ARCH ENEMY Guitarist Christopher Amott Discusses Time With ARMAGEDDON
November 23, 2011, 12 years ago
Examiner.com's Mark Morton has issued an interview with ARCH ENEMY guitarist Christopher Amott, in which he discusses his time with ARMAGEDDON. An excerpt follows:
Q: So how did the original deal for Armageddon come together?
A: "That was largely my brother [Michael], actually, who dealt directly with our original Swedish label [Wrong Again] back in 1997. He told them, 'my brother’s a really good guitar player; you should let him release a solo album. We are really hot in Japan at the time with Arch Enemy, so let me do a solo album with him.' So, we co-wrote the first Armageddon album, Crossing The Rubicon – we co-wrote the music, and Mike came up with the lyrics and the concept (it was like a sci-fi concept album about the end of planet Earth; hence the name Armageddon). It was pretty cool, and we put it out.
A few years later, while we were working hard on Arch Enemy, I started writing with the vocalist for EMBRACE THE MYSTERY [Rickard Bengtsson], which turned into a more progressive, 80s rock sound. We put the album together and I suggested using the name Armageddon again, since it was already linked to me. And then the third time around, it was a different lineup and a different style; so it has just evolved into this vehicle for me to play around with different genres and styles – it’s basically a solo thing."
Read the full interview at this location.
