ozprog: Speaking of the new label Roadrunner, here in Australia a lot of people were excited when we heard Roadrunner had come on board because they do a lot out here for metal in Australia, and they've brought out a few bands that people wanted to see that hadn't been here previously. Are you guys looking at trying to come out?
James LaBrie: Well that's one of the things that attracted us to Roadrunner... we know that whenever they've signed a band they've signed it because they believe in it. We heard about the fact that they do promote and market the hell out of their bands and we were aware of their strong presence in Australia, because Australia has been a bone of contention with us as far as "why the hell haven't we been there", you know?
And we're really an unknown entity over in Australia. I mean as far as we are known I think it's mainly due to the internet, be it a site like yours or our own sites that have brought awareness, and word of mouth obviously is still an incredibly strong tool and vehicle.
But definitely I can tell you that with almost 100% certainty that we will be coming there this tour. They're talking about doing four or five shows, and our booking agent is in touch with a promoter over there, one of the bigger ones that are really excited to bring us over, so it's just a matter of finding the time that we can get in there and do it. But as soon as we have something, and it could be as early as within the next month, we might have something to announce. But we've all been saying it, and we told our management, our booking agent that this needs to happen, you know, it's enough.