Is there any chance of the Battle Axe getting an official release on CD?
NS: Nothing on the near horizon. The owners of the masters and the publishing want way too much money to make a new CD release feasible right now. SR: Why did it take so long to get Platinum God released? NS: My first solo project in 1974/1975 “Platinum God,” gave me an opportunity to again write songs totally on my own. I wrote every song except “Rock n Roll Radio” which was a collaboration with me and four other people. Also, I had always wanted to play in a power trio format with Dennis and I as the rhythm section. That’s one reason why I presently enjoy Bouchard, Dunaway & Smith so much. As I mentioned previously, when all of us in “Alice Cooper” agreed to take a year off in the mid 70’s to do solo projects, “Platinum God” was the album that I wrote and recorded, with the combined talents and efforts of Dennis on bass and Mike Marconi on guitar. However, I never released it until Halloween 1999. I actually had lost two of the tracks from the album, and they were discovered early 19
