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UNDERCOVER (Spain) 2001
TOMMY DENANDER (Radioactive) 1.- Hi Tommy, it´s been a while since we
last spoke for Undercover Fanz, however things have been far from quiet
for you. - I don´t like to be not busy ... life´s too short to sit
around. Lately I´ve done new albums with Prisoner, Rainmaker,
Sayit, Bruce Gaitsch, Jessa Slatter, Martin Viotti, Lions Share, Eclipse
and more, what better way to spend life than that. 2.- What artist influence you and your music? - The list is long- 3.- There is a distinct variation in styles on
the different bands you play. It´s this deliberate? - Absolutely. I´ve been a session player for many years now and
that´s what I like about it, to be able and fit in to any style
and situation without losing your feel or personality. Since I do some
many albums I think it´s also important to try and make every
project as unique as possible. It´s still me though... I think
people can tell these days even if it´s more laid back for
Sayit or more flashy for Rainmaker etc... 4.- After your many years in the business, how
do you feel about the Radiactive album? - It´s an album that I was afraid wouldn´t be released
ever! It´s been such a strange journey in ten years... from heaven
to hell several times but now when it´s done I´m so proud
of it... 5.- Would you consider playing with Toto members
again or is that all in the past? - I´ll work with ant of them in a second, in fact Mike Porcaro
recently played on a couple of songs that I wrote with Ricky Delin for
his solo album and Bobby Kimball and I have several ideas for the future.
Toto as a group I don´t care much about anymore though, I think
they should quit now before it becomes sort of a joke. They proved with
Mindfields what a great band they still can be at time and to see Bobby
back and kicking ass was great... but it´s so far from their old
class that I think it´s a shame. 6.- Moving onto the other bands you play, what
are your personal thoughts on the current albums? Rainmaker, Prisoner
and new Sayit... - We recently released the new Prisoner album called "II"
and the reviews have been very mixed, most magazines don´t seem
to like it mainly cause of the production but the fans for the most
part are thrilled so I don´t know. We had planned to make the
album with live drums and so on but due to circumstances beyond control
we made a bad decision to record it rather quick with a machine instead,
I still like the album and think some of our best work is on it but
again... matter of opinion. 7.- Of your albums which is your favourite? - I can´t really pick but... Radiactive for the size of it I
guess... again the archivement!. 8.- Do you have any plans to do live shows? - Not this year but there´s talk about shows in Europe next year
with both Rainmaker and Prisoner. I´d love to get out and meet
all the fans, I know the other guys had a great time in England with
Prisoner and the fans were amazing. We´re still in awe that we
have fans. 9.- What next for Tommy Denander? I hear about
a DVD - A lot as always, right now finish Sayit and Rainmaker and then I
have several cool projects for the fall like a new solo (guitar) album,
another duet album with Bruce Gaitsch and so on. And the DVD of course,
me and Gerhard Malmberg are working on it right now in the very early
stages. It´s gonna be a very nice documentary of how Radiactive
was made with lots of cool video clips from the recordings and tons
of bonus stuff... you don´t wanna miss this. I hope we can have
it ready by oc/nov. 10.- Thank you very much Tommy and keep the flame
alive. - Thanks to you for all your support. Keep up the good work and best
wishes to all. ©Undercover |
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