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Of course! The phonetic inspiration for this came from the cartoon series "DuckTales", just as THE DOORS "Riders On The Storm" was the inspiration for the title of our 2015 album "Riders Of The Worm". We love this kind of foolishness. There is a fine line between genius and bullshit, and I hope one day that we will walk it without falling down again!
On the other hand, we love the films "Smokey and the Bandit" and "The Cannonball Run", both with Burt Reynolds (what boy, straight or gay, didn't want to look and act the same?). The American highways actually play the main role in those masterpieces, as I think. It must be mentioned here that the German dubbing is great, for once. The ingenious dialogue author and voice actor Ranier Brandt, and a few others, have thus shaped the German colloquial language, without exaggeration, for decades. For the purpose of humor and satire, a style of language is created that is characterized by neologisms, apparent proverbs, atypical metaphors and comparisons, style breaks, norm violations and logic breaks. It all sounds very theoretical now, but this absurdity (and here we come, full circle, as far as the album title is concerned) has fascinated us since childhood.
Then, there is the matter of "Rest Stops" as a place for erotic rendezvous. The fast and secret sex of mostly lonely people in a dingy environment is somewhat reminiscent of our band rehearsals.

Once, a wannabe rowdy came backstage. He started drinking our beer, and the snacks weren't safe from him, either. Instead of beating him up, I just flirted with him massively. Well, as how it is with young, insecure men who want to "mark the cool", he immediately buckled and was no longer seen. I have to admit, a few years ago, we were openers for the later Ozzy Osbourne guitarist Gus G, it was the other way around; except the tour support, a Finnish Death Metal band, wasn't that romantic. I say it was their own fault. We thought they would just drink pig's blood and eat raw entrails…we couldn't have known that they prefer white wine and potato chips.

You are right. From the ashes of our previous Heavy Metal band, Blood Stained, rose Sergeant Steel. After the typical line-up changes in the early stages of the group, we've been making music as Phil, Jack, Chuck, Ben, Ronny and Cozy for six years.

Well, I would refer to the rest of the band as what is considered the executive producer in the film business. Jack has no interest in running Sergeant Steel as "The Jack Power Project". All in all, our sound is the result of a mixture of six unique characters. Even Cozy, as the drummer, has had an incredible impact on the development of the band. You can tell when you compare "Truck Tales" with the previous albums. Interpersonally, we are very close friends, anyway. We also like each other very much in private. We can be called a "Brotherhood", hence the song of the same name on the new album.

I'll blatantly admit that, alongside Rob Halford, Freddie was the biggest influence on me as a singer and frontman. Not the worst teachers, I mean.

In addition, I dealt intensively with their sources of inspiration. Robert Plant, Roger Daltrey, Little Richard and many more. I admire Tina Turner. I could go on and on. Incidentally, I think Myles Kennedy is outstanding among the more recent frontmen.

In the beginning, of course, there is this immense awe; but you quickly notice they are full professionals and normal people. We were always taken seriously; and learned a lot from working together with them.

No way. We are a grassroots democratic hippie sex commune!

I think "Nightmare" comes across the best. Almost everything is perfect with it. The song kills, the arrangement, the mix by Michael and the aggressive metal energy paired with the pop appeal.

Like everyone else, our government looks overwhelmed. Don't just rely on the mighty; but do the right thing yourself. Mask up and keep your distance! We are currently living in the third lockdown in Austria. This means that apart from going to work and running your daily needs, pretty much anything else is prohibited. Of course, it is very stressful for us not to do rehearsals and gigs. When there are concerts again, however, we will be ready, and stronger than ever.

I hereby reveal that we make the best possible use of the compulsory break to record new songs. The reaction to "Truck Tales" made us really excited about creating more music. We are humanely and technically capable of doing this without exposing ourselves to the risk of infection.

Thanks for your valuable support, Mike. You are doing a great job. We will read each other again.