 think every single year I've had you on an interview every time there was a metal Hall of Fame that's right except for last year right so Mark what's going on Mike Mark from Metal Church Ross the boss mm-hmm and you know what's going on with Metal Church okay I know I know I know there's been a lot of you know her's back I mean the whole tour was canceled mm-hmm gives a little explanation on that did it yeah I mean we we did this whole tour from May to you know till December in Australia and he was I mean he's had a chronic problem with his back for a long time and I can understand that because I had I do too it's a you know a little bit different but you know he he he barreled through you know it's as best as he could always I mean he never he never not you know did what he would need it to be done and it just got to the point where if he didn't address it it would just end up being but he wouldn't be able to play you know what I mean so it would rather than take that chance and you know it was better off that he go and get it taken care of and then you know carry on from there but I mean obviously it's the band is continuing you know just as far as I know I haven't got that memory you know you get older no no I had a chronic back pain you know you say you know what maybe this is not yeah and you know what if that was a case I mean I mean of course of course I mean and to be honest to you mean if it did happen I mean I would totally I would understand it would suck but I mean it would you know I would totally understand but I mean we're not there you know so that that's good but um you know hopefully we'll get together and right right right more you know we were actually starting to get into that mode of writing the next record I had a billion ideas ready to go you know me so um you know that's probably gonna you know we'll happen at some point and you know depending on how is how is so we're at the demo stage no no no no we would basically just kind of like talking about concepts and vibes and stuff you know that's okay what was the reception of the new album oh jeep is I bet honestly it was way more than we ever could have hoped for you know the record was over you know and it charted all over the place it sold amazingly it just great reviews I mean I couldn't I personally couldn't ask for anything better and live the crowds were just getting better and better every every time I know and I saw the pre-sales for all those shows in Canada and they won't they will some of them are almost sold out so it's kind of definitely a bummer that we can't do and I love playing Canada I haven't played Canada in years I think what since like when I came through with Ross in like 2019 or something you know pre-covid yeah right before cool yeah right in the beginning of 2020 as a matter of fact yeah um so yeah I mean that's totally you know bumming and disappointing but you know it is what it is and you can't say that we didn't accomplish a lot in a very short amount of time which is awesome so well you know we'll see you here but you know I'm gonna go and now I'm gonna focus on doing my new get the new lettuce prey record done which has been on hold for like three years you still with Ross yeah that's now so Ross is happy now right now yeah so now now we're working on a Ross record nice you know that was going to be put on hold because of the tour and I was doing with metal person now that's gonna dad's getting accelerated and you know we'll be doing we have Australia coming up and in March and then we got some stuff in Spain and Greece coming up and so you know basically what I did was made a phone call and all right guys let's move let's get moving so you know can't stay still I missed I missed a road already I've been home since Christmas and I'm like this is Mark Lopes Ross the boss metal church thank you see you on tour absolutely can't wait for some new music absolutely pleasure buddy thank you you too see you soon okay you got it bro