{"id":228978,"date":"2021-10-22T00:00:04","date_gmt":"2021-10-22T04:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/25yearslatersite.com\/?p=228978"},"modified":"2021-10-22T00:00:04","modified_gmt":"2021-10-22T04:00:04","slug":"udo-tell-us-its-game-over-this-interview-explains-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tvobsessive.com\/2021\/10\/22\/udo-tell-us-its-game-over-this-interview-explains-why\/","title":{"rendered":"UDO Tell Us It’s Game Over: This Interview Explains Why"},"content":{"rendered":"
Udo Dirkschneider is almost 70 years old. And he doesn’t figure to be suffering from Metal fatigue just yet.<\/p>\n
The Heavy Metal Icon of Accept and his own band UDO has just released his most accessible album yet. Game Over<\/em> contains all the heavy hitting but has some mature melody too.<\/p>\n Udo is an affable man with a very easy going, almost genial approach. He has a lot to be happy about. There’s that album for a start.<\/p>\n ‘Thank you very much. I’m really happy with the album. I have to thank the members of UDO, you know?’ He says honestly. ‘They came up with really good ideas, especially with the 2 new members, of course Andrey (Smirnov, guitars), I’ve been with him for 10 years, we always get good ideas. It was also a little bit different this time, with my son, this was the first time I wrote all the lyrics together with him. And also he came up with a lot of melodies. The only thing that was not so good was the pandemic stuff, you know?’<\/p>\n Ah yes, recording and releasing an album in a pandemic can’t be easy, although some artists who dropped their albums in the lockdown period told me they saw better sales than ever, as people were desperate for product.<\/p>\n ‘Normally we are working together in one room, on arrangements, that was not possible!’ He chuckles. ‘So we had to do everything over the Internet with FaceTime and WhatsApp. It took a little bit longer, but in the end I think it worked.<\/p>\n With the main recording in the studio, you know, we were only allowed to have 2 people in the studio, only the sound engineer and only a musician. A little bit strange!<\/p>\n But in the end, what can I say? I’m really pleased with the whole result. 16 songs. Great. I love it!’<\/p>\n