Following the Tim "Ripper" Owens (CHARRED WALLS OF THE DAMNED, HAIL!, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, BEYOND FEAR, ex-JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH) solo show at the Crazy Mama Pub in Budapest on March 5th, Hungary's here" target="_blank">Hard Rock Magazin

spoke to the singer about a number of topics. A few excerpts from the chat follow:

Hard Rock Magazin: Do you have any plan in the future about making a special show like this again, somewhere in the world?

Owens: "I do these kind of shows a lot. A little different from this, but I get a band behind me and play. I’ve spent seven weeks in South America like that. So, you know it’s fun to do when a promoter contacts me to come somewhere. It’s always interesting, I like it."

Hard Rock Magazin: There were two Priest albums, two Iced Earth albums, will there be only two Malmsteen albums too?

Owens: "Well, I don’t know. It’s a different situation, but nowadays I have more possibilities to do my own stuff. I can do much more other stuff."

Hard Rock Magazin: People say that Malmsteen is a man, who is hard to handle. What do you think about it?

Owens: "Well, I know him for a couple of years now, and our relationship is great. But that’s my experiences. He is one of the easiest person, I’ve ever worked with in the studio. It’s great. He says „awesome”, if I do what he wants me to do, it’s great."

Hard Rock Magazin: How can you describe your last 15-20 years?

Owens: "It was great. I’ve appeared on awesome records, I met a lot of people, and they helped me a lot. For example they said to join Iced Earth, and I did it, it was great. We had a great time, we had great albums, for example Gattysburg is amazing! I look over my past 15 years, and I can see lot of good things since 1996. I want to continue my carrier as long as I can. When the Priest era was over, I had the Iced Earth. When it was over, I started to work with my solo stuff and Beyond Fear. I’m a very lucky person."

Read the entire interview here.