Torien tells The Metal Voice: "I just consider ourselves a hard rock band. We got thrown into that mix. Tesla got thrown into that mix too. I don't consider them a hair metal band either. No disrespect, I don't like that particular wording. I don't even like grunge, I think grunge is just real rock."

He tells The Metal Voice: "Brad Gillis had just left the band and I got hired by Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne. I would say I was in the band a little over a month. I was very blessed and fortunate that a very close friend of mine, one of my mentors Gregg Giuffria, introduced me to Ozzy and Sharon and I got a chance to come and play at Gregg's house.