TWISTED SISTER Guitarist Plans To Record New Solo Album

MetalSucks recently conducted an interview with TWISTED SISTER guitarist Eddie Ojeda. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow:

MetalSucks: Are you thinking about doing another solo album anytime soon?

Ojeda: That's what I'm trying to do. 'Cause you know, I go out… once September comes, I'll be out playing constantly, I probably won't be back 'til December, because I'll be out doing this show VAMPIRES ROCK.

MetalSucks: What's that?

Ojeda: It's basically, um… it's kinda like a "Rocky Horror"-type show. They do a whole stage production with pyro and a band and a cast, and… it's very cool.

MetalSucks: Did you write the music for that?

Ojeda: No, I didn't. It's actually, it's not original music, it's like really well known rock n' roll. I mean, when I'm doing it we'll do "Burn in Hell", 'cause it kinda fits… and we'll do "We're Not Gonna Take It", 'cause, y'know, I'm being like a guest artist. 'Cause the lead guy is this singer and he usually does the whole lead thing. He also does a MEAT LOAF tribute, which is funny. He does this whole MEAT LOAF tribute and he tours England. 'Cause MEAT LOAF is SO big in England, y'know… I guess they just love it, they can't get enough of it, so… he started doing a MEAT LOAF tribute and it turned into this really big thing, and then, like, he does this show, VAMPIRES ROCK, so, y'know, half a year he does the MEAT LOAF thing, he goes out in the like the spring and the summer, and then in the fall and winter, he does the VAMPIRES ROCK thing. It basically started out as a Halloween thing that he used to do like ten, fifteen shows around Halloween, and now it's gotten even bigger, it's gonna be… well, so far, I'm doing 39 shows with them.

MetalSucks: Have you been working on a new solo album?

Ojeda: Yeah, I've been working on… right now I'm trying to pick songs. I've got a lot of stuff on tape. I'm trying to pick songs to get working on… I'm getting sidetracked alot, going to events and doing shows… I'm trying to do some voice-overs… my day… between all the events I go to and some of the traveling I'm doing just for business reasons, it's hard to get cracking, y'know what I mean (laughs)? [I] kinda feel like just going somewhere where I can… 'cause I always thought it works the best, when you just go someplace and you're not… when you work at home or, y'know, near your home, there's a lot of distractions, y'know? Sometimes it's better to go somewhere, and you're just there to record. Or just, y'know, put stuff down and start your album. And that's kinda the best way to get it done, 'cause otherwise there's always a million distractions, y'know? Before you know it, another month goes by.

MetalSucks: So, when you do get to do another solo album, do you think it will have a bunch of guest vocalists? I know last time you had [Ronnie James] Dio and Dee [Snider] obviously did some stuff, and Joe Lynn Turner…

Ojeda: Yeah. I'm definaltey gonna try and have a bunch of people on there… at least two or three, I'd like to have at least three guys, y'know… 'cause I got some songs that are really cool for certain people. But I'm not, y'know… it depends on who I can get, and scheduling. I mean, I know Ronnie [James Dio]'s up for it… for doing another one if I ask him to, y'know, uh… it might be cool, if I can find something. Y'know, that song "Tonight" [from "Axes 2 Axes"], it was kinda like, really perfect for him, y'know? And that's one of the reasons I asked him to sing it. It was almost like, I said "Wow, this really sounds like a DIO song," y'know? Even though I wrote it, it sounded like… it had a very DIO feeling to it. That's kinda why I asked him to do it. And I think it makes it a little more exciting for people, y'know… 'cause it's funny, when I asked these guys to sing, I didn't realize how many people these guys had worked with. The list, when I read the list, it reads like… 'cause I have the album on CD Baby now, so it says "Featuring guys who have played with WHITESNAKE, OZZY OSBOURNE, BLACK SABBATH." (laughs) And I'd realized Rudy Sarzo played with OZZY OSBOURNE, played with WHITESNAKE, y'know, played on "Blizzard of Ozz", y'know, RAINBOW. So the list of people, when the record company puts together the list of all the artists, y'know, "featuring artists who've played with all these bands," it's a real who's who band list, y'know? And it's a CD that I only have four guest artists on, but it's like… like Ronnie. Ronnie's been in SABBATH, he's been in RAINBOW, and he's done his own thing, y'know… and Dee, Dee has done his own thing with his, uh, basically his own project… But until I get some other songs, y'know, semi-recorded… 'cause right now it's just me playing guitar on a boom box, y'know, with the songs… so until I get some basic drums down, y'know, some kind of basic tracks that sound like something, as far as laying the vocals over it, I really can't tell, y'know, who I'm gonna ask to do what. But I definately wanna [use more guest singers].

Read the entire interview at www.metalsucks.net.