F r e d C o u r y
In June 2000, Cinderella rocked Hartford,
Connecticut with a blistering set of classics like "Gypsy
Road," "Nobody's Fool," "The Last Mile," "Shelter Me," and
others that had everyone in The Meadows Music Center standing
up and enjoying life. After all, that's what Rock N' Roll
is all about, isn't it? A very special part of the show
had drummer Fred Coury breaking out his violin for a beautiful
acoustic rendition of "Heartbreak Station." We caught up
with Fred at the after-show backstage party. This is what
he had to say:
HoS: How's the
tour going?
Fred Coury: Great Man, it's only been a few days, but I'm
really enjoying it.
HoS: So, what's
the plan after the tour?
Fred Coury: We're gonna go back into the studio and finish
the new record.
HoS: Do you have
any songs already?
Fred Coury: We got 45 right now so, yeah, we're gonna have
plenty of material. 
HoS: That's awesome
man! How long are you going to be on tour?
Fred Coury: We'll be out until maybe the middle of september.
HoS: Excellent.
I saw you playing the violin during Heartbreak Station.
When did you start playing?
Fred Coury: When I was 5.
HoS: Really?
Fred Coury: I kept playing until I was 13 and I was great
at it. Then I discovered the drums and Rock N' Roll and
the chicks, you know, and I really gave it up. And then
Tom said on this tour we should try it. We tried to do it
last year but I really kinda blew it off. So he finally
talked me into doing it and it was a little off, but by
the end of the tour it'll be good.
HoS: It sounded
great.
Fred Coury: Thank you.
HoS: Are you going
to be playing the violin on the new album?
Fred Coury: We'll see. It definitely could happen.
HoS: There's been
rumors on the Internet about you guys and Slaughter not
getting along, any truth to those?
Fred Coury: I think there was a little feud between a member
here and a member there. But you know, I live in Nashville
and Tom (Keifer) lives there and Mark (Slaughter) lives
there and I always run into Mark and I got no problems.
I think it comes from way back, from a European tour we
did but to me man. (Shrugs his shoulders)
HoS: So you're
getting along now?
Fred Coury: Yeah you have to. We're out here fighting for
the same thing, we're on the same package and we're here
for one reason. For everybody that pays their hard-earned
money to come out to see a show. There's a lot of shows
out there that may have good music, but you pay good money
they come out there and don't even give a show, you know?
You get a couple of guys sitting there in jeans playing
in a small light show and no pyro, and you know they're
pissed off and that's not what it's about. It's about what
we're doing, four bands going on stage so you get your money's
worth. So you get four good bands and everybody's having
a good time, that's what it's about. Nobody should be pissed
off, they should be here with a smile on their face.
HoS: Amen!
Fred Coury: They should be pissed because it's over, not
because a band's on stage.
HoS: Exactly. What
can we expect from Cinderella, from the new record?
Fred Coury: It's just going to be Cinderella you know, the
real Cinderella. We're not trying to do anything different,
we're just gonna do what we do.
HoS: Thanks, Fred.
Fred Coury: No problem bro, take care.
The House of Shred would like to thank
Fred Coury for his time.
Check out Cinderella's
Website.
And, be sure to check out Fred
Coury's website.
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