Classic Rock Revisited recenetly caught up with BROKEN TEETH / DANGEROUS TOYS frontman Jason McMaster. The following is an excerpt from the interview:

CRR: Broken Teeth have been getting some pretty good endorsements along the way from your peers like AIRBOURNE and DANKO JONES, who all seem to be doing pretty good these days.

Jason: "Danko calls us the B level bands. Danko still can’t get arrested in the States. His home base is in Scandinavia and he does well over there. Of course he’s been going over there and touring for seven or eight years."

CRR: He also has his own radio show as well.

Jason: "Yeah he’s definitely got it going on and he’s definitely met the right people over there. They love him, and who doesn’t because he’s got this great amount of rock n’ roll energy. He’s a great MC for that fist pumping rock. I don’t know what it is about the States; I think they’re still mourning Britney Spears or something, I don’t know man [laughing]."

CRR: Then you have a young band like Airbourne that comes along and they’re not even from here. Their look and sound are totally retro yet its just good straight ahead kick ass rock ‘n roll.

Jason: "This is exactly what Broken Teeth and Danko are all about."

CRR: So how do you take Broken Teeth to that next level?

Jason: "This isn’t a bad thing, but those Airbourne guys could be my sons. I don’t want to mince words but I’m not a young man anymore. You wouldn’t think that because I think I’m holding up real good. I’m making great records and I’m still able to tour. My energy level is 150% and I’ve got a great fuckin’ band. Danko is doing real good but shit he’s still ten years older than they are. When you look at it like that, I think a lot of the major labels are not signing thirty year olds; they’re signing twenty year olds."

CRR: You’re saying it’s becoming more of a young mans game?

Jason: "Well, it has been for a long, long time. I don’t think established bands in the '90s were necessarily teenagers, but if they were in their mid-twenties then they’re now in their mid to late thirties. You can argue the fact that I’m saying age has something to do with it but let’s talk about Airbourne. You’ve got these kids from Australia who have the AC/DC sound, but what better chance would an American label have to give a kick in behind to a bunch of lame, tired pseudo alternative rock fans or nu-metal fans, just to quote another bad media slang, to clean the palette. To let everyone know that rock ‘n roll is still useful and energetic and this is the way that it needs to be. Ron Burman at Roadrunner is the man responsible for actually giving Airbourne their US deal and bless him. It’s so important to make sure that everyone knows how rock n’ roll is supposed to be played, in a world where they’re afraid of it. At the end of the day I think that when everybody that’s in the music business in the States knows exactly how they think it should be someone finds a band like Airbourne. They just come in and play two chords, kick your ass and pretty much clean off the fuckin’ plate of anything that’s happened in music in the States in the last ten years. It’s beautiful."

Go to this location for the complete interview.