But it isn't possible for me to take on songs with just an acoustic guitar when they are so much band songs and depend on a full band laying down a groove where the melody can surf upon. MT: I would love to be able to play all Freak of Nature songs live and same goes for White Lion. Would you consider playing it live as a solo artist or do you not think it would lend itself to that format? SoT: "If I Leave" is possibly your most powerful song on the debut disc, lyrically and vocally. My own son and firstborn was still half a year away from being born, but still I felt that strong about these issues. I wrote that song, imagining my father would have the guts and decency to tell me those words, but it never happened. SoT: I suppose "I Regret" would be another personal song? Was I to make that choice today, then "Can't Find My Way" would have replaced "Where Can I Go," and the funny thing is that "Can't Find My Way" became a strong live song while "Where Can I Go" never made it. MT: There really ain't no great reason other than a band sitting down and selecting the 10 songs for the album and leaving two off it. Why didn't it make it onto the studio discs? In the CD booklet, you're saying that you enjoyed singing that one the most at live shows. SoT: You also wrote the amazing "Can't Find My Way," which was released on the Outcasts disc. At the same time, it leaves the door open to interpretation, and I welcome fans to make it their own battlefield. The thing is that at many times I chose a metaphor to tell the story of my own issues it is for the true Mike Tramp expert to discover. There were many other personal songs than just "92." Songs like "Rescue Me," "Need," "What Am I," and many others. I felt I had much better canvas to paint my lyrics on and also the music and sound allowed me to dig deep into social issues. They all speak for themselves and stand the test of time.
For one, it wasn't the right time and it was so much about image in the 80s, but that's not to say that I didn't get a good amount of important songs on the four White Lion albums. I never felt I could write personal lyrics in White Lion. When did that change? Did it start with the song "92" on the first Freak of Nature disc or the song "Have You Ever" on your first solo album, Capricorn? SoT: In the 1991 Escape from Brooklyn video, you said you never wrote from personal experience. Just him and his guitar, and perhaps better than ever.
Tramp is now getting ready for a long European tour. One of his most detailed interviews, Tramp discusses his post-White Lion career in great detail touching on topics such as the formation and break-up of Freak of Nature, his solo works, and his more recent semi-acoustic discs, Cobblestone Street, for which he has played more than a hundred shows, as well as his upcoming album Museum. In this interview, Sea of Tranquility Staff Writer Murat Batmaz talked to Mike Tramp specifically about Freak of Nature and his solo albums. While Vito Bratta would only play on one disc, CPR in 1992, and disappear from the scene completely, Mike Tramp would form a new band, Freak of Nature. White Lion played their last show in Boston, and Tramp and Bratta decided to go their own ways. The multi-platinum selling disc was followed by 1989's Big Game and 1991's Mane Attraction. After releasing their debut Fight to Survive, White Lion put out their seminal album Pride in 1987, which spawned several hits such as "Wait" and "When the Children Cry," both of which made it to the Billboard Top 10.
He met Dreamer guitarist Vito Bratta in Brooklyn, and the two decided to form a band together: White Lion. When the rest of the guys in the band decided to return to Denmark, Tramp decided to stay in NYC. By the time the band moved to New York City in 1982, they had once again changed their name, this time to Lion. He started out in his homeland with the band Mabel before moving to Spain and transforming the band's sound into a heavier force while taking on a new moniker, Studs. Mike Tramp has been in the music business since the late-70s. Posted on Saturday, Aug 08:26:09 CDT by Pete Pardo
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