Y&T; guitarist John Nymann is featured in a new interview with Niclas Müller-Hansen at Sweden's Metalshrine. An excerpt is available below:

Q: Touring with MÖTLEY CRÜE then (for In Rock We Trust in the '80s), did you notice that those guys were heading for trouble, since they were heavily into drugs at that time?

John Nymann: "You know, everybody at that time was partying. Sure they were on top of the world and making some dough and they could afford it, you know, to go maybe a little over the top, but they were on every night. I watched them and I was a musician and paying attention and they might be partying but they brought their A game to the stage every night and it didn´t affect them. I heard some stories, like Heather (Locklear) flushing drugs down the toilet because she didn´t want Tommy to do them. (laughs) It was fun times and everybody was care free. It was like “So what!”. I didn´t know them that well after that. We´re a northern California band. (laughs)."

Q: Any plans for another Y&T; album?

John Nymann: "Absolutely, yeah. We just released a live album. I´m not gonna say we really planned it, but every time we come off this two month tour here in the fall, the band is really tight and solid and we play this final show at Mystic Theater and we do it every year and it´s always a great show and we´re well rehearsed by then, so we went 'Why don´t we shoot a video or let´s just document it and do something?' and since we were doing that, Tom Size brought all his recording equipment to link up with the DVD, but the problem with this place is that it´s got a terrible lighting truss and it just doesn´t look good enough for a DVD, so after we saw the footage we went 'Naahhh, it´s no good.' But we started listening back to the tracks and we go 'Fuck, it´s pretty hot!', so we thought 'Let´s just release this thing.' and we didn´t think much of it. It was just gonna be a underground thing, but Frontiers said 'We want that record!' so it counts as another part of our contract so we gave it to them. It made a pretty big splash so that´s good. It´s the perfect record if you´re a Y&T; fan because it´s our whole show and it covers all the bases. There´s a lot of good stuff on there. But we´re definitely full of ideas and ready to go and keep playing. Facemelter, it was a surprise how good that turned out considering we had no ideas going into the studio. I mean, I had a few and Phil had a few, but it wasn´t like… we were under contract and Jill said to us 'You have to have this record done in three months!' and so we just started and then boom after a couple of weeks, the ideas started to flow and we had more than enough.

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Frontiers Records has announced the international release of Y&T;'s latest live album Live at the Mystic on November 23rd in Europe.

Following original bassist Phil Kennemore's untimely passing from lung cancer in early 2011, the band carries on the legacy that is Y&T.; With Brad Lang on bass and vocals, Y&T; prove their continued strength with Live At The Mystic, a new double live CD recorded at the legendary Mystic Theatre in Petaluma, California, one of the most popular venues that Y&T; play every year.

Singer and lead guitarist Dave Meniketti recalls: “Like all Mystic Theater shows, this particular weekend was special. Having just returned from a near two-month tour of Europe and the UK, we were very tight and energized to be playing for our home crowd again.”

This two-CD set includes 22 songs recorded over two nights in November of 2011, including many songs never before released on any other live Y&T; CD. The amazing heat to the tracks showcases the power of the band as it currently sounds, playing songs from Facemelter as well as all the hits and fan favourites. Songs like 'Dirty Girl', with its extended solo section of John Nymann and myself tearing into a nearly three-minute back and forth solo, was especially a great performance,” says Meniketti.

“Also many of the classic tunes like Black Tiger, Don't Wanna Lose, and Mean Streak were very well played and show some of the best live performances of these songs we've ever recorded. But I also feel strongly about our more mastered performances from our latest Facemelter CD. The energy and much more refined versions of these songs, now that we've really had some time to hone in the vibe of these tunes, make it that much more special of a live recording.”

This album screams out to be a classic Y&T; CD to have in your collection. Prepare to have your face melted!

Live At The Mystic tracklisting includes:

CD1

'Prelude'

'On With the Show'

'Black Tiger'

'Dirty Girl'

'Mean Streak'

'Girl Crazy'

'Shine On'

'Blind Patriot'

'Winds of Change'

'Straight Thru the Heart'

'Gonna Go Blind'

'Surrender'

'I'm Coming Home'

CD2:

'Hungry for Rock'

'Don't Wanna Lose'

'Don't Bring Me Down'

'Hurricane'

'I Believe in You'

'Eyes of a Stranger'

'Rescue Me'

'Squeeze'

'Forever'

A new Live At The Mystic trailer can be viewed below. Listen to 'Black Tiger' on the Frontiers Records web radio here.