CRASHDIET Drummer Discusses Band's Collaboration With MÖTLEY CRÜE's MICK MARS

Bring Back Glam! recently conducted an interview with CRASHDIET drummer Eric Young. A couple of excerpts follow:

Bring Back Glam!: Let's talk about your new album. How is it coming along?

Eric Young: It's coming along great actually. Next week we'll work to complete five new songs, for a total of eight songs completed, with vocals, arranging and everything. Then, we need a couple more tracks. So, in pretty much one month, it should be done.

Bring Back Glam!: So, the new album will have ten tracks total?

Eric: Exactly.

Bring Back Glam!: Do you have a tentative title for the new album?

Eric: We haven't really nailed down a titled yet. We have a lot of ideas, none of which are decided on.

Bring Back Glam!: Can you tell me about the ideas?

Eric: Well… I don't really have them on my right now. We have about 50 different options. It depends on the outcome of everything. You know, surrounding the album. The photo shoots and everything. The title needs to be something that really sums it up in a good way: striving how we are now, restoring ourselves and ramping ourselves for the future.

Bring Back Glam!: When do you expect the album to be released?

Eric: For Sweden actually, it's planned for September. In Europe, the beginning of next year…something like that.

Bring Back Glam!: Mick Mars of MÖTLEY CRÜE recently traveled to Sweden to help you write some songs. What was that like?

Eric: Well, it was quite amazing (laughs) if you want one word. I don't know. I wasn't actually the guy recording with him. But, Martin (Sweet),our guitarist and songwriter told me a lot about it. He was so excited, meeting a guy that's his idol. Pretty unreal situation. In some ways, it kind of levels out after a while, I mean, they spent the whole day together. At the end of the day, it was like they knew each other quite well. I mean he (Mick Mars) is a person just like you and me. They went along really great. He (Mick) started riffing the second he put his stuff down. He went in the room, sat down, got his guitar out and started riffing. It was…he's just a riff machine that guy. So, we built two or three songs around his riffs. Hopefully, we'll use some of that material on the upcoming album.

Bring Back Glam!: Does this mean Mick will have a writing credit?

Eric: Well, I don't know how that will fall into place. I'm guessing he'll be credited as a co-writer in some way on the album. Just the idea of having Mick Mars helping us out and doing these collaborations is really cool!

Bring Back Glam!: So, who came up with the idea to bring Mick into the recording process?

Eric: Well, that was actually from our record company. I think Mick heard about us in some way. We met up with him — well, not "we," actually — but our record company and his management met when MÖTLEY CRÜE were here. Mick said he would come back to do a writing session. It felt like the most obvious thing for Sweden's most up-and-coming glam rock band. So, I think that was really how it came about.

Bring Back Glam!: What were those first live performances without [late singer] Dave Lepard like?

Eric: It was sort of natural in some ways. We had already rehearsed with the guy (H. Olliver Twisted, new lead singer). We first met him in November. We would hang with him a lot. It wasn't a strange thing at all for us to perform with him. We noticed by the reaction of Dave's family and the fans that they we're like, "It's so strange to see you guys on stage with a new singer." I never really thought of that. It was so natural, you know? We had so much fun, and it was really a blessed evening even though it was a tribute for Dave (Rest in Sleaze Festival). The whole idea of the night wasn't to mourn his death or something like that. It was to celebrate his memory. It wasn't a bad evening at all. We had a lot of fun.

Read the entire interview at www.bringbackglam.com.