Billy Sheehan: about paul gilbert and the mr big reunion

News:
03-02-2009:
Music radar interviews Billy Sheehan about the upcoming Mr Big reunion:

Fun was something that was lacking in Mr Big when guitarist Paul Gilbert left the group (which also included singer Eric Martin and drummer Pat Torpey) in the late '90s. He was replaced by guitarist Richie Kotzen, whom Sheehan describes as an "awesome musician and a dear friend." Still, in Sheehan's view, the chemistry in the band was never the same after Gilbert's departure.

"It's like The Three Stooges or something," he says. "One guy leaves, another comes in, it might still be good, but it's never the same. That's the way it was after Paul left. Everybody felt a void."

full interview

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"The way I look at it is, it's like getting back with an old girlfriend,"

says Sheehan... never a sane thing to do in my book...