Interviews

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.

British guitarist Micky Crystal has been the lead guitarist for NWOBHM veterans Tygers of Pan Tang and has also played with Marco Mendoza and Bumblefoot.

British musician Paul Allender made a name for himself as the guitarist for Cradle of Filth. Nowadays based in the US, Paul has a new sinister horror-themed band about to be unleashed on the world called The UnNamed Horrors.

Joél Cirera is the drummer and co-founder of the Swedish melodic hard rock band Crazy Lixx.

Jonas Stålhammar is a guitarist for the Swedish melodic death metal band At The Gates.

Deep Purple’s keyboardist Don Airey has during his long career played with everyone, including Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne, Rainbow, Gary Moore, Whitesnake, Judas Priest, Saxon, Jethro Tull, Michael Schenker Group, UFO and many more.