Legendary Rock Interviews' John Parks has issued a new interview, conducted with guitarist JASON BECKER, who's career was cut short when he was diagnosed with Lou Gherig’s Disease while recording with DAVID LEE ROTH. An excerpt from the interview follows:

Q: Your diagnosis with ALS of course came at the same time as your huge breakthrough and exposure as David Lee Roth’s guitarist. You managed to get some of your songwriting onto the album and perform on it despite the onset of the disease. At that time, did you get the vibe that the Roth camp would be looking for you not only to be a shredder but also to come up with a bulk of songwriting and ideas?

A: "Actually, no. They had tons of songs already, unfortunately! I played them some fantastic tunes that they passed on. Dave was in a different place musically. He was in a more ROLLING STONES type of mood, which is cool too, but I had songs that his VAN HALEN fans would have liked. I don’t mind. It was his album, and I am stoked he used a couple of my tunes."

Read the full interview at this location.

ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian and bassist Joey Vera (ARMORED SAINT, FATES WARNING) are confirmed to perform at a benefit for Jason Becker and ALS research on Thursday, September 19th at Bimbo's in San Francisco, CA.

For more information visit Ticketfly.com.

Jason Becker: Not Dead Yet, the feature-length documentary that chronicles the heroic and incredible true story of guitar legend Jason Becker (DAVID LEE ROTH, CACOPHONY), is out now on DVD.

For more info visit Jasonbeckerguitar.com.