RockEyez.com has issued an interview with LILLIAN AXE guitarist Steve Blaze, conducted by Brian Rademacher. The following is an excerpt from the interview:

Q: You have a new Lillian Axe CD, Water Rising, how did talks about a new CD come about?

A: "Even though we took a little break. I knew we would get back into it. We went to Japan and did some reunion shows; we saw the response we were getting, so I knew we were coming back. I said we are going to do a new record, we're going to take our time and do it on our on, fund it ourselves and shop it around. We have to get a label that will have a relationship with the band, has to love the band, love the music and will work with us. So that's what we did, took a couple years but we did it. We found an Indie label with major label distribution, our publicist Chip found the label. It was Tim with Metro City; he's the president, it's a division of Ferret Records. He loved the record and the band and he's the guy. We are growing together with this record."

Q: You're getting great reviews and 'Fields Of Yesterday' is off the hook? Was that song a long process?

A: "It's nine minutes long. It kind of takes a life of it's own. I don't pay attention about time when I am writing. It's about accent, growth, and decline of mankind's spirit. There's a part that has big strings and four-part harmonies and ambience sounds. To get the whole thing across that was it. If they want to edit it for radio we can edit it, you can always edit a song."

Q: How was it playing the National Anthem on electric guitar at the New Orleans Voo Doo arena?

A: "Can I say I was nervous, two weeks before that I was a nervous wreck; it's so easy to forget something. You gotta play it passionately and respectfully and different, you gotta put your feel into it. I had nightmares of strings popping, amps blowing up and everything, worked on it for along time. I had all my guys standing around me if something went wrong. Got a great response, the crowd was screaming and I was fortunate everything went well and an honor to do it."

Read the full interview at this location.