Who did Sam sing with between Bluebird and Night Horse?
Sam James Velde (vocals): I did Alice Cooper’s Love It To Death at a mortuary on Halloween. And I’ve done weird experimental thigns here and there. In Bluebird, I realized I was the rock ‘n’ roll guy. Sometimes I felt I was too much the rock ‘n’ roll guy, and I didn’t want to feel that way with the next band I did. I wanted to play with people who were into rock ‘n’ roll music. We all grew up with punk, but at the end of the day, we all listen to rock ‘n’ roll music. What rock ‘n’ roll music do you actually have on at the end of day? S: Aerosmith Get Your Wings, Derek and the Dominoes, Alice Coltrane—all music, but what inspires me on a day-to-day basis is rock ‘n’ roll music. Chuck Berry, MC5, Black Crowes, whatever. So I checked out their demo and it was pretty derivative. Is this going to get weird? N: No, we’ve heard it. J: We agree. S: But these guys were into rock ‘n’ roll—kind of young with a big AC/DC influence. I went down to jam and we were talking music and they were really
