Talkin' Rock with Richie Faulkner
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00:01Rock, metal, prog, and everything in between.
00:04If you're into rock, you've come to the right place.
00:07Welcome to this episode of Talkin' Rock with Meltdown.
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00:15And now, it's time for today's conversation.
00:18Here's Meltdown.
00:20As I was telling you before we started, it's so cold here.
00:22Actually, our heater system isn't working properly,
00:25so I'm actually in a totally different studio today.
00:28Oh, wow.
00:28It's usually the other way.
00:29In the summer, the A.C. goes down and everyone's sweating.
00:32But obviously, in the winter, when it goes down, it's the opposite.
00:35But I feel your pain, man.
00:36It's pretty cold down here, too.
00:38Yeah, so you're in the middle part of the country there.
00:41You snowed in, or are you too cold down there?
00:44What's going on?
00:46Yeah, we all snowed in.
00:47I mean, fortunately, we got some supplies, and we knew it was coming.
00:50And we don't have to go anywhere.
00:52We've kind of hunkered down for a day or so.
00:54You know, going over some new material for the new tour,
00:57it always helps to have a couple of days off anyway, you know?
01:00Yeah.
01:00Before we get into the new record and stuff,
01:02so did you celebrate your birthday down there?
01:05I did, yes.
01:06My birthday was on New Year's Day.
01:08And it's always a tough one for people after New Year's Eve celebrations.
01:12You know, you might be nursing a bit of a hangover.
01:14But I had some great friends.
01:16My other half, she put together like a surprise party for me here.
01:19And I turned up, and they were all there, and it was a great surprise.
01:24We had a good time.
01:25Oh, that's cool.
01:26Did any of the guys from the band show up?
01:28No, they didn't, actually.
01:30Everyone was away.
01:32Rob's over in Phoenix.
01:33Scott was somewhere else, and the other guys are in the U.K.
01:35But I had some good friends there.
01:38My other half's father, George Lynch, was there with his wife,
01:42and we hadn't seen him for a while.
01:43So that was good.
01:44Yeah, that's right.
01:45I forgot about George Lynch, your connection with him.
01:47That Wicked Sensation record was always one of my favorites of the 90s.
01:51That record is so good.
01:53I wish I could tell you the same thing.
01:55I wasn't really aware of anything like that.
01:58I was kind of into the hair and spandex thing I didn't really get.
02:04I wasn't into it.
02:05So when, I mean, George, he gets people to stop him,
02:09and we would be in a bar or wherever we are,
02:13and people would stop him.
02:15And I wish I knew what they were talking about.
02:18I don't really know anything.
02:19Maybe that helps, though, that I wasn't a fanboy.
02:23We get on really well.
02:25But we always go guitar shopping,
02:26and there's always someone in the guitar shop that recognizes him.
02:28It was great fun.
02:30So, well, when Dokken kind of broke up or whatever,
02:34Don did his solo record, which I thought was okay.
02:36But George did his solo record, like I said,
02:38which I thought was awesome.
02:39And I actually tracked down a vinyl copy of it about five years ago,
02:42and he had him sign it for me.
02:44And, man, because that was right before everything changed,
02:47and that record's so chunky and so real,
02:49and it really resonated with me, even all these years later.
02:52Yeah, man.
02:53I mean, George is an incredible player,
02:55not only an incredible player, but he's a unique player.
02:58You know, whatever he's done in the past,
03:00listening to it now, and listening to him play now,
03:03he's still got those unique qualities that make him so special and unique,
03:07and that's a valuable thing as a guitar player.
03:09Now, with the new record and stuff,
03:11do you float him some demos,
03:13or do you give him a chance to listen to it, or no?
03:15I don't think he's heard it, no.
03:18He sends me some tracks sometimes,
03:19because he's so influenced by Priest.
03:21He's a massive Priest fan.
03:22So sometimes he sends me some demos that he's working on
03:25that were heavily influenced by Priest.
03:28So he loves it, man.
03:29But no, not the other way around.
03:30I don't think he's heard the new record yet,
03:32so it'll be interesting to hear his opinion on it.
