WHITE LION / PRETTY BOY FLOYD Drummer Troy Patrick Farrell - "Once You Get Content, Maybe You Should Pack It Up"

June 25, 2010, 14 years ago

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WHITE LION / PRETTY BOY FLOYD drummer Troy Patrick Farrell is featured in a new interview with Sleazeroxx.com. An excerpt is available below.

Sleaze Roxx: I see you now have a project called LOST ANGELS with John Corabi, Muddy Stardust and Eric Dover. How's that all going?

Troy Patrick Farrell: "It's a pretty simple, but fun, gig. Our debut shows were in India of all places! We are now going out on a run (June 25 to July 2) in the Midwest that will hit Detroit, Chicago, Green Bay, the Milwaukee Summerfest, Toledo and Pittsburgh. I plan on taking the band back to India -- perhaps in November. It's a band that hopefully will only do special gigs here and there. There is an abundance of 'All Star' bands out there, some all intertwined and incestual, it can get into the 'joke' range of things... and not that this is any more special, we're just trying to keep it from being so played out. We do songs from each of our catalogs, of our associations, and songs we all dig. We're doing some QUEEN, THIN LIZZY, DAVID BOWIE, and of course some Corabi, ALICE COOPER, JELLYFISH, SLASH'S SNAKEPIT etc. It's a good time with three of the best singers out there. It's a little known fact that Muddy (BURNING TREE, L.A. GUNS, GILBY CLARKE) has got quite a set of pipes on him too!

Sleaze Roxx: Is there anything you feel you have yet to achieve, or are you pretty content with what you've done?

Troy Patrick Farrell: "Once you get content, maybe you should pack it up. It's funny you asked this question, as the last few days I've been feeling a little restless about my 'career' if you will... a little uncomfortable about it. 'Water seeks its own level' is a term that comes to mind. What I mean is that it's easy to become content in what you're doing, even if it isn't the right thing, because perhaps it's occupying your time. Then you sort of 'settle' as a player. Imagine if you're playing AAA baseball and you're happy there and life seems ok. Who's to say that you're not an 'A' league player, or even a Major League player? I sort of want to get myself in a situation that scares me a bit -- a machine that is demanding that forces me to be the player I'm not quite yet. So to answer your question, yes -- there are things I've not completed yet on this little rock n roll journey, and I'm looking for the scary gig that I know I can do. I'm just not doing it yet for one reason or another."

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