AHAB Interview with Cornelius Althammer

June 2012

Interview by Kirsty Birkett-Stubbs

REVIEW AND PICTURES BY MARKO SYRJÄLÄ

Trondheim Rock is annual rock event held, like the name suggests, in Trondheim, Norway. The festival has a tradition of having high quality performers outside of the mainstream and ongoing trends. The history of Trondheim Rock includes such artists as Def Leppard, Jon Lord, Kamelot, Whitesnake, Gary Moore, and Glenn Hughes amongst many others. This year's edition of the event included three bands: re-united the Darkness, legendary U.S hard rockers Twisted Sister and Norwegian band TNT who now celebrate their 30th anniversary in their original hometown.

WWW.TRONDHEIMROCK.NO

MORTY BLACK

Morty Black (real name Morten Skaget) is a bassist, best known from his long career with Norwegian hard rock band TNT. Morty recorded seven studio albums with the band, including the classics TELL NO TALES and INTUITION. Altogether he spent 21 years with TNT before leaving the band in 2004. Morty later played for many famous Norwegian artists like JORN, Terje Rypdal, and Åke Aleksanderson. He's also been doing session work for international artists such as Mariah Carey and he’s running his own booking agency called Intro Music. On June 2, 2012 TNT celebrated its 30th anniversary by playing a concert at the Clarion Hotel in Trondheim. The band performed with the Trondheim Symphony Orchestra as well as both former TNT vocalists, Dag Ingebrigtsen and Tony Harnell but unfortunately Morty wasn’t able to do the show because of his other commitments. We met Morty on following day at the Clarion hotel and discussed about his ongoing things as well as his past with TNT and other interesting topics. Read on!

Running Wild interview with Rock 'n' Rolf

conducted by: Carlos M. Llanas

    Metal has very many genres; you got black metal, thrash metal, traditional heavy metal, doom, etc., but only one band has been the reigning champion of their own style...that band...is Running Wild.  With the release of their third studio album "Under Jolly Roger", Running Wild created a style that was unique and energetic. Also, it was the first album to introduce their signature "Pirate Metal" image and sound.   Taking influences from historic events and literature, Running Wild frontman Rock 'n' Rolf Kasparek's charismatic stage presence, and phenomenal writing prowess made Running Wild the band to see for many years.  In 2009, Rolf announced the end of Running Wild. Thankfully, that didn't last for long.  Now, Running Wild is back! and with a new album to boot.  Their fifteenth studio album "Shadowmaker" was released last April, and thanks to Metal-Rules, I had the opportunity to chat with one of my all-time heroes about it.

Thin Lizzy Interview with Marco Mendoza

April 23rd 2012

Interview by Mark Dean