Billy Idol

And Oh, I'm right at home with, if that's what he wants, I'm your guy.

So, so I thought that was really cool.

And then I went up to the office and they played me the EP that he had just done with Moni Moni on it, which was like the real, you know, merger of, you know,

Guitar hero stuff, but as well, you know, the dance music thing.

There was all these influences that I could hear.

Oh, he must like Sweet.

And plus I had from, I went to high school, I went to the fame school.

I was already in Manhattan.

I knew every musician in New York at the time.

So I kind of said to Billy, Hey, you know, if you're looking to put together a band, I know all the musicians and sir, if you'd consider me as the guitarist.

So, but by that time, you know, we were already, we were auditioning other people and I kind of, you know, kind of,

oh i see what he's looking for a bit of you know it's like a gumbo of guitar things he wants a bit of you know uh you know guitar histrionics but but you know as well as the energy of punk rock yeah and you know i mean i'm from queens the ramones and the dolls are my backyard so it was like you know oh okay this this could really work could really be all encompassing yeah yeah you know uh

A matter of, you know, finding the common ground, you know, listen to a lot of records.

And I don't think I don't think you ever played a Sex Pistols record or anything like that.

It was all Susie and the Banshees, Lou Reed, all this.

And we would go see Suicide.

That was a big one.

Yeah, man.

It was, oh, I could build an identity as a guitar player with him and Keith.

I think that was what was so exciting.