gees are looking for a drummer. are you interested? i went, yes, i think i'm interested. yeah. i am interested. >> we needed to get more energized and don't rely so much on the ballads that we had been doing. >> we wanted to be a band so bad. and that was basically the birth of it. >> we had a great bass player, maurice. we had a great guitar player, alan. really the only thing we needed was a keyboard player. i thought lou. >> dennis called and said, look, you know, i'm putting a band together with the bee gees. and i've spoken to barry, and everybody's in agreement. are you interested? i said, no. no. i'm having great fun. i'm in a rock and roll band. queen was our support act. i'm touring america and living the rock and roll life.