Hey Mike, are you happy you're coming to Italy?
Yes, we are very excited to be coming over to Italy, later this month. We have a lot of friends that have wanted to see us live for quite some time now.

You've a song titled "Space Age Mafia", and mafia is an italian thing first and foremost.... What's your opinion about italians and who bribed you into touring italy?
Haha, I love Italians, and nobody bribed us into touring Italy. I had to bribe them.

"All that glitter is dead" is my opinion your best album, the kind of pure glam punk rock n roll that hasn't been heard in years... What can you tell me about your new album? When it's coming out and what should we expect? Thanks, the new e.p. is titled "Rock N Roll Killing Machine" we're playing the release party on May 7th. and it should hit the rest of the world by June. The new songs are little raunchier, they are monsters. We have the greatest new anthem "Drink, Fight, Fuck"

In an old interview you told us that normally you write songs when your drunk or emotionally exposed, is it still like it today or now it's something different that gets you writing?
Yes, today it's a little different. I stopped drinking 7 months ago, and it's the best I've sounded and looked in years. I almost died this past October due to too much alcholol consumption. The same way Bon Scott did. I still write from the same expeiriences.

Why did you self produce your record and left Fastlane Records?
Fastlane did a great job, and Shawn has helped with with a lot of things. I'd just rather realese our records on our own.

Aside touring Italy this year you're in the Cruefest bill as well, together with Neil Wharton's Rock And Roll Junkies, The Servants, Trashlight Vision, The Peppermint Creeps, Sabrina Korva... What can you tell me about this?
Do you plan to spend all of your time in Sabrina Korva's dressing room? This is gonna be the best Cruefest so far, we are at the top of our game right now. If Sabrina knows what's good for her, she'll keep me out of her dressing room, haha!

Talking about Crue, which are your thoughts regarding this reunion? Do you think Mick Mars will finish this tour without passing out on stage?
I really hopes he finishes the tour, he seems like he's getting a little better.

In "21st Centurt SOB" you covered "Public Enemy #1"... Is there a Crue song your sick of listening to (mine being "Live Wire")?
I'm sick of PE #1 for obvious reasons.

In this other interview with Slam! you mentioned that Marylin Manson hates you guts, did you make up? Which is the band you hate the most?
Actually Marylin really hates one of my former guitar players.

Which band do I hate the most?
Hoobastank at this momement.

The name "Erotics" come from The Simpson, but what your meaning of "trash" and what's the trashest thing you've done on stage aside exposing your private parts?
The trashiest thing I do onstage every night, is play my guitar!

What's your favourite Simpson's episode? Which other tv shows do you like? Do you prefer Friends or Will & Grace?
I have too many favorite Simpsons episodes, I can't just pick one. Friends or Will & Grace, probably a tie!

You've played with Bret Michaels and David Lee Roth among the others: do you have any cool memories to share with us? I didn't really hang out with them so I don't have any stories, besides that the shows rocked. What's the deal with Bret's wigdana?
I think you answered that one yourself, haha!

With which band or artist would you like to share the stage and with which you'd want to lock yourself in the dressing room?
Last year we got to play with Brides Of Destruction, and it kicked ass. Nikki came out to ME, after our set and shook my hand and told me I rocked. It doesn't get any better than that. I try not to play with bands I don't like.

You've always said that the NYC scene sucks big time, but aside the Erotics there isn't any other band worth mentioning?
There's some great new NY bands like Vainglorious, Joker Five Speed, and Sex Slaves. The scene it self sucks, but it is starting to get a lot better.

Ok Mike, here we are: we're waiting for you with a hot plate of pasta and some decent wine...
Can't wait, maybe I'll even have a glass of wine, see ya soon.