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15 questions to Jörg Michael of Stratovarius

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1. Now when you have insight in the business - would you encourage your daughter or son to become a professional musician, or advice against it?

  • Jörg: Why not if I feel they want to do it by their heart, surely I would be able to give them some handy advices...

2. A metalsong you think "Man - I wish I'd written that one...." when you hear it?

  • Jörg: Devil´s Child by Judas Priest, Bark At The Moon by Ozzy, For Whom The Bell Tolls by Metallica, Before The Storm by Queensryche, Tie Your Mother Down by Queen, White Man by Queen, Ace Of Spades by Motorhead, Wild Side by Mötley Crew, Detroit Rock City by Kiss, Highway To Hell by AC/DC, to be continued.....

3. The last album you bought/acquired, and your brief opinion about it?

  • Jörg: Latest "Sting" album for my wife and it sucks!

4. If someone told you tomorrow that you can't be involved in music anymore, what do you see yourself doing in 5 years from now?

  • Jörg: Beerdrinking in front of TV and watching football :-), I don´t know, I can´t think that pessimistic and I can´t look in the future either!

5. Myself as a privat person in a few sentences?

  • Jörg: Judging about yourself always is dangerous! Unpatienced, wild, idiot, immoderate, excessive, cool, hyper, mellow, drunk, sleepy,....

6. Unexpectedly and out of the blue you get a whole week totally off from music and work - what would you most of all want to do?

  • Jörg: Drinking!

7. Mp3 - an abomination or a good way to make your name and music heard?

  • Jörg: Depending of the view I guess, can be both!

8. What do you treasure most in your life, except metal and family?

  • Jörg: Football and friends.



9. An instrument you always wish that you started playing/learning, but never did?

  • Jörg: Drums I guess!

10. Beer, whisky, wine or a cocktail in the tv sofa on a relaxed at-home-saturday night? Brand of the beverage?

  • Jörg: Too much thinking, as long there is alcohol in it, who cares!


11. Which historical person do you feel would fit best as a description on you as a person?

  • Jörg: George Best!

12. What most people don't know, never have known, and probably never would know about me if they don't read this?

  • Jörg: If people don´t know and want to know by reading this about what they don´t know about me I have to admit that I don´t know myself what other people don´t know so it will be quite hard to find out what it is that people don´t know about me, it will be something that I don´t know myself about me really!



13. If a famous actor were to play the part as you in a motion picture - who would be best suitable for that purpose, you think?

  • Jörg: Rolf Zacher.

14. What ingredient is the most important and vital of them all when making good music, according to you?

  • Jörg: Heartblood!


15. Your best advice to a person determined to make it in the metalbusiness?

  • Jörg: Don´t do it!

~ Asked by Tommy, Jan. 2004

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Related links:
www.jorgmichael.com