03:35Well, it's just curious, because, you know,
03:36my father-in-law, he's not a musician or nothing,
03:38but I'm always, like, you know,
03:40always, you know, wanting to get his opinion
03:41on different things in my life and stuff,
03:43so it'd kind of be like the same thing with yours,
03:45but you guys are a little bit closer
03:46as far as what you guys do.
03:48That's correct, yeah.
03:49I mean, you know,
03:51sometimes you don't want your parents to like it,
03:53although he's not my parent.
03:54He's that sort of father figure.
03:55If your parents like it, you've got a problem,
03:57you know what I mean?
03:58Your parents need to dislike what you're doing
04:00for it to be cool.
04:01But no, he's a great source of,
04:03he's a great resource.
04:04You know, we always talk a lot about guitars
04:06and guitar players,
04:07and obviously he's got the insight
04:09from someone who grew up at that time
04:12while it was all happening, really.
04:14So he's great to get information
04:16and experiences from.
04:18Now, the new record comes out on March 8th.
04:20Andy Sneep, again,
04:21worked on this one with you guys?
04:23He did, yeah.
04:24And, I mean, Andy Sneep and Tom Allum as well
04:26on some of the tracks,
04:28their involvement can't be overstated.
04:31I mean, they're so valuable as producers.
04:33They get the best out of you,
04:34not only on a technical level,
04:36but the vibe in the room,
04:37the atmosphere is created
04:39so that you can get the best performance
04:41out of yourself, you know?
04:42So the record sounds great,
04:45and he pulled those performances out of all of us
04:47like he did on Firepower.
04:48So their involvement can't be overstated.
04:51Yeah, I think I remember Rob telling me
04:52about one of the lines in Firepower
04:54he had to do over and over and over again,
04:57and they kind of pulled it out of him.
04:59Even a guy like Rob Helford.
05:01Well, there's not many people that you trust,
05:04especially someone like Rob.
05:05I can imagine not many people
05:08have the authority to tell you
05:09that's not good enough, do it again.
05:12Whereas Andy Sneep and Tom Allum,
05:14they've got the track record
05:15and the history that you can rely on,
05:17you can trust,
05:18and you know that if they say
05:20it's not good enough, do another one.
05:21They know you can do a better one,
05:23and you've got to trust their input
05:24and their instincts,
05:25and that's what's so valuable
05:26about producers like that.
05:28Yeah, I was listening to Firepower today,
05:31and man, that was one of my favorite records
05:33that year.
05:33That record is so killer.
05:35I just dropped it on the turntable.
05:37It was 2018, is that correct?
05:39Six years ago?
05:40Six years ago.
05:41Where does the time go, man?
05:42Yeah, right.
05:44Six years ago,
05:45and yeah, I put it on every now and again.
05:48It comes up on like a playlist,
05:50and I put some tracks on,
05:51and it's surprising, you know?
05:52Like, it stood up.
05:53It holds up well.
05:55It was really well-received,
05:56and it was my first experience,
05:59really, this time around
06:00to do a record with the guys
06:02that follows such a successful record.
06:05You know, you've got to follow it up,
06:06and that's sometimes a challenge,
06:08but it's a healthy challenge, I think.
06:10Now, I think I've been reading.
06:11I've only heard the two tracks so far,
06:13Panic Attack and Trial by Fire,
06:15but you've said this in the past.
06:17I don't want to misconstrue your words,
06:19but maybe a little bit more progressive,
06:20but even the track Panic Attack,
06:22there's like two solos on it.
06:23Yeah, so I think progressive means
06:27different things to different people,
06:28so it's not super, super complex,
06:32you know, dream theater magic,
06:34you know, but I think it's complex
06:36and progressive in the way
06:38that there's some twists and turns,
06:40and it doesn't really follow any scripts
06:41if it doesn't have to.
06:43As you said, there's two solos in that one.
06:45There's a part in it that's seven,
06:47eight time.
06:48There's two kind of bridges,
06:52you know, so it just goes out of the box
06:55a little bit without being unaccessible.
06:57That's what I mean.
06:58So I think compared with Firepower,
07:01it's a little bit more progressive,
07:02a few more twists and turns
07:04along the journey of the song.
