“I had no intention of starting [METAL CHURCH] up again. I couldn’t start it up with the previous line up.”
George Dionne interviews METAL CHURCH guitarist KURDT VANDERHOOF about their latest album ‘Dead To Rights’ for KNAC.COM. The album is out now through Rat Pak Records.
METAL CHURCH currently consists of Vanderhoof, longtime guitarist Rick Van Zandt, bassist David Ellefson (ex-MEGADETH), drummer Ken Mary (FLOTSAM AND JETSAM), and vocalist Brian Allen (ex-VICIOUS RUMORS).
Highlights include:
- How Rat Pak Records lit the fire under Kurdt
- Re-Assembling METAL CHURCH
- Ken Mary stepping in for Jeff Plate on drums
- What he was up to during the hiatus
- Handing all of the songwriting this time around
- Stories behind the singles
- Shooting music videos
- Anticipating push back about the line-up
- Positive response to the album > than critics of line-up
- Upcoming East Coast North American live shows
- Proving themselves live
- Difficulties in getting new material into the set list
- Plans after the North American run
- Scoring the soundtrack to ‘Effortless: The Eddie Fiola Story’
- A METAL CHURCH documentary in discussions
- His PRESTO BALLET Prog Rock project
- What happened to VANDERHOOF?
- Another HALL AFLAME album in the works
- Finishing up the third TODD MICHAEL HALL album
- Would it be possible to do a show of all Kurdt Vanderhoof projects?
- And much, much more!
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