Interviews

Steve Conte is best known as the former lead guitarist for the New York Dolls and a member of Michael Monroe’s band.

Akira Tominaga is the drummer for the Japanese thrash metal band United.

German vocalist and songwriter Johanna Platow Andersson fronts Sweden-based doomy heavy rock band Lucifer which also features her husband Nicke Andersson on drums.

Jakob Samuel first made a name for himself as the drummer for the Swedish melodic metal band Talisman and later as the lead vocalist The Poodles.

The Swedish artist, songwriter and producer Chris Laney plays the guitar and keyboards for the Danish heavy metal band Pretty Maids.

The American bassist Freddy Villano is best known for his stints with Quiet Riot and Dee Snider’s Widowmaker. He now plays with The Rods.

The American guitarist Tommy Bolan is best known for his work with the German heavy metal band Warlock and its fierce leader Doro Pesch.

Raven vocalist and bassist John Gallagher founded the band together with his brother Mark Gallagher in Newcastle, England in 1974. 47 years later the band is still going strong.

Megadeth drummer Dirk Verbeuren is a Belgian-born and US-based multi-instrumentalist. Here he shares the six (!) albums that shaped him.

Kitty Saric, aka Metallic Kitty, fronts Swedish thrash metal band Decadence. The vocalist formed Decadence in Stockholm in 2003 together with guitarist Kenneth Lantz.

Kris Gustofson is the drummer for Bay Area thrash metal band Trauma.

Canadian-born and Germany-based drummer Randy Black is the anchor of the rhythm section in the German thrash metal band Destruction.

Swedish musician and vocalist Zinny Zan made a name for himself fronting glam rock and hard rock bands Easy Action, Shotgun Messiah and Zan Clan.