Keyboardist Derek Sherinian (ex-DREAM THEATER, ex-ALICE COOPER) is featured in a new interview with Sea Of Tranquility. An excerpt is available below:

SoT: You have played extensively with Zakk Wylde (BLACK LABEL SOCIETY / OZZY OSBOURNE). What can you tell me about your relationship with him?

DS: "Zakk and I have known each other twenty years. We first met when I was playing Wembley arena with Alice Cooper. He had already been in Ozzy's band a couple of years. He and Ozzy came to the show and we started talking. We met each other in L.A. over the years and when I did my second solo album Inertia I called him and asked him to come play on the record. He came over and we just had a great time. He's played on my last five solo records."

SoT: So you guys just hit it off really good.

DS: "Yes. We just have a great time. We are really good friends and we connect musically. It's a good escape for him to do something different than what he does in his band or in Ozzy. I think his fans appreciate listening to him on a little bit different musical backdrop. So Zakk is always invited to play on my records and I am appreciative that he makes time in his busy schedule to come help me out."

Go to this location for the complete interview.

As previously reported, Sherinian recently released his new solo album, Molecular Heinosity.

A record release party has been scheduled for Thursday, April 30th at 7 PM (PST) at Musicians Institute - 1655 McCadden Place in Hollywood, CA.

The event is fee and open to the public. Derek will be there shaking hands and signing CDs.

Molecular Heinosity features several guest appearances: Zakk Wylde (on 'Wings Of Insanity' and 'So Far Gone'), Tony Franklin, Brian Tichy, Virgil Donati and Rusty Cooley.

Visit Derek's MySpace site to hear samples of songs from Molecular Heinosity.