UFO - Metal Express Radio Interview With Drummer Andy Parker Available
April 1, 2012, 12 years ago
Norway's Metal Express Radio recently caught up with UFO drummer Andy Parker (second from left). It can be heard using the player below. Topics of discussion include the Monsters Of Rock Cruise in the Bahamas, touring with the Heavy Metal Kids, their new album Seven Deadly, recording drums in an empty swimming pool, and working with legendary producer George Martin back in the day.
Parker: "I was actually in a swimming pool, if you can believe this, he had a room with a indoor swimming pool and they put a wooden floor in the bottom and the drums were down in the pool."
Seven Deadly is out now on SPV/Steamhammer as a limited edition digipak (incl. two bonus tracks), a double gatefold LP with printed inner sleeves and coloured vinyl, standard edition and download. The Seven Deadly tracklist is as follows:
'Fight Night'
'Wonderland'
'Mojo Town'
'Angel Station'
'Year Of The Gun'
'The Last Stone Rider'
'Steal Yourself'
'Burn Your House Down'
'The Fear'
'Waving Good Bye'
'Other Men's Wives' (bonus track)
'Bag O' Blues' (bonus track)
UFO's UK tour is scheduled for March/April before the band go on to tour the rest of Europe.
Confirmed UFO live dates include:
March
15 - Cambridge, UK - The Junction16 - Edinburgh, UK - HMV Picture House
17 - Newcastle, UK - 02 Academy
18 - Leeds, UK - 02 Academy
20 - Dublin, Ireland - Academy
21 - Belfast, Ireland - Spring & Airbrake
23 - Milton Keynes, UK - The Stables
24 - Tavistock, UK - The Wharf
25 - Bristol, UK - 02 Academy
27 - Nottingham, UK - Rock City
28 - Norwich, UK - Waterfront
30 - Manchester, UK - HMV Ritz
31 - Wolverhampton, UK - Wulfrun Hall
April
1 - Southampton, UK - The Brook3 - Brighton, UK - Concorde 2
4 - London, UK - Forum
27 - Glauchau, Germany - Alte Spinnerei
28 - Malchim, Germany - Mecklenburger Motorradtreffen
May
2 - Metzingen, Germany - Festkeller3 - Siegburg, Germany - Kubana
