BW&BK; recently caught up with ex-BRIGHTON ROCK guitarist Greg Fraser to discuss his new band, FRAZE GANG, which also features ex-Brighton Rock bassist Stevie Skreebs. During the interview Fraser discussed the end of the band and how Fraze Gang came about. The following is a brief excerpt:

"The '80s were over and we were old news," says Fraser of Brighton Rock's end. "The '90s started and we got left behind. We fired our manager and there was a big transition at our record company and anybody who was into us at the company was gone. We went on tour and people didn't even know we had a new record out. We had no more radio support, no more advance promotion and our video for 'Hollywood Shuffle' got rejected by MTV and MuchMusic. Our fans would ask us when our new record was coming out and we would tell them that it is already out, and then we would find out that our records weren’t even shipped to the stores. It was a very frustrating time and very hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel. So we called it a day."
"Now, as for your question of a possible reunion of Brighton Rock, there very much might be a reunion gig before the end of the summer because (bassist) Stevie Skreebs asked everybody in BR if they’re into it and we all said yes. But, because we have nobody pitching us anymore the offers aren’t there very much. For us individually to pick up the ball and try to getting things going at this point in our lives is very difficult because everybody in the band is involved in so many different things that we really don’t have a lot of time to focus on booking Brighton Rock gigs. I’m sure if somebody out there put something together, you would see it happen because we really do miss it and I’m sure it would be a crazy night."

Asked about the material on the self-titled Fraze Gang debut, Fraser offers the following:

"They’ve been around for about seven years. The riff for 'Blow Me Away' was written about 15 years ago when I was writing for TRIUMPH after Rik Emmitt left. Mike Levine (Triumph bassist) really liked that riff more than anything else I was showing them. None of my songs made it on their album but that riff stuck with me. Now it’s the lead off track on our CD. There are no Brighton Rock leftovers on this CD. There are a bunch of Brighton Rock songs that I wrote that would have been on the next record had we not broken up, but are a little dated sounding and also out of my vocal range. We are starting to write for the next CD already and are very excited about what we are hearing. We can’t wait to unleash that one on you."

As previously reported, Fraze Gang are selling their debut album via their official website. Audio samples from the self-titled release can be found on their official MySpace page. Go to this location to purchase.

The album tracklist is as follows: 'Blow Me Away', 'Savior', 'Broken Hero', 'Sugar Daddy', 'Rainbow Eyes', 'Paradise', 'High Life', 'I Stand Alone', 'You Had It All', 'Stargazer', 'Roll With The Punches', 'Hot Rod'.