Interviews

It’s a bleak, gloomy Friday afternoon. Outside my bedroom window, rain is pouring, lightning is flashing, and thunder is roaring. It’s the perfect weather to […]

It isn’t easy filling a legendary singer’s shoes. Take it from David Reece, who faced the monumental task of replacing Accept frontman Udo Dirkschneider in […]

Nearly 40 years since they broke onto the scene as “the Italian Venom”, Bulldozer are still riding hard. Their 80s catalog influenced legions of black […]

John Corabi has spent over 30 years as America’s premiere hard rock troubadour. Whether serving as the frontman for The Scream, Union, The Dead Daisies, […]

Hard work has paid off for Erik Mårtensson. In the past 20 years, his band Eclipse have evolved from AOR worshippers to flagbearers of the […]

Russ Ballard is living, breathing rock history. His songs have dominated both AM and FM radio for decades. Among the acts who have recorded his […]

Is Keri Kelli the busiest man in hard rock? One could easily argue so. Over the past 25 years, Kelli has performed with *deep breath* […]

Since I started Defenders of the Faith, I’ve had the pleasure of speaking with legends, heroes, and icons within the world of hard rock and […]

The solo album: It’s a plight many a legendary band member has taken. For Kix singer Steve Whiteman, not only is it a new chapter […]

It’s Wednesday, June 2, 2021. After a year of Zoom interviews, today is the day the now infamous video call app decides to go caput. […]