07:07So where does that come from?
07:09Was that in the writing process
07:10and the producers or just organically?
07:13Yeah, that was the stuff
07:14we were coming up with.
07:15You know, when I come up with music,
07:18it's usually the riffs first.
07:19I sit down with the guitar
07:20and the guitar kind of pulls it out of me,
07:23really, wherever it comes from.
07:25And it just so happened
07:27that some of those parts
07:28were a bit more unorthodox,
07:30you know, time-changey stuff
07:32or different time signatures.
07:35And, you know,
07:36the record takes on its own character by itself.
07:40As you write a record,
07:42you might have an idea
07:43of where you want to go,
07:44but the record takes on
07:45its own flavor by itself
07:47and you go with that.
07:47You recognize where it's going
07:49and go with that.
07:50So that's what we were coming up with
07:52and sort of went with that mindset, really.
07:55How much of this stuff
07:57do you have input into now
07:59that you said you've been here
08:00for a little bit of time?
08:02You know, as far as like,
08:03you're writing with Rob Helford
08:04and Glenn Tipton and stuff like that.
08:06How much input do you have
08:07into the record?
08:07Well, I mean,
08:09it's a fairly, you know,
08:13shared thing.
08:15I'm not a lyricist
08:16and obviously Rob is, for example.
08:18Me and Glenn write a lot
08:19of the guitar parts
08:20and musical parts
08:21and Rob writes a lot
08:22of the vocals
08:23and vocal melodies
08:24and Rob's got a great sense
08:26of phrasing as well.
08:27He might come in one day
08:28with like an idea for a song
08:31and it's got some melody
08:32and it's got some timing
08:34and you can attach yourself
08:35to that timing
08:36and come out with a riff.
08:37So it's kind of,
08:38we get in a room
08:39like me and you
08:40put a band together
08:40and what have you got
08:42and what have I got
08:42and we put them together
08:43and come out with new songs
08:44and it's fairly organic like that.
08:46Yeah, if you and I
08:47put a band together
08:47it would be disastrous.
08:49Your part would be awesome.
08:50My part would be disastrous
08:51just so you know.
08:52Fair enough.
08:53It'd be fun, I guess, to try.
08:55But tell me more
08:56about this record
08:56because so far,
08:57like I said,
08:58I've only heard the two tracks.
09:00It's got,
09:00from what I see,
09:01it's got 11 tracks
09:02and three bonus tracks
09:03on some copies.
09:05Yeah, that's right.
09:06Yeah, we wanted to keep it
09:07around 10, 11 tracks
09:09on the main record
09:09but the bonus tracks
09:13we didn't want to put them
09:14on the shelf
09:15never to see the light of day.
09:17We wanted to get them out.
09:18We wanted people
09:19to hear those as well
09:20without being part
09:22of the standard release.
09:23So we released everything
09:24we had in different formats.
09:26Yeah, it's a pretty
09:29intense record.
09:30There's no real moment
09:32where there's a ballad
09:33or something like that.
09:34It stays up there.
09:36So yeah,
09:36we're excited to,
09:38you know,
09:38when you release a record
09:39it's exciting.
09:40It's also scary
09:41at the same time
09:42because, you know,
09:43is it going to be
09:44well-received or not?
09:45You know,
09:45you'd never quite know
09:46when you let it out
09:46in the world.
09:47So it's an exciting time
09:48for sure.
09:49Well, especially
09:49when you're in a band
09:50that has the history
09:51and the legacy
09:52of Judas Priest.
09:53They started before
09:54you were born
09:54and you're carrying
09:55that torch now
09:56and, you know,
09:57obviously,
09:58as far as I can tell,
09:59the fans love you.
10:00So it's like,
10:01you know,
10:01I think you kind of
10:03have like a little bit
10:03of a green card
10:05from those guys
10:06to do what you do.
10:07I mean,
10:08I've been fortunate
10:09and it's an honor really
10:10to be given
10:11that green light
10:12to do what I do.
10:14But you're in a position
10:15that you've got to
10:16respect the legacy
10:17as well.
