After we dropped André off at his home and a few hours of sleep we returned the car and headed to Bochum by train. At the hotel we met Micko, Jonas and Sigge. Some others joined us a little later. Jeff Waters and Micko left to pick up pizza and …
Izmet, the new bus driver, Claudia and I left for a coffee early in the morning.Back at the venue, we waited for the locals to arrive. Izmet offered Claudia his bank and Brian lent me his so we had about 3 hrs. sleep. Thanks a lot! In the venue, we …
Arriving at the Plato around 2 p.m. we met up with the guys. Martin was off the tour and the supports had a new bus driver. Claudia, Steffie (a friend of some of the guys) and I left to the city center to fetch a coffee and we also got …
Again we had to deal with problems. The friend who wanted to drive to Vosselaar had to work! So, I called lots of friends and at least my Mom gave us her car for the weekend! To pick up the car took longer and so we arrived at the Biebob …
Interview with Piet Sielck – May 2002, via email Intro byline With their new album Condition Red freshly released and a reputation for no-frills power metal, Iron Savior continue to fly the flag for classic heaviness. We caught up with frontman Piet Sielck over email for a conversation that wandered …
The photo case arrived the other day, as the Ryan Air promised. And while Claudia relaxed, I was doing the profiles of DEBASE and re-doing some others besides writing some emails. On May 16th I went to visit some friends while Claudia was doing some CD reviews and started typing …
We made our way to Victoria station in the morning and caught a coach to Stansted. But it took longer as it was supposed to be and so we had to hurry! We arrived just 35 min. before departure!!!! At Ryan Air terminal we checked in, but Claudia’s photo case …
Intro by Claudia Ehrhardt & Nicky N. Meyer Stratovarius might be on a break, but Timo Kotipelto is anything but idle. With Waiting for the Dawn, his first solo outing, the Finnish singer takes a detour into ancient Egypt, musically and thematically. We met him in Dortmund at Century Media’s …
These days the first solo album of Stratovarius singer Timo Kotipelto hit the stores. It’s called Waiting For The Dawn. A good reason to talk to the Finnish vocalist. We had an appointment at the office of Century Media in Dortmund for late afternoon. Luck wasn’t on our side, our …
