It’s not an interview strictly speaking and is probably mostly interesting if you live in Singapore but it’s still an interesting article on one of the ways Mr Big changed Paul Gilbert’s career. Here’s an excerpt below:

Before joining Mr Big, Gilbert was the founder of heavy metal band Racer X, renowned for its chugging guitar riffs and fast solos.

Though Mr Big’s style of music is vastly different from Racer X’s, the versatile Gilbert did not have any difficulty adapting to sing-a-long pop rock anthems such as Just Take My Heart and To Be With You.

‘I enjoy many musical styles. In fact, I hardly notice the division between genres,’ he said.

‘Personally, I just like to play good songs with solid musicians and I feel very fortunate to have played with both bands (Racer X and Mr Big).

‘After playing a loud and fast track, playing a melodic, acoustic song sounds especially lovely in contrast.’

Mr Big is due to play in Singapore on 18 October at 8pm.

Pinged back from various sources but original from Jenn again.

That’s right Mr Big. is back and they’re coming to Europe in September. The good news is, they’re coming to the UK, the bad news, not to Scotland… in fact they seem to only do one date per country, except Spain where they do 3 gigs, go figure. Here are the details:

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It’s kinda funny because I’m not technically that big of a Mr Big. fan but any new stuff from Paul Gilbert I’m right on it So without further ado, here’s the video for Next Time Around, something with a little Green Tinted Sixties Mind flavour that will appear on an upcoming “Best of” album (more…)

Yeah so I have quiiite a bit of catching up to do but I’ve put in a new feature on here earlier and need to see if it works. So prior to their reunion tour in June, Mr Big. feat. Guitar Hero Paul Gilbert, did a couple of gigs at the Tokyo Hard Rock cafe and appeared on Japanese Television. A HD version of Daddy Brother Lover Little Boy (aka The Electric Drill song) is available on YouTube and it rawks, see below

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