Meet Biscuit

JD DeServio... Killer bassist with Black Label Society and also now Cycle of Pain. He is a man with over 30 years of Bass playing experience under his belt, which includes major tours and bass clinics worldwide. A real gentleman, in the sometimes not so gentle world of rock. JD has worked his way up to become one of the most well respected Bass guitarists and musicians in the world today, so lets put the spotlight on JD DeServio

BISCUIT... So JD, you have literally just got back from the Black Label Society / Cycle of Pain tour which began on the 21st of April I believe. It must have been great to get out on the road again with long time friends Joe Taylor and Gregg LoCascio to form Cycle of Pain.

JD... Yeah man – I was doing a double duty, playing bass for both Black Label and Cycle of Pain, hey I got to make money somehow. Ha ha. It was really cool, because Joe and Gregg and I were in a band together when we were like 15 years old, so to get back out on the road with them again some 25 years later was pretty wild... It was Awesome.

BISCUIT... That must have been pretty gruelling for you, to play in both bands at every gig JD, but I would imagine the fans kept you on your toes.

JD... Oh yeah, and there were 6 clinics in there too on this tour so it was pretty hard work... and the crowds man, they were great, absolutely fantastic. The venues were around 2000 seater's, so the crowds were really amazing man.

BISCUIT... Which show would you say was the best on the tour... The one that really stood out for you my friend.

JD... The best show I would say was the one in Boise (Idaho) because we got to that one a little late that night and Dopes bus broke down and he was due on the bill as well, but they didn't even get to play that night. It was just Cycle and Black Label on that night and so we went on a little bit later and we found ourselves with a crowd who were a little more rowdy and had consumed more alcohol than usual you know...We had the pit's going and people flying over the rail, it was cool man, really Moshin'.... It was Awesome!

BISCUIT... This tour was all a great way of promoting the new Cycle of Pain album as it was released on the day you hit the road with Black Label on this one and I should imagine the album is flying off the shelves at the moment JD.

JD... Well it's doing pretty good, you know we charted on metal radio the first week the record came out it was number 37 on FMQB and now it's up to 18 at the moment. We got a lot of ads and a lot of spins and the people are really digging it, so I am pretty psyched. I just hope it continues because you could fall off the face of the earth quite easily. The sales of the record were around 600 in the first week and 300 the second, so slow, but steady at the moment.