We said at the beginning we didn't want a Michael Hutchence look-alike or sound-alike.

This is an entirely new beginning. We're starting over again.

The guy's the real deal. He obviously had the stage presence and the sex appeal and all that sort of stuff. But it was definitely (different) when he did Pretty Vegas and it stood out as a great song.

We tried different singers, it didn't work out. It never felt like a band.

Andrew had been writing forever and I'd been writing forever, too.

It was unanimous and foot-dragging. It's a pretty sobering prospect to go on international television and pull your pants down as low as we did. We trusted our instincts, we trusted ourselves.