10:19You know,
10:19I've been incredibly fortunate
10:20that I've been accepted
10:21by the fans
10:22and I can only thank them
10:23for that,
10:24you know,
10:24so,
10:24but you can't let,
10:26you can't rest
10:26on your laurels.
10:27You can't take any
10:28of that for granted.
10:30It's a band
10:30that's been going
10:31over half a century,
10:32but you can't rest
10:33on your laurels.
10:34You've still got to,
10:35and they do it as well.
10:35You've got to produce
10:36to a thousand percent
10:38of your ability.
10:38You've got to do it
10:39as well as you can
10:40and give it everything
10:41and that will never change.
10:43Yeah,
10:43I was thinking about this
10:44earlier before I talked to you.
10:45It's like,
10:46you know,
10:46you've been in the band
10:47for a while now,
10:48but did you ever think
10:49when you were listening
10:50to Painkiller as a kid
10:51that one day
10:51you would be like
10:52kind of talking
10:53about the band?
10:55Of course not.
10:56You know,
10:56I think you always aspire
10:58you play like tennis rackets
11:01in front of the mirror,
11:02you know,
11:02instead of guitar,
11:03you know,
11:03practicing shapes
11:04and poses
11:05and you learn
11:07how to create songs.
11:08You learn how to play,
11:10obviously,
11:10but you never,
11:11you always aspire
11:12to be as good
11:12as guys like this,
11:14but you never think
11:15you're going to get
11:15that phone call
11:16and have these conversations
11:17that we're having now
11:18about the third record
11:19that I've done
11:19with Judas Priest.
11:20It's mind-boggling,
11:21really.
11:22But as I said before,
11:23it's an honor to be there.
11:24It was an honor
11:24to be considered initially,
11:26but it's an honor
11:26to be there
11:27and for this long
11:29and be welcomed
11:30so well by the fans
11:31and the band.
11:31So I can only say
11:32thank you to everyone,
11:33really.
11:34Yeah.
11:34How much did Glenn
11:35have input in this
11:37and how's he doing?
11:38He's doing all right.
11:39He has, you know,
11:40he has good days
11:40and bad days,
11:41as I think is the nature
11:42of the challenge
11:43that he's facing.
11:45Glenn,
11:46obviously,
11:46with those challenges,
11:47we had to work around it.
11:48So if he couldn't play
11:49when we were writing,
11:50if he had an idea
11:52that he couldn't play
11:52that day,
11:53he'd kind of talk to me
11:54and walk me through
11:55how it was supposed to go
11:56and I'd play it.
11:57And it was the same
11:58on the recording process,
11:59really.
12:00If he could play the song,
12:02he'd play it.
12:02If he couldn't,
12:03then I'd take over.
12:04And that's how we did it.
12:05And I think everyone
12:06understands that as well
12:07with Glenn suffering
12:09from Parkinson's.
12:10I think they understand.
12:11For us,
12:12it was important
12:13he was involved.
12:14We had his mind involved.
12:15We had his creative
12:16mind involved.
12:17And that's what,
12:18you know,
12:18part of the reason
12:19it makes it Judas Priest.
12:20And then you guys
12:21played that Power Trip Festival.
12:23Did you guys play a lot of,
12:24did you guys tour a lot this year?
12:25I can't recall.
12:27That was the only show
12:29we had this year.
12:30Okay.
12:31So we had a couple
12:32of days rehearsal
12:32and then we got up
12:34to Power Trip
12:35and it was about 105 degrees.
12:37It was really hot.
12:38And it's not the time
12:39to be wearing leather and studs,
12:41let me tell you that.
12:41It was a challenge.
12:43But it was great
12:44to, you know,
12:45get out of the house,
12:46dust off the cobwebs
12:47and play a show
12:48for the fans.
12:49There were a lot of fans there
12:50and we were in great company
12:51as well.
12:52I mean, ACDC, Metallica,
12:53Tool, Maiden,
12:55Guns N' Roses.
12:55I mean,
12:56it was a fantastic bill
12:57and we were all stoked
12:58to be a part of it.
12:59Yeah, I remember now
13:00it's coming back to you.
