Dave: Its just something that needed to happen. I went back to VR in 2005 and recorded the WarBall CD, but I was not real happy with the experience. I had already started to write new music with London, and thats really what I wanted to do. I wanted to go forward with my life and career, and not backwards to the past. My future was with London and WildeStarr.

London: I was engineering the bass tracks for Dave and David Chastain, on the CHASTAIN "In an Outrage" album, and towards the end of the project, Dave asked me if I was interested in starting a band. I heard some of his song ideas, which were great, and it started from there.

London: I did want to take my time on this album, since the message was so personally important to me. Lyrically the album deals with the emotional roller coaster of a musician, and his life long struggle for validation as an artist. Its inspired by my brother's suicide in 2011, and I felt compelled to tell his story. Dave finished his writing and recording years before I finished mine. We also had to re-build our studio after a move, which set our schedule back, and I had to replace 2 key pieces of vintage gear for my vocal chain which quit on me half way through the recording.

Dave: 5 years is an eternity in the music business, but we got it done, and its now part of our legacy. The album turned out great.  I did not sit around, I'm always writing new music non stop, so while London was working on vocals and lyrics, I always have a guitar in my hand working on new song ideas. Its a never ending process.

Dave: I have lots of them, but a few come to mind; I was standing on a stage monitor and slipped and fell into the crowd. It was pretty scary, but I did not get hurt that bad. This was on the 1991 VR tour with Savatage. Also, on that same tour…. our bus driver fell asleep and we crashed. Now that was scary! None of of got hurt, but it was damn frightening as all hell! Back in 1988, we did a show in Holland at the Dynamo club, my bass went out and I had no backup bass. So, I grabbed Geoff's backup guitar, plugged it in, and started to play my bass parts on it! Its only rock n Roll!!

Dave: We don't tour, but if we did… I would say Judas Priest!

London: That would be my vote as well!

London: I had two older brothers, so I grew up listening to hard rock. Black Sabbath, Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin. It wasn't until I discovered Dio, that I decided I wanted to be a singer. I am a self-taught musician. Both my parents were amateur musicians, but discouraged music as a career.

Dave: I am no expert on CHASTAIN. David hired me and Larry Howe (my drummer from VR) as session musicians to play bass & drums on the "In an Outrage" CD that came out in 2004. Overall, it was a great experience. As London said earlier, she did production work on the CD, recording & engineering the bass tracks for me at our home studio.  David is a really nice guy and very talented. Id like to work with him again some day. That was the only CD I did with CHASTAIN. He then let singer Kate French go and got LEATHER his original singer back. I was already busy with WildeStarr at this point, so I was no longer involved in the band. David got some of his old guys back from the original CHASTAIN, I had no problem with any of this. CHASTAIN is basically David & Leather.  I have no idea what Kate is doing. I know she put out one album with Vainglory, but that was over 10 years ago. She might be retired, I just don't know. I still stay in touch with David, we talk on facebook from time to time, and he has helped out London and I with WildeStarr, going over mixes and tones with us.

Dave: I think WildeStarr is 100% freedom for London and I. We do what we want, and play everything ourselves aside from the drums done by Josh Foster. This is the best band I have ever been in. No drugs, booze, idiots, or bad attitudes in WildeStarr!

London: For me, it's not just musical freedom, but acceptance. I can't be fired from my own band!

Dave: All my touring experience was with VR. Japan was amazing, though the LIVE in Tokyo album is not one of my favorites, we played great but the recording was low budget. All the show we ever did in Europe were great. USA was hit and miss. We never got the right promotion from Atlantic here in America, but we still played great shows even if not many people were there. Mexico City in 1988 was insane, I'll never forget those shows!

Dave: I'm writing new songs as we speak!

London: We are working on a few things, stay tuned!