Recently Trooper has been elected into the all-time Canadian
Top 25 Music Artists. What are your comments on this honor?
THANX!!!
What has been your favorite venue after years of relentless touring? Why?
We love St. Johns, Newfoundland ... any venue there would be cool. I think the people on the rock are friendlier and more fun than anywhere else I've ever been.
Ever witness a brawl during one of your shows? Ever participate in one?
I've been doing this for 36 years - so I've witnessed pretty much EVERYTHING at one time or another! Trooper, though, is kind of a peace-and-loveband - There are virtually never any fights at our shows ... and it's very unlikely you'd ever see us actually IN the brawl if there was one (especially us two old guys!)
How would you define the "Canadian identity"?
I think that, generally (and I really hate generalizations) Canadians are less likely to try to sell themselves (or even to know how TO sell
themselves). I think it's a lot less "pushy" here in the Great White North - kinder and gentler. I'm very proud to be part of that "identity"
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Hamburgers or pizza?
Both
Molson or Blue?
Corona
Alanis or Sarah?
Personally ... Alanis
To all the people who said you could...
They knew before I did
To all the people they argued with
....hello!
How will Trooper relax this weekend, or any weekend for that matter?
We don't really have weekends like most people do. We have time on the road and time at home ... on the road we spend a lot of time together as a band. It's a lot of fun to be in the band Trooper ... people are very nice to us... it's not difficult to enjoy yourself.
At home, on the other hand, you have five different guys living five quite different lifestyles ranging from the traditional to the outrageous ...all with their own ways of kicking back.
> If the band was to be remembered many years from now
> for just one quote, it would be...
We're Here For a Good Time, Not a Long Time
Biography
It goes like this: two million records, a couple dozen hits, sold-out coliseums across Canada, a Juno Award (Canada's Grammy) for Band of the Year. The Vancouver Sun called them "Canadian rock heroes of the first order ... the best performing band in Canada." If you need reminding, this was Trooper a decade or so ago. And what made them what they were then is still there now: great performances and great pop songwriting.
Incredibly, one out of every forty Canadians owns a copy of Trooper's 6X Platinum album; "Hot Shots". The band has performed thousands of shows in virtually every city and town in Canada and are the first Canadian band to successfully tour from coast to coast in their home country. In America, they've backed up a who's who of Rock including; Aerosmith, BTO, AC/DC, Steppenwolf, Alice Cooper, ZZ Top, Fleetwood Mac, Jeff Beck, REO, Styx, and many others....Read more at IMusic
