Interviews

About the album Is there love in space Is there love in space is definitely a very rock-oriented record. I can draw parallels with the albums Surfing with the alien, Flying in a blue dream and Extremist. The tracks are mostly

Deep Purple are among the pioneers of hard rock in music history, right up there with giants like Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath. Since 1968 they've racked up an ocean of songs, albums and shows. There were plenty of lows, and maybe even…

I caught one of the best classic rock singers around, a man some call The voice of rock, for a quick chat over the phone. Happily married, he lives in California, where the climate does wonders for his creativity. Vene:

Vene: After your success in the eighties, real heavy metal sort of faded into obscurity. Your band kept fighting for its ideals anyway. So you recently put out a new album, Kill, Fuck, Die. What do you expect from it overall?

Way back in 1996, when the World Wide Web was still in diapers and RockLine didn't exist yet, a bunch of the biggest rock fanatics piled into a van and headed off to a gig. Def Leppard – November 4, 1996 – Vienna was the target we just…

Whenever a guitar master visits somewhere near us, I just can't help going to the show. Usually that means making it at least to Munich, but the trip always pays off with an exceptional musical expe&#

One fine July day I found out that the legendary Los Lobos were playing the Folkest 1995 festival in the little town of Spilimbergo, not far from Udine in Italy. I did everything I could to get in touch with them, because you, dear readers,…

On October 2, 1995, the supergroup Toto released their new album, Tambu. It wasn't just the fact that it brings together some seriously good, professional musicians, but also their popularity in Slovenia (who doesn't know their hits Rosanna…

New York's DREAM THEATER are easily the leading lights of progressive metal. Guitarist JOHN PETRUCCI told us about life on the road and about his love of music in general. Vene: Hey John! How are you feeling? Petru

The conversation took place during the worldwide promotion of the album Face the heat. Vene: I don't know exactly what you are: rhythm or lead guitarist? How would you define it? Rudolf Schenker: I'm a musician. Okay: I'm a rhythm…

1. How would you describe your mental evolution from when you were at the starting point, a newcomer, to now, when you practically know all the secrets of the instrumental sound, if we can call it that? When did you realize you were going…