Classic Rock Revisited has issued a new interview with JOE LYNN TURNER (ex-DEEP PURPLE, RAINBOW, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN). The following is an excerpt from the interview, conducted by Jeb Wright:

Q: What are the reasons that you think classic rock is still around and doing well?

A: "I have a college age daughter and her friends and her all are wearing t-shirts by Zeppelin and Floyd. They were all over the other day and I told them, 'I see you wearing classic rock t-shirts. Come here, I have a trunk full of this shit.' They were picking out all these vintage t-shirts and having a great time. They told me that today's music doesn't have any soul to it. Now, not all artists today are like that but I am talking about the cookie cutter crap. They told me they were into Big Charlotte when they were 12 but they are not into it now that they are 18. The Goo Goo Dolls will never go away but then again they have quality music with soul and I like them. Bon Jovi reinvents himself every six months so that is great [laughter]. Now he has made a National album - not a Country album.

I will be honest with you, my roots were pretty much country. My grandmother loved George Jones and Hank Williams. My band Fandango was a country rock band in the early days. We played with Poco and Loggins and Messina. Rainbow threw me off in another direction. All I did in Rainbow was sing rock and soul, not rock n' roll.

The next album is really going to have some great songs on it. It is going to be more introspective and mature. When I say the word 'mature' I don't mean old. I just mean that we are not 18 or even 21 anymore. We are not going to just go 'hey baby' anymore. The subject matter has to change with you."

Read the full interview at Classic Rock Revisited.