James LoMenzo Quotes

It�s always amused me when people call musicians �artists.� It�s like �Well, I didn�t bring my paint brush�.oh Okay, THAT�Okay� But no, actually I�m what you�d call a graphic artist, and the only reason I�m even capable of doing that is because of using computers and programs like Photoshop, and I actually spent a while doing work on the side.

Okay, the short side of the story is, I met Zakk initially at a promotional party for Ozzy Osbourne. I think Ozzy had sold a million records of �No Rest for the Wicked� so he had a party/bash in Manhattan. White Lion had already been on tour for a year, and our publicist called up and said �Come on down and spend some time with the Ozzy thing and shake some hands � and we were trying to get on the tour this year by the way.�

Well, because the truth of the matter is, I think Geffen was changing their structure and they lost interest in following through with where we were at. That�s the bottom line. That�s actually what happened.

That was great, it was the typical thing. Zakk was in there with virtually nothing at all (laughs) except a drummer and a producer and a bunch of guitars. He gave me a call, and I was thrilled to show up. I showed up and he just started strumming some songs in the studio. I sat in the room with him and �Heaven and Hell� I think, was the first song we did. We sat there and that was knocked out, the rhythm part was knocked out in about an hour and a half. That was how we did a lot of stuff. That�s how Zakk does it. That�s how we did the Pride & Glory stuff and that�s how we do it to this day.