Condemned To Violence, Arrested By Pain. Inside

Mtv Made A Huge Impact. Heavy Rotation Took You From Selling 1m Albums To 20m Albums, And That Meant A Lot Of Dough.

I Didn't Think Anything We Did Was Spectacular. I Remember We Thought, 'let's Just Write Some Scary Music.'

It Had A Huge Impact On Me, ‘smells Like Teen Spirit’ – And I Was Very Proud When I Found Out That Kurt Cobain Was A Fan Of Mine. I Thought He Was Awesome.

Randy [rhoads] Was Laid To Rest At A Place Called Mountain View Cemetery, Where His Grandparents Were Buried. I Made A Vow There And Then To Honour His Death Every Year By Sending Flowers. Unlike Most Of My Vows, I Kept It. But I’ve Never Been Back To His Graveside. I’d Like To Go There Again One Day, Before I Finally Join Him On The Other Side.

The Jesus Freaks Were The Worst. While The ‘suicide Solution’ Case Was Going Through The Courts They Followed Me Around Everywhere. They Would Picket My Shows With Signs That Read, ‘the Anti-christ Is Here’. And They’d Always Be Chanting: ‘put Satan Behind You! Put Jesus In Front Of You!’ One Time, I Made My Own Sign – A Smiley Face With The Words ‘have A Nice Day’ – And Went Out And Joined Them. They Didn’t Even Notice. Then, Just As The Gig Was About To Start, I Put Down The Sign, Said, ‘see Ya, Guys,’ And Went Back To My Dressing Room.