FOZZY Vocalist Chris Jericho - "I Love HELLOWEEN; To Me They're The Pioneers Of Power Metal"
August 18, 2013, 10 years ago
Dr. Metal at MetalMeltdown.com recently spoke with FOZZY frontman Chris Jericho. The audio interview is available here, an excerpt from the transcript is available below:
On German metal: "I love HELLOWEEN. To me, they're the pioneers of power metal, so I find that most other bands from that area are kind of just Helloween ripoffs, so they don't appeal to me as much. But there's a few - I like AVANTASIA, I like EDGUY. Tobias Sammet, I think he's done a great job over the years. Of course I love the SCORPIONS, so there's some German bands that appeal to me for sure. RAMMSTEIN, obviously a huge German band."
On getting a Helloween pumpkin tattoo (with AVENGED SEVENFOLD's M. Shadows): "It's funny. It's one of the reasons why Shadows and I became such good friends. He's a huge Helloween fan as well. We actually got matching Helloween pumpkin tattoos, which is a real good bromance."
Fozzy recently announced some headline dates during their upcoming tour supporting SAXON. Dates without Saxon include:
October
13 - The Exchange - Regina, SK14 - Union Sound Hall - Winnipeg, MA
15 - POV's 65 - Spring Lake Park, MN
18 - 120 Tavern - Marietta, GA
Dates with Saxon and HALCYON WAY include:
September
12 - The Emporium - Patchogue, NY13 - BB Kings - New York, NY
14 - Corona Theater - Montreal, QC
15 - The Phoenix - Toronto, ON
17 - Reverb - Redding, PA
18 - Peabody's - Cleveland, OH
19 - McGutty's - Dayton, OH
20 - Machine Shop - Flint, MI
21 - Majoe's - Joilet, IL
22 - The Rave Basement - Milwaukee, WI
26 - House of Blues - Dallas, TX
27 - Backstage Live - San Antonio, TX
28 - House of Blues - Houston, TX
October
1 - Club Red - Tempe, AZ2 - Gastamp - Long Beach, CA
3 - Ramona Mainstage - Ramona, CA
4 - House of Blues - Los Angeles, CA
5 - M15 - Corona, CA
6 - DNA Lounge - San Francisco
8 - Studio Seven - Seattle, WA
9 - Mt. Tabor - Portland, WA
10 - The Venue - Vancouver, BC
