this and start playing that stuff because while it would be cool for a die-hard fan to hear that, the average fans wants to hear our hits and see us rock as hard as we can.

"As far as something new, only time will tell. I would love to do another record with the band. But we would have to get with record companies and see who would be interested. I've been working with the band NAKED BEGGARS with Eric and his wife — we have two records. Tom has been working on a solo record. I played on some demos for that record a long time ago, so I'm not sure what's left from those sessions. But I am looking forward to him releasing that. And Fred does a lot of stuff from dance remixes to video games to cartoons. He's even acting. We all keep busy."

Read the entire interview at www.pressofatlanticcity.com.