13:01So Ozzy was supposed to play
13:02and then Ozzy had to cancel
13:03and you guys took Ozzy's spot,
13:04correct?
13:04Is that how it worked?
13:06That's correct.
13:06Yeah, we were supposed
13:07to be out with Ozzy
13:08earlier on last year as well.
13:10And the same thing,
13:10he had to postpone it
13:12and cancel the tour.
13:14And the same thing
13:14happened at Power Trip.
13:15So he pulled out
13:16and they asked us
13:17if we could do it
13:18and we gladly accepted,
13:19you know?
13:20And so the video
13:20for Panic Attack
13:21is pretty much
13:23just footage
13:23from Power Trip
13:25and that's where
13:25you guys kind of
13:26announced the
13:27Invisible Shield album
13:28and Glenn made
13:29an appearance
13:30and everything.
13:31Yeah, it was
13:32a perfect opportunity
13:33really.
13:34It was on the world stage
13:36if you know what I mean.
13:37Everyone was watching
13:38that festival.
13:39We want, you know,
13:40priests have always
13:41flown the flag
13:41for heavy metal
13:42and British heavy metal
13:43and the more people
13:45we can bring
13:46to the cause,
13:46the better.
13:47So we saw Power Trip
13:48as a great way
13:49to announce
13:49the new record
13:50and in such a positive
13:52and creative
13:53and musical way.
13:54So it was a perfect
13:55opportunity really.
13:57And I don't know
13:57if you saw it
13:57but I think
13:58if I'm not mistaken
13:59I think I saw
14:00Kirk and James
14:01from Metallica
14:01jamming out to you guys
14:03on a video
14:03that somebody posted
14:04on the web.
14:04Did you see that?
14:06Yeah, it's great.
14:06We saw them down
14:07the front, you know,
14:08and it kind of
14:09it makes you, you know,
14:11pull your socks up a bit
14:12when you've got people
14:12like that watching you.
14:13But they're massive
14:14priest fans as I am,
14:15you know.
14:15So it was great.
14:16I think they were there
14:17the whole weekend
14:18checking out the bands
14:20that they love
14:21and grew up on.
14:22And it's great
14:23that they haven't lost
14:23that passion for the bands
14:24that they love, you know.
14:25So it was great to see them there
14:26and see the guys.
14:27Yeah, they played
14:28two shows here in Detroit
14:29as they did a bunch of places
14:30around the country.
14:31And they are still a machine.
14:35You know, they're hard to top.
14:37Oh, it's mega.
14:38Metallica is, again,
14:39I talk about, you know,
14:40bringing people in.
14:41They go, they've kind of
14:43crossed over now
14:44into the mainstream,
14:45you know, in a way
14:47that no other metal band
14:48has, I think.
14:48They bring metal to the masses
14:50on a massive scale.
14:51And, you know,
14:52you can only look to them
14:53for inspiration,
14:54like how they do things
14:55and how they handle,
14:58not their music,
15:00but how they handle the band
15:01and, you know,
15:02what they do
15:03in terms of production
15:04and how they do things
15:05video-wise.
15:06And they've always been
15:08ahead of the curve,
15:09I think,
15:10in all that stuff
15:10since they've been doing it.
15:12Yeah, I guess there's
15:12certain things
15:13that you just have to have
15:14in a Judas Priest show.
15:15One of them would be
15:16like the Harley Davis
15:16and stuff like that.
15:17You know what I'm saying?
15:18But then,
15:18and then every once in a while
15:19you've got to kind of
15:20integrate some other things
15:21in there.
15:22It's hard, you know.
15:23It's, again,
15:24like I said before,
15:25it's a challenge
15:26but it's a good challenge
15:26to have.
15:27You know,
15:28set list,
15:29what songs do you do?
15:30What songs do you leave out?
15:31You're always going to
15:32include someone's favourite
15:33and take someone else's
15:34favourite away.
15:35You know,
15:35it's a careful balance
15:37and the production's
15:38no different.
15:38You know,
15:39what are we going to do
15:39this time
15:40that's quote-unquote
15:41bigger,
15:42better,
15:43more of a different experience
15:45than what we did before?
