Q. How the Ju Ju Hounds arise? Izzy and you were the core of the band, 'cause you have time being friends?
A. Izzy and I were friends before, during, and after his band GunsNRoses. I was vacuuming my apartment when I heard Kurt Loder of MTV News break the story that he'd quit the band. I remember thinking "Wow, ballsy move, but I wonder what he's going to do next?" when the phone rang, and it was him calling from Indiana. We exchanged some small talk, and then he asked me what I was doing. I said "vacuuming my apartment' and he said "No, I mean what are you doing musically". I'd been in my first band The Broken Homes for 6 years, but only months before we'd lost our guitar player and band founder Craig Ross to the Lenny Kravitz Band where he still is today...so l'd gone to my friend Marc Ford's band Burning Tree...but that only lasted until Marc went to the Black Crowes. So naturally I answered 'nothing' to Izzy's question, and he replied "I'll be at your house in 72 hours"....and he was. When he showed up it was clear he'd ridden his Harley from Indiana since he had a road tan and bugs in his teeth
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