Did he really burn his drums when he joined Manowar?
SC: Yup, his old drum kit right? MU: Yeah. SC: So we got those things happening. And also in the beginning of 2000 we started to put together the ultimate digital recording studio in upstate New York where we wrote and recorded this latest record. That was a long and arduous process because you get all this digital gear, amplifiers and everything and it has to be locked in digitally, and a digital clock has to lock everything together. Everything is computer based and so forth, so it’s a period of trial and error just getting the right system up and the right combination of equipment to work hand in hand seamlessly. When you press record you just want to perform, you don’t want to hear the computer blow up or something. MU: How long did it take until you got the studio functioning? SC: Oh I’d say a good six months or so. I mean, we started from scratch, from nothing. We actually ended up putting it in Joey’s house in the basement, so he has no more basement. (laughs) He has a studio in
