1.    First question, here’s your chance to plug you stuff. What’s going on?

Well, I’m really excited to accept this Golden Gold award form Revolver magazine award. We’re doing a show for the awards at Club Nokia on April 20, and it’s on VH1 Classic on May 21.

2.    So you’re playing a concert?

Yes, and it’s with all the original band members except Glen (Buxton, who died). We’re playing together in Los Angeles for the first time in 37 years.

3.    What was the last one like?

We played a double bill with Led Zeppelin at the Whisky in 1967.

4.    Wow. How did you guys decide who would open?

We flipped a coin. We ended up opening the first night, and they opened for us the second night.

5.    Did you blow them away?

No, no, they were a hard act to follow. They were pretty good.

6.    What compelled you to bring back together the original band? How do you feel about it?

7.    It’s been a long time. What’s it going to be like?

We broke up broke up in like 1974, but there’s no bad blood at all. It’s going to be great.

8.    Keri Kelli is a good friend. He’s no longer in your band?

Yeah, in my band, sometimes I think guys get too comfortable, I really do, and Keri Kelli is one of those guys.

10.    What was the biggest music-industry-related check you ever received, and what did you do with the money?

Well, I don’t know about the biggest, but I remember the most memorable: When “Love It to Death” broke, the record company gave everyone in the band a check for $100,000.

11.    How much were you making before that?

Before that we had been living on an allowance of 50 dollars a week, so that was a lot of money back then, like $1 million.

12.    When was this?

This was like 1970 or ’71, and I remember I wanted to buy four Ferraris.

13.    So what happened?

My manager talked me out of it. He was a pretty smart Jewish guy, and I ended up by a house in Scottsdale for $92,000.

14.    The same house you have now?

Yes, I still have it – it’s like 8,000 square feet. It was the best buy I ever made.

15.    Who was the last celebrity you shook hands with?

Michael Douglas.

16.    Yeah? What was going on?

17.    Rate the follow singers on a scale of one to 10, 10 being a vocal god, and you know the drill:

Paul Stanley = I’d say an 8.

Robert Plant = With him, I would 9.5.

Rob Halford = I’d give an 8.5.

18.    What’s the first thing you do in the morning?

Make coffee. I’m a big coffee guy.

19.    Do you wake up early?

Oh yeah, I wake up at 5:30, and everyone knows I love my coffee.

20.    In a past Metal Sludge interview you were asked about your memories of particular cities, but New York was left out. Your thoughts on New York City?

I remember we lived in the basement of the Chelsea Hotel. You couldn’t get much lower than that.