Classic Rock Revisited founder Jeb Wright recently spoke with GREAT WHITE frontman Jack Russell. An excerpt from the interview is available below.

Jeb: Where is Great White in the scheme of things considering bringing the band back to where it once was?

Jack: "It is going as I planned. It is like riding a bike. We have twenty some years of history so it is like we just ran into each other and said, 'Let's do an album. Okay, see you next week.' There is just so much history that it makes it really simple."

Jeb: Are you just talking performing?

Jack: "Oh no, I am talking studio work and writing songs as well. We finished the new album in a month. It was amazing how fast it went. We didn't sacrifice any quality. I think this is more of a band collaborative effort than anything we have done before. We had no outside influences. It was just the band just doing what the band does. We really were able to do what we wanted to do and sound how we wanted to sound. Each album is really a snapshot of the band and where we were at the time, me, more so than anyone else, because I do the lyrics. You can look at any album and read the lyrics and say, 'This is where Jack was at.'"

Jeb: Where is Jack?

Jack: "Right now? He is in the middle of everything. I am 48 years old and I still don't know if I want to be single or married; sober or alcoholic, there are a lot of balls in the air right now. I want to be 25 but I know that is not realistic. I have to make some changes in my life and, unfortunately, they are not always fun. I don't want to be 48. I don't want to wake up and feel like my fucking hair hurts. I feel 25, emotionally, but physically I wake up and go, 'Ow!' I have a really bad herniated disc in my back. I am limping around the house and wincing. I go in Thursday for a procedure that should clear it up. If not, I will have to go the surgery route. For now, the show must go on, babe. Put some chicken wire around me and I am ready to go."

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