Mike Portnoy of Dream Theaterand Liquid Tension ExperimentIntervied Jan. 1999 by David Lee. The term “Supergroup” is one that has its origin in the seventies when groups like EMERSON, LAKE and PALMER and BLIND FAITH ruled both the airwaves and concert stages. Since that time the concept and term have…
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ANDRE ANDERSEN of ROYAL HUNT
ROYAL HUNTInterviewed by Metal Rules!!, April, 1999 ROYAL HUNT have established themselves as one of the premier progressive rock groups in the world and have done so strictly on their own terms. You wouldn’t have to listen to the group’s entire catalog to get an understanding of what this unit…
Mick Mars of M?tley Cr?e
Mick Mars of M?tley Cr?eInterviewed in Jan. 1999 by David Lee MOTLEY CRUE is set to raise its middle digit to the world once more. This time the vehicle is called “Greatest Hits” and the wheels have already begun to burn a bit of rubber across a very limp and lifeless…
Rob Urbinati: Ex-Sacrifice / Interzone
Rob Urbinati: Ex-Sacrifice frontman returns with new band INTERZONE! Interviewed by EvilG When I was “growing up” there was always a small number of bands from Canada that I respected both for the fact that they were (like myself) Canadian, and for the fact that they were one of the…
Dani – Cradle of Filth
Dani of Cradle of FilthInterviewed Jan. 1999 by David Lee No need to dial 976-EVIL when you have a group like CRADLE OF FILTH knocking about. Their brand of perversion is aimed straight at the hearts of all God fearing peoples. Shock not only for shock’s sake but for art…
HammerFall – Oscar Dronjak
HammerFall interview with Oscar DronjakInterviewed May 1999 by EvilG There were a few rumors and news items coming from the HammerFall camp that we wanted to get the inside story on. We therefore contacted Oscar (lead guitarist) to elaborate on these items. this is a short interview, for a more…
Blaze Bayley of Iron Maiden
Blaze Bayley of Iron MaidenInterviewed Jan. 1999 by David Lee With over twenty years on the metal scene you would think that a band that has given so much to the genre would get a little respect now and then. Unfortunately for the mighty MAIDEN respect has been in particularly short…
Fear Factory’s Burton C. Bell
Fear Factory’s Burton C. BellInterviewed in June 1999 David Lee FEAR FACTORY is one of the most unlikely bands to be having a radio hit yet that is exactly what they have with their version of the Gary Neuman classic, “Cars.” Their music is intelligent and brutal, both qualities that,…
Chuck Schuldiner – The pain of a genius
Interview by Patricia Renda A few months ago, we received a memo from Nuclear Blast saying that, for everybody’s amazement, Chuck Schuldiner, the leader of the world’s most important death metal band, was about to begin a series of treatments against a brain tumor, discovered right after the end of…