Originally published in Much Music · July 1993
James LaBrie, John Petrucci interview
InterviewJohn PetrucciJames LaBrie1 min read
JL: We’ve been on tour for about 10 months. We’ve been to Japan, Europe, all through the States, and now we’re back up in Canada for the second time. Last time we were in Canada was in October. We did Montreal and Toronto – same two venues – and we’re just winding down the tour. We’re going to end up in New York on Thursday.
JP: In my hometown for a change.
JL: That’s right. Well, we’re in your hometown too often. Then we’re going to take a break, and then we’re going back to Japan and Europe, and then we’re going to start working on new material, which we have been in a sense.
JP: Kind of. It’s been difficult ‘cause we’ve been touring a lot.
JL: Actually, we’ve heard that people have been writing in asking questions about the musicianship in the band, and we don’t really like talking about that too much. We don’t want to be stuck up about it, but I guess we could say three of the members went to Berklee Music School in Boston. And I studied with a lady in Toronto, which some people might recognize – Rosemary Burns. I studied with her for about four years on opera.
JP: It’s actually cool because we spend a lot of time working on the music, and I think it’s great when there are musicians in the audience who appreciate what we’re doing.
JL: And we usually do have like quite a few musicians at the gigs, which we’ll find out again.