15:46So the bike
15:47has got to be there
15:48but how can we
15:48make it different
15:49for the fans
15:50that are going to come out
15:51again this time?
15:52Obviously,
15:52we've got new songs,
15:54we've got a new stage set,
15:55and it's going to be
15:56an exciting tour.
15:58How many newer songs
15:59do you think
16:00you might incorporate
16:01or you don't have
16:01any idea yet?
16:02I think we're working
16:03on three or four initially.
16:06Again,
16:06that's a careful balance.
16:07You can have too many.
16:08You know,
16:08you forget that
16:09we've been living
16:10with these songs
16:10for a while
16:11but you forget
16:12that no one else has.
16:13They don't know them
16:13and you can lose a crowd.
16:15You know,
16:15if you play too many
16:16new songs
16:16that they don't know,
16:18you can lose them
16:18a little bit.
16:19So it's a careful balance.
16:20We normally start off
16:21with three or four
16:22and then we swap them out
16:24as we go,
16:24you know,
16:25through the tour.
16:27Firepower,
16:28we did nine,
16:29I think,
16:29over the course of the tour.
16:30Nine from the record.
16:31Not all at once,
16:32obviously.
16:33I don't remember that.
16:35Yeah,
16:36throughout the tour,
16:37we swapped,
16:38chopped and changed
16:39around nine songs
16:40but that was an indication
16:41really of how
16:42well-received
16:44Firepower was.
16:45People knew the stuff.
16:46We didn't lose them
16:46so that was a great
16:47indicator.
16:49Yeah,
16:50what's a song
16:50that you like
16:51really look forward to
16:52in the set every night?
16:53What is something
16:53that you can't wait
16:54for to arrive?
16:56I like Victim of Changes.
16:59That's just such an epic
17:00classic freeze track.
17:03I'm looking forward
17:04to this one.
17:04I'm looking forward to
17:05I think we're going
17:05to open the show.
17:06I think
17:07Panic Attack to me
17:09seems like a perfect
17:10opener for a show.
17:11It's got the intro.
17:12You can imagine it
17:13in your head,
17:13you know,
17:14the visual.
17:14We haven't locked down
17:15the set list yet
17:16but I'm looking forward
17:16to maybe starting
17:18with that song.
17:19There's songs like
17:20Killing Machine
17:21that I love to play.
17:22Even Turbo Lover,
17:23you know,
17:24Turbo Lover
17:24is such a great
17:25life song.
17:26Everyone sings it
17:27and it's such a
17:28catchy song.
17:29So, dude,
17:29there's so many, man.
17:30There's so many
17:31great songs.
17:32You can't really
17:32pick one favorite.
17:33Yeah.
17:34How's your health,
17:35by the way?
17:35All good?
17:37Doing okay.
17:38As far as I'm aware,
17:39you never know
17:40what's around the corner,
17:41do you,
17:42as I found out?
17:42But no,
17:43I've had a great
17:44support system
17:45both at home
17:46and, you know,
17:47with the doctors
17:48and nurses
17:48and surgeons
17:49and stuff.
17:50So, I got through it
17:51and, you know,
17:53I seem to be doing okay.
17:55My heart's fine
17:55and everything seems
17:56to be in order.
17:58And what about
17:58Elegant Weapons?
17:59What's going on
18:00with that band?
18:01Well, obviously,
18:02this year is going
18:03to be a busy
18:03priest year.
18:04Right.
18:05So, we're looking
18:06at maybe
18:06when that winds
18:07down.
18:08We're working
18:09on the second
18:10Elegant Weapons
18:10record now.
18:12It's already
18:13started to be
18:13recorded and
18:14tracked and stuff.
18:15So, hopefully,
18:16you know,
18:17when the priest
18:17machine winds
18:18down on this tour,
18:20we'll look at
18:20releasing that
18:21record for
18:21Elegant Weapons.
18:22Yeah.
18:23By the way,
18:23I love that,
18:24the Falcon picture
18:25right above you.
18:26Obviously,
18:26you know,
18:26one of your
18:27namesakes there,
18:29I guess, huh?
