GREAT WHITE frontman Jack Russell is featured in a new interview with MetalAsylum.net. An excerpt is available below:

Q: How has the response been to the reformation of the classic line-up and has it meet your expectations?

Jack: "Amazing, overwhelming really. At the start we thought people were gonna be like 'Who cares?' But it's cool, seeing like three generations of fans in the audience. I think there is a rediscovery of this kind of music and I am glad Great White were a part of it. You gotta remember the first self-titled Great White album came out in 1984. Unfortunately the '90s was full of music that was depressive and trendy but look where 90% of those bands are now, they’re gone. Look, the era that Great White was part of will probably never happen again. It was such an event going to concerts, playing big arenas, thousands of people holding lighters singing the songs. It's tragic I don’t see a genre ever capturing that moment again."

Q: Did you try anything new with the music on (new album) Rising?

Jack: "You know, there is never a plan but there is a natural growth as you make music over a period of time. You don’t want to write the same song over and over again but then again you don’t want to stray away from yourself, you know. Every record takes on a life of its own and every record becomes a snapshot of where the band is emotionally at that time, at that moment, and on this album more so than any I was really honest in the lyrics and a few times was almost crying while I was writing. To me it's important to be able to relate to the lyrics and for people identify with a song and say 'Yeah, that’s a song about me, I can relate to what he is going through.' I want people to feel something."

Go to this location for the complete interview.