BLACK LABEL SOCIETY/CYCLE OF PAIN’s John J.D. DeServio - "After I Got With LITA FORD In 1990, I Never Worked Another Day Job Again"
March 28, 2011, 13 years ago
For Bass Players Only's Jon Liebman has issued a new interview with BLACK LABEL SOCIETY/CYCLE OF PAIN bassist John J.D. DeServio. The following is an excerpt:
Q: What kind of musical upbringing did you have?
A: "I was self-taught up until high school, where I took music theory for two years. It helped me tremendously. Then I went to Berklee College of Music in Boston for four years, which was the best thing for me at that time!"
Q: How did you end up as a bass player?
A: "I saw a picture of KISS and I said 'Who's that?!' My buddy said, 'That’s Gene Simmons. He’s the bass player.' And I said, 'Thats what I wanna do!'"
Q: Tell me about your experience at Berklee College of Music.
A: "It was the greatest! Amazing musicians everywhere. My teachers were unreal. I played with people from all over the world and they turned me on to their music. I got turned onto funk, jazz, soul, bebop, reggae, everything."
Q: Can you identify a turning point, a defining moment, when your career really started to take off?
A: "After I got with LITA FORD in 1990, I never worked another day job again. Just music gigs, whether that meant teaching, doing sessions, cover gigs or whatever. It was all music from that point on."
Read the full interview at this location.