18:30Yeah, it's,
18:31the artist,
18:32he's a good
18:32friend of mine.
18:32He did the
18:33Firepower front
18:34cover.
18:35Okay.
18:35And I asked him
18:36to do me a
18:37piece of art
18:38and he did that
18:39and I framed it.
18:40I think it's
18:40such an appropriate,
18:42at the time,
18:43I was going
18:43through some
18:44health things
18:44and I felt
18:45like I was
18:45coming back
18:46and, you know,
18:47that was kind
18:47of an appropriate
18:48image that he did.
18:49So, I framed it
18:50and put it in the
18:50studio.
18:51It was a reminder,
18:52you know,
18:52of lots of things.
18:55You know what I mean?
18:56I got you.
18:56Yeah, no,
18:57that's really
18:57killer.
18:58That album,
18:58the album cover,
18:59by the way,
18:59is killer.
19:00And, you know,
19:01you and I both
19:01come from this
19:02school where album
19:03covers and stuff
19:04kind of mean a lot
19:04to us.
19:05So, that's important.
19:06It's part of the
19:07whole thing,
19:08isn't it?
19:08The name of the
19:09record,
19:09the artwork,
19:10the meaning
19:11behind it,
19:12it all,
19:13in context,
19:14it all blends
19:14together.
19:15The music,
19:16the visuals,
19:17the sentiment,
19:18it all blends
19:18together.
19:19And that's the
19:20first thing you
19:20saw when you go
19:21in a record shop
19:22and you see a
19:22record is the
19:24artwork.
19:24You might not
19:25know the band
19:25even,
19:26it's cool and
19:27you buy it
19:27and take it
19:28home and give
19:28it a spin.
19:29That was part
19:29of the charm,
19:30I think.
19:30And that's why
19:31vinyls come back
19:31and it's kind
19:32of staying.
19:33Yeah, my first
19:34record I bought
19:34was Ride the
19:35Lightning and
19:36before I really
19:36even knew much
19:37about Metallica
19:38and I still
19:38have that record
19:39I bought.
19:39What was yours?
19:41That's a great
19:42question.
19:43Do you know,
19:44I remember the
19:45first single I
19:46bought was,
19:47it was a pop
19:50song when I was
19:50young.
19:51It was like an
19:5180s pop song.
19:52I think it was
19:53Anika,
19:53Little Japanese
19:54Boy it was
19:55called,
19:55I think.
19:55But the first
19:57record,
19:57no,
19:57exactly.
19:58But the first
19:59metal record I
20:00remember buying,
20:01I think it was
20:02either Power
20:03Slave or there
20:04was a picture
20:05disc of Iron
20:05Maiden's Be
20:06Quick or Be
20:06Dead.
20:07Something like
20:07that.
20:08Or it might
20:09have been
20:09somewhere in
20:09time,
20:10I'm not sure,
20:10but I think it
20:11might have been
20:11a Maiden record
20:12for sure.
20:12I was going
20:13to pick Maiden
20:14because when you
20:15talk about album
20:16covers, Maiden
20:16obviously had that
20:17market kind of
20:18cornered back when
20:19we were kids.
20:20Absolutely.
20:21I mean, you can
20:21sit and look at
20:22those album
20:22covers for days,
20:24you know, Power
20:24Slave, there's
20:25lots of Easter
20:26eggs in there,
20:26lots of secrets,
20:27and somewhere in
20:28time as well, you
20:29can go through that
20:30album cover and
20:31there's references
20:32to different things.
20:33It's genius,
20:33really.
20:34I mean, fair play
20:35to them.
20:35Yeah, no doubt
20:36about it.
20:37Well, the record
20:37drops on on March
20:388th, Invisible
20:39Shield with Judas
20:40Priest.
20:40Richie, thank you
20:41so much for your
20:41time.
20:42Looking forward
20:42to seeing you
20:43shredding back
20:44here in Detroit
20:45sometime maybe
20:45this year.
20:47It's a pleasure,
20:47man.
20:47Thanks for having
20:48me.
20:48Look forward to
20:48seeing you later
20:49in the year.