Eric Martin Talks About His Decision To Retire With Mr. BIG

Eric Martin with Mr. Big (Instagram @mrbig_music)

JAKARTA - Mr. Big has been holding his farewell concert for the past year. They held a series of farewell concerts in India and Japan in February.

Eric Martin, vocalist of Mr. Big spoke about his decision to retire from the gig, and whether this is really the last moment.

"We are no stranger to separation. We have experienced this before. In 1996, Paul (Gilbert) left, and gratefully Richie Kotzen appeared (as a substitute)," Eric told Sirius XM, quoted from Blabbermouth August 7.

"In 2002 we had released an album and then hiatus for a long time. About five or six years ago, then we got back together. So, comeback is nothing new for us. But it feels like this is the time," he added.

Mr.'s last stage. Big actually happened in Romania in August last year. But the call of the soul to return to the gig came again collectively. So they added the show schedule which ended in Budokan, Japan.

"Rumania [should have] been the last show, which was last year, and then every time we wanted to quit, that old saying, they brought us back to India, two shows, then we played in Osaka, and then we ended up in Tokyo Budokan again. And we said goodbye. And I felt funny when we said goodbye too often," said Eric.

The decision to retire has been discussed by the three Mr. Big personnel for some time. Arriving at some point, Eric said they hugged and agreed to end it.

"It looks like this is the right time to end all of this, or not. Then we laughed and hugged. So I think this is really over, but in a beautiful way," he concluded.