With:	Marcus Siepen and Frederik Ehmke
Conducted by:	Baz Anderson (in person)
Published:	25.05.2016
Band profile:	Blind Guardian

Exploring parts of the United Kingdom Blind Guardian have not visited before, I thought it would be nice to have a chat with Marcus and Frederik and see how things are thirty years on.






00:06 | Hello! How are you doing?
00:14 | You had a day off yesterday, what did you get up to?
00:51 | This tour is massive... have you ever toured on an album as much as this one?
01:44 | Not seen it mentioned, correct me if I am wrong, is this the band's 30th year anniversary?
02