Aloha !

A short summary:

- Richie likes the demo from Sat. Night more than the original because of it being darker than the original.

- Jon thinks he's a better singer nowadays, just like Bono and Steven Tyler he controls his voice much better.

- Richie doesn't want to tell any details about the new album but it's not like on Bounce on which they overdubbed the rhythm guitar part about 3 times. This time he has experimented with pedals for the sound of his guitar. He had a clean sound and then used pedals for the effects.

- Richie is proud of the boxset since it contains so many songs from different era's and it makes clear that he and Jon have grown as songwriters.

- The record company wanted a 2 disc set with 24 songs as a boxset, and Jon refused to do because it would be just a double album. The record company asked what he wanted and he told them he wanted 50 songs and they said ok.

- The idea of something special for their 20th anniversary came up about 4 years ago when they realised it was something they would reach, unlike other bands from their era. If there would not have been a boxset they would've done something else to celebrate.

Salaam Aleikum,
Sebastiaan