VOLBEAT Frontman Michael Poulsen On METALLICA- "That’s The Biggest Promotional Tour And Band That You Can Go Out With; We Are Still Very Inspired By Those Guys"
June 21, 2012, 12 years ago
Michael Poulsen, frontman for Denmark's VOLBEAT, is featured in a new interview with Mike Bax at Canada's Lithium Magazine. An excerpt is available below:
MB: Like many people in North America, I was introduced to Volbeat at a METALLICA show.
MP: "Oh yeah, that’s where it actually started because not many people knew who we were at that certain time. There was some underground buzz going on, but after those shows with Metallica, that’s when people starting talking like, 'Wow, that opening band was actually pretty good.' So they started coming to the Volbeat shows when we started headlining and they’d say, 'The first time I saw you was at Metallica.' That’s the biggest promotional tour and band that you can go out with; the biggest heavy rock band in the world. They’re great guys. We still are very inspired by those guys. For us, it was good to be part of that package. A lot of guys came back to us and said that they first saw us at a Metallica show."
MB: They’re not an easy band to open for, either.
MP: "No. You know, there are certain bands that you just cannot open for, like Metallica, SLAYER, and bands like that. But we had a good run and we felt very comfortable. We knew we were going into a heavy task, but we really had a good time."
Go to this location for the complete interview.
Volbeat is currently on tour in North America with ICED EARTH and HELLYEAH as support for the duration of the road trip. Tour dates now include:
June
22 - Huntington, NY - Paramount Theatre23 - Clifton Park, NY - Northern Lights
26 - Saint Paul, MN - Myth
27 - Winnipeg, MB - Burton Cummings Theatre
29 - Weyburn SK - Crescent Point Place
30 - Gibbons, AB - Boonstock 2012
July
2 - Billings, MT - Shrine Auditorium3 - Spokane, WA - Knitting Factory
5 - Kennewick, WA - Toyota Ice Arena
6 - Boise, ID - Knitting Factory
7 - Reno, NV - Knitting Factory
8 - San Francisco, CA - The Warfield
10 - Anaheim, CA - The Grove
11 - Tempe, AZ - Marquee Theatre
12 - Las Vegas, NV - House of Blues
13 - Magna, UT - The Great Salt Air
15 - Colorado Springs, CO - City Auditorium
16 - Omaha, NE - Sokol Auditorium
23 - Norva Theatre - Norfolk, VA
24 - Baltimore, MD - Rams Head Live
