[That the band chose Harrisburg, better known for the Pennsylvania Chili Cookoff than a raucous hotbed of music, is an example of its theory of controlled success. Rather than trying to be a] an itty-bitty fish in a big pond like New York, ... The band built up a fan-base in Harrisburg and then began playing larger surrounding cities to get exposure.

Our older stuff was pretty much the demos that we did on our own. We produced, recorded and mixed them by ourselves, and they were explorations that let us find ourselves.

We always want to have a new single on the radio, so we'll just keep hashing them out, ... We're releasing a new single called 'Bittersweet' to keep Fuel in the minds of listeners, and hopefully they will be able to connect to it and relate it to 'Shimmer.'

You know what? Fuel is what Fuel is, the X's are what the X's are. John used to band Banana Fish Zero had a lot of songs, too. But that's what that was, and that's where it's going to stay. So we're not doing any Banana Fish songs or Fuel songs, or any of the stuff that Chris and Mike have done in the past. We're doing the X's—that's what it's all about.

The exposure will be great and plus -- it's Aerosmith! ... They're legends. It's going to be really cool. I mean, how cool would it be to be on a first-name basis with Steven Tyler?

'Sunburn' established to the nation who we were. It is our ground to sit on.