DEREK SHERINIAN: "Nobody Lobbies YNGWIE MALMSTEEN To Do Anything, He's Gonna Do What He Wants To Do"
July 13, 2006, 18 years ago
Rock Is Life.com (www.rock-is-life.com) has issued a new interview with keyboardist DEREK SHERINIAN (ex-DREAM THEATER), conducted by Dave Iozzia. The following is an excerpt from the interview:
Q: I attended shows on both legs of YNGWIE
MALMSTEEN’s U.S. tour, and you played keyboards on the second leg. Is it frustrating for a keyboardist to play in a “guitar band” where you’re not given much space to flex your musical muscles?
A: "It is what it is and that’s the Yngwie show, but it would have been nice to play a few more solos. I have to find my satisfaction in playing my parts really tight, providing a solid backdrop so that he can go out and be Yngwie."
Q: When I heard your were playing keyboards on the second leg of Yngwie’s U.S. tour, I thought that it was the perfect opportunity to feature all of the “orchestral” material that Yngwie has. Did you lobby to get him to add more of that material into the set list?
A: "Nobody lobbies Yngwie to do anything. He’s gonna do what he wants to do."
Check out the complete interview at this location.
As previously reported, The Classic Metal Show, heard 9 PM - 3 AM (EST) Saturdays at www.theclassicmetalshow.com, have issued the following update in regards to this Saturday's (July 15th) show:
Master keyboardist Derek Sherinian will make his first appearance with Neeley and Chris. His new album, Blood Of The Snake, features powerful rockers from Sherinian, and features many special guests like ZAKK WYLDE, BILLY IDOL, Slash and Brian Tichy. We'll do a New Music Listening Party for Blood Of The Snake, and Derek is scheduled to come on the show to talk about it. Additionally, no one is more metal than THOR! Not MANOWAR, not METALLICA - Thor dominates all. His new metal opus, The Devastation Of Musculation, is a full-on showcase of his metalness. We'll do a New Music Listening Party for The Devastation Of Musculation, and we're trying to get Thor to check in on the show. Finally, Chris' favorite lady of Metal, DORO PESCH, will be checking in once again with The Classic Metal Show.
