The Great Southern Brainfart has issued an interview with former HOLY GRAIL guitarist Ian Scott. An excerpt follows:

Q: OK, first off bro, let’s talk about your name. Is Ian Scott your REAL name?

A: "Ok, yeah it is but here’s the deal with that. This is what Scott Ian (ANTHRAX guitarist) did. Ian is his middle name OK? My middle name is Scott. His real last name is Rosenfeld and mine is Ortiz-Gross. It’s two names, it’s hyphenated and it’s always a problem explaining it to people especially on the phone [laughs]. I just go by Ian Scott. It’s easy to remember but if people remember it because of the Scott Ian thing, that’s just fine." [laughs]

Q: Now that we got that sorted out, let’s go way back. When did you know you wanted to be a musician?

A: "I started playing guitar when I was 12 because I asked for a guitar for my birthday. I think at that time I was just starting to listen to bands and getting into music. This was also back when MTV still played music videos so it definitely was something I was interested in. I remember seeing videos of Gavin Rosdale from BUSH looking cool and I just thought it would be a cool thing to do [laughs]. I started learning tunes by METALLICA and MEGADETH and as I progressed I got more into technique. Then I got into the shred guys like YNGWIE MALMSTEEN and that was when I realized that this was what I wanted to do."

Q: So metal music wasn’t actually what got you into guitar right off the bat?

A: "Everyone around me listened to a lot of hip hop, reggae and whatever else so it wasn’t like I was exposed to metal music a lot. The first time I ever heard metal was when I saw that Eddie Murphy movie, The Golden Child, and they played the RATT song 'Body Talk' playing in the background. I had never heard any kind of hard rock like that and that was the first hard rock band I had ever heard [laughs]. I have Eddie Murphy to thank for my career." [laughs]

Read the full interview at this location.