DREAM THEATER Frontman James LaBrie On Working With SOILWORK's Peter Wichers - "He Reminds Me Of DIMEBAG"
January 24, 2012, 12 years ago
Sweden's Critical Mass recently caught up with DREAM THEATER frontman James LaBrie to discuss life after Mike Portnoy, new drummer Mike Mangini, and LaBrie's 2010 solo album Static Impulse. An excerpt is available below:
CM: When I listen to Static Impulse I must say that I can hear influences from a bunch of Swedish bands. Maybe it's just something I make up but...
LaBrie: "No, no, go ahead. Who are you hearing?"
CM: I'm hearing SOILWORK, for one...
LaBrie: "Yeah, absolutely!"
CM: ...and I hear some IN FLAMES-stuff, you know?
LaBrie: "Yeah, absolutely (laughs). It's funny you mention Soilwork, because we are working on the next solo album right now, and we're working with Peter Wichers! He's come in, he's excited, he's working with us right now. And this guy is frickin' unbelievable, I mean, he is the riff master of the riff masters! He reminds me of Dimebag (PANTERA), there's just something about him. He presents a riff and just the way he interprets what you might think a guitar riff may, or an idea, what he does with it is just phenomenal. He's an amazing talent. So, he's gonna be on the new album as well as Marco Sfogli and Ray Riendaeu and Peter Vildoer, so we are all going to get back together. I gotta tell you, it's gonna be a pretty sick album!"
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LaBrie recently issued the following update:
"Hey everybody! Matt Guillory and I are very happy to announce that writing for my next solo album has started. We're very pleased with how well Static Impulse was received and are excited to be making a follow-up. You can expect all the usual suspects: (Marco Sfogli, Peter Wildoer, Ray Riendeau) In addition to this, we'd also like to announce that Peter Wichers (SOILWORK) is on-board as a co-songwriter. Peter loved Static Impulse and looks forward to making a kickass record with us. He is extremely talented and we're stoked to have him! More news to come. Stay tuned - and Happy New Year!"
