Metal-Rules.com has issued a new interview with GREAT WHITE members Mark Kendall and Audie Desbrow. The following is an excerpt from the interview, conducted by Marko Syrjälä:

Q: Like so many other classic 80’s bands you also decided to reunite some time ago, would I ask, what was the motivation for that?

Audie: "Well, the band has been together, it’s not really a reunion, it’s kind of an anniversary. The band never ever completely disbanded we just changed personnel. Mark left for a while because he needed a break, things didn’t work out at the time for me, and I had substance abuse at that time. No one was thinking clearly at that time but we have grown up and sobered up. I got a phone call from Jack a little over a year ago and he wanted to put the original band back together and do an album. I thought that would be great, go for it! So here we are today, we actually put an album, Back To The Rhythm, out last August."

Q: After all these years, how hard was it to get this line up together because I remember there was a lot of stuff in the press saying that some of the members of the band had issues that cannot be solved?

Mark: "There were all kinds of little things that maybe turned out to be big things but they all got thrown under the rug when we got back together. It was all stupid, retarded stuff that all mostly stemmed from hangovers! Most the time you have disagreements and you don’t remember what they are about. It’s like when you have an argument with you girlfriend! What was it about? I don’t know! None of us was in a sober state of mind, we hadn’t taken any time off in a number of years. The difference now is we are all happy, we are all friends. We are really enjoying ourselves."

Read the full interview at Metal-Rules.com.