A couple of interview excerpts read as follows. Asked how he, as a musician, deals with the on-stage distractions and demands of a full-production performance with Queensrÿche, Scott Rockenfield answers:

\"To be honest, it\'s so machine-like for us that I don\'t even pay attention. I have to focus on playing and everything else that I\'m doing. I run all of the film. Behind my drumset. I have all of the triggers and all the keyboards for the computers that control all of the sound effects. I have to cue and start every scene. I\'m kind of buried in my own world and all of the acting takes place on its own. The production is almost like a football game. You can\'t watch everybody at the same time. But for it to work, everybody has to be in the right place at the right time. Everybody has to fine tune what they\'re doing, and not pay attention to everybody else. If they all do that, it works like a charm.\"

Scott Rockenfield has his own comany, delivering his unique RockenWraps and RockenHedz. Among his customers are Rick Brothers, who drums for country artist Gretchen Wilson, and Journey\'s Deen Castronovo. Explains Rockenfield:

\"I always wanted to make a statement with a different-looking drumset. In 1982, when we started Queensrÿche, my cymbal stands were made out of welded chains. Because of my ego, I didn\'t want to look the same and get buried in the back. (...) A few years ago, I was getting tired of my drumset\'s look and nothing good was being offered except expensive paint jobs. Rockenwraps was born in my office, utilizing plastic lamination and heat machines that make plastics you can print on. I started making decals for my kick drums and that evolved over the past three years into creating drum shell material to wrap the entire kit. (...) The company has been public for a year and a half, with global distribution. RockenWraps is a mom and pop operation, just me and my brother. (...) As for me, other than my Paiste cymbals, I play on all my own gear. I make everything.\"

With the help of Joe Bergamini, Scott Rockenfield has a book coming out in January 2006 which focuses on his drum playing in Queensryche. Says Scott:

\"It’s a huge transcribed book, covering my parts from back in the day until now. Hopefully, it will be the first in a series of books because one can’t cover all the bases. There might be a book dedicated to “Operation: Mindcrime” or another covering my solo projects. Reading the book will let people learn my drum parts and see on paper how I physically do certain things. Hopefully, the book with teach the drummer reading it something new, or they can spin in a different direction and learn something on their own from an idea I had. Either way, I hope they have fun and enjoy what they read and hear. I can’t teach it, I don’t read or write music. I’m self-taught and I never took lessons. I’m glad somebody else is spending all the hours transcribing.\"

Read the entire interview at Rock-Is-Life.com.