This episode contains the second part of an interview I conducted with former Helloween lead singer Michael Kiske, sorry for the delay. As mentioned during a previous post, he just recently put out an album with Amanda Somerville called Kiske Somerville, and is currently working on an album with the band Unisonic. You’ve read a lot of things our there regarding his thoughts on metal music, well if you’re a fan, you need to listen to both interviews to see what he really things of metal, his fans, his future with Unisonic, and his former band mates, etc.

During the episode you’ll hear tracks off of the album with Amanda Somerville, and a bunch of classic Helloween that features Michael on lead vocals.

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This episode contains the first part of an interview I conducted with former Helloween lead singer Michael Kiske. He just recently put out an album with Amanda Somerville called Kiske Somerville, and I was lucky enough to interview him regarding the album, his past with Helloween, and his current band Unisonic. This is a must listen to interview if you are a fan of Helloween as he discusses how and why he was fired from the band, why he thinks the band was never able to recapture what they did on the original two Keeper of the Seven Keys albums, and why Ingo

We also touch on a plethora of other topics, just take a look at the tags to get a rough idea of what we discussed. Part 2 should be up next week.

During the episode you’ll hear tracks off of the album with Amanda Somerville, some of his solo work (including a track that features Iron Maiden’s Adrian Smith and ex Helloween guitarist Kai Hansen), a Helloween track that was retooled for a solo acoustic album, and of course some classic Helloween that features Michael on lead vocals.

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During this episode we feature an interview with former Vinnie Vincent and Journey lead singer Robert Fleischman.  He discusses his new band The Sky among other items mentioned below.

Speaking of the Sky here are a few videos by the band:

The following tracks are played during this episode:

Vinnie Vincent – I Want To Be Your Victim
Robert Fleischman – Circles
Impellitteri – Perfect Crime
The Cult – The Saint
Annihilator – Couple Suicide

Songs played behind my banter:

Vinnie Vincent’s Invasion – Wild Child
Aerosmith – Walk On Down
Warrior Soul – Rocket 88

Topics covered during this episode are the following:

Vinnie Vincent, Journey, Cheep Trick, Clive Davis, Arista, U2, John Lennon, Jimmy Iovine, Steve Perry, Tom Petty, Van Halen, Boston, Sammy Hagar, Barry Manilow, Depeche Mode, Poe, The Verve, Oasis, The Killers, The Cult, Whitney Houston, Chrysalis Records, Dana Strum, Bobby Rock, Kiss, Andre LaBelle, Kelly Hanson, Serafino, Foreigner, Look At The Dream, System X, Graham Bonet, Alcatraz, Yngwie Malmsteen, Steve Vai, Rainbow, Down To Earth, Beyond Good & Evil, Electric, Danko Jones, Angela Grossow, Jeff Waters, Sponge Bob Square Pants