PopMatters.com has issued an interview with SEBASTIAN BACH, conducted by Adam Williams. The following is an excerpt:

Q: With major labels on the decline and a lot of artists like yourself releasing their own material... when you go in and record something like Angel Down, is your focus on how and what to record different from 10, 15 or 20 years ago?

A: "Absolutely not, no, not at all. Never. I’m a real... people can say I got a big ego, or that I’m hard to work with, and that all is probably, definitely true, because if I didn’t love rock ‘n’ roll so much... You’re literally hearing my love of rock ‘n’ roll on this record, that’s what you’re hearing. You’re hearing me lay it all out, man, in a world where an album like this is extremely rare, and is only going to become more rare. And the reason is ... I know how to sing because I’ve been doing this all of my life. These kids that think that getting on American Idol and doing a cover version one time is going to make you a star, that’s not gonna... you know, the way I do it, is really, it’s like a muscle. I know how to do it... it’s just like, it’s a talent, you know what I mean? Like MÖTLEY CRÜE are better now than they ever were. They’ve been doing it for 30 years. We used to think, 'I hope I die before I get old', but people like AEROSMITH, the STONES, KISS - they’ve all proven that music is something that you get better at if you know what you’re doing. And that’s what I hear in Angel Down, I hear me more mature and stronger than I was when I was a little kid. That’s what I hear; it’s a man. It’s like the difference between a man’s album and a little boy’s album."

Read the full interview at PopMatters.com.