Rob: Is there any truth to the rumor that you once had a solo album out?
Mick Thompson: No. I played on a friends bands record, like a blues/rock thing. I played two tracks on that, on the Tyler Thompson Band. I had a record deal years ago, actually, like 2000, 2001, to do my own solo shit and it was through London Fire and then they went under. Also, if you look on all the fan sites, it says what gear I use, thats all bogus. I dont own half the shit thats on there, never owned it in my life. Theyve got it listed that I use an Ibanez 4-something. I never owned a 400 series Ibanez in my life. Ive owned a bunch of 5 series, and some 7s, and now I own an assload of them. But its various bits of gear, like a 290 power amp Boogie, I never owned a 290, I have a 295 from 86, never had a 290, totally different amp. I havent played a Marshall JMP1 tube preamp since 2000, I think, during the Tattoo the Earth Tour. Im going to do my own signature amp. It gets a little frustrating. Its cool that people fuckin' care, and even obsess, about what you do, enough to spend the time to make a website. I taught guitar for 3 ½ years, so its like, Im a stickler for accuracy when it comes to anything music, especially with gear. And then when people are like, Yeah, I went out and bought this because I saw that you had that, Im like, No, never had that. And I definitely wouldve steered you away from that in the first place. I wish you wouldve emailed me first, I wouldve set you straight to begin with. So I mean, its a little disheartening sometimes.