TROUBLE Guitarist Says There Are No Plans For Band To Record Another Album

July 18, 2007

Arto Lehtinen of Metal-Rules.com recently conducted an interview wwith TROUBLE guitarist Rick Wartell. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow:

Metal-Rules.com: Let's talk about the new album, "Simple Mind Condition". It took some time to get it out, I got the impression when we interviewed Eric in Stockholm that you were about to release the album at that time.

Rick: We were ready to record it at the time, for sure. The record has been recorded for over a year now. There were just so many loose ends that needed to be tied up with the business of TROUBLE because we were still under contract with Century Media. There were a lot of legal matters involved with getting TROUBLE back together as a corporation. It looks money, time, lawyers and a pain in the ass to get this thing back together. Now all of that is behind us but unfortunately we sat there waiting just as long as the fans did for this thing to get released. We couldn't release anything until all the finances were in place, the producer was paid, the mastering was done and a lot of things had to be taken care of. We were frustrated just as the fans were, we sat there waiting at home wondering when this thing was gonna get done. And finally it all came together, everything.

Metal-Rules.com: How did you manage to get out of the deal with Century Media?

Rick: To be honest, I think it had most to do with the lawyers and the Escapi record company dealing and dealing and dealing. That's basically it. It took a lot of negotiations and a lot of time.

Metal-Rules.com: Was Leif Edling of CANDLEMASS the driving force to get you back together and make an album?

Rick: He was the driving force to make us come to Stockholm and do the DVD. We weren't going to do it, I was just saying, "No no no" and he kept calling and bugging me and e-mailing and he wouldn't take no for an answer. Finally I went "Oh, why not do the one show?" So he was very influential in getting TROUBLE back together, actually.

Metal-Rules.com: When will you be planning a new album? I'm sure you have leftover material from the recording of "Simple Mind Condition".

Rick: We have no plans of doing another TROUBLE album.

Metal-Rules.com: No plans?

Rick: No plans.

Metal-Rules.com: Is it a one-off deal with Escapi?

Rick: It's just a licensing deal, we're free to do whatever we want. So as of right now, there are no plans to do another TROUBLE record, this is it. What we decide later, we decide later, but right now there are no plans.

Metal-Rules.com: And no plans?

Rick: No plans whatsoever.

Metal-Rules.com: I hope we won't have to wait another ten years.

Rick: I don't know. Can't answer that, there's no decision made yet. I'm sorry, that's all I can say!

Read the entire interview at Metal-Rules.com.

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