Flotsam & Jetsam

1. How is the album doing?

MIKE: Doing way more than we expected, it charted, especially for a metal band. You know, we are classified as a thrash metal band, but I think with this album and A.K.s vocals we crossed over into some power metal too. Last album was great too.

2. What’s the difference between your audience here, and overseas in Europe?

MIKE: Europe are more old school about stuff, want to hear the classics, first two albums. But we were just there with Overkill and Destruction and the new songs they dug as well. We did three new songs and they knew the words. And so far here in the states the crowd response and attendance has been great. We played the states with Hammerfall last year two and that was a great tour, got some Hammerfall fans too.

3. How long are you guys touring America?

MIKE: 34 shows between America and Canada. Now on our own we playing some smaller venues than with Hammerfall, but that’s fine the fans are still coming out. Some shows better than others, but that’s ok.

4. Plans to record a show for DVD?

MIKE: Yeah, we have done a show at Wacken in Germany last year. We’d like to release that.

5. Any reissues, remasters, maybe of those late 90s/early 2000’s albums?

MIKE: We are doing some orange and splatter vinyl of the new album. Yeah, some of those albums are hard to find on ITunes and stuff, but we don’t have control of it as of now. But after so many years we get them back. I would like to do a remix/remaster of “When The Storm Comes Down”, because it’s in desperate need of it. But I don’t want to do another rerecording like we did with “No Place For Disgrace”. I’d rather do a remix remaster of an album and improve on the levels.

6. Anything else you want to tell the fans.