THE SKULL drummer and keyboardist Jeff "Oly" Olson (TROUBLE, RETRO GRAVE, Victor Griffin's IN~GRAVED) was interviewed on MetalheadRadio.com last Friday, January 31st. During the interview Olson was asked who his most influential former band member is from Trouble, the band he played drums and keyboards with (on and off) from 1979-2008. Undecided for the first couple of minutes, Olson finally answered the question by naming former Troubel drummer Barry Stern (ZOETROPE) as his most influential former band mate. You can listen to the interview in its entirety below:

The Skull - the new band featuring original Trouble members vocalist Eric Wagner and drummer Jeff "Oly" Olson alongside Trouble's longtime bassist Ron Holzner and SACRED DAWN guitarist Lothar Keller - have signed an exclusive deal with US booking agency Tone Deaf Touring for the band’s upcoming 2014 trek celebrating the 30th anniversary of Trouble's debut record, Psalm 9. Tone Deaf Touring will handle the band’s territory of U.S, Canada, South America, and Australia. Tour dates (including Europe) will be announced in the coming weeks.

In a recent interview with the Greek zine Metalpaths.com, vocalist Eric Wagner said, “Next year we are planning a tour, where we are going to play the whole Psalm 9 in it, and a new record to celebrate Psalm 9’s thirty- year anniversary.”

During the same interview, MetalPaths asked whether The Skull would be working with producer Billy Anderson for the debut record. Bassist Ron Holzner responded, “Actually we worked with Billy Anderson on two songs. I always wanted to work with him and he always wanted to work with us, so we had two songs, ready to record and we wanted to see how they would sound. We are not sure we will do the whole record with Billy Anderson because he is too busy and he is staying in South America for months. We can’t wait for him.”

You can read the entire interview at this location.

The Skull is currently negotiating a record deal for their as-yet-untitled debut full-length album that will be announced this winter.

The Skull is:

Eric Wagner – vocals

Jeff “Oly” Olson – drums/keys

Ron Holzner – bass

Lothar Keller - guitar

(Photo - Kevin T. Miller)