{"id":11835,"date":"2010-05-20T14:34:59","date_gmt":"2010-05-20T18:34:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=11835"},"modified":"2010-05-20T14:34:59","modified_gmt":"2010-05-20T18:34:59","slug":"interview-with-richie-kotzen-on-mr-big-touring-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2010\/05\/20\/interview-with-richie-kotzen-on-mr-big-touring-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview with Richie Kotzen on Mr. Big, touring Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"

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For over twenty years, Richie Kotzen has waxed nearly as many albums under his own name, as well as high-profile discs as a former member of platinum-selling rock bands Poison and Mr. Big, the latter of which enjoyed massive popularity in Japan. Kotzen recorded two albums with them\u20141999\u2019s Get Over It <\/em>and 2001\u2019s Actual Size<\/em>\u2014before the group called it quits with a Japanese farewell tour the following year. (In 2008 they reformed their original lineup, and is rumored to hit the road in the U.S. next year.)<\/p>\n

Kotzen\u2019s most recent release is 2009\u2019s Peace Sign<\/em>. JQ Magazine<\/strong><\/a>\u2019s\u00a0Justin Tedaldi<\/strong><\/a> (CIR Kobe-shi, 2001-02)\u00a0spoke with him for Examiner.com\u00a0while he was en route to the next stop of his current tour, which comes to New York\u2019s Highline Ballroom on May 25. Visit his NY Japanese Culture\u00a0page here<\/em><\/strong><\/a> to read the interview and\u00a0subscribe for free alerts\u00a0on newly published stories, including parts II and III of this interview.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For over twenty years, Richie Kotzen has waxed nearly as many albums under his own name, as well as high-profile discs as a former member of platinum-selling rock bands Poison and Mr. Big, the latter of which enjoyed massive popularity in Japan. Kotzen recorded two albums with them\u20141999\u2019s Get Over It and 2001\u2019s Actual Size\u2014before […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[25,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-interviewprofile","category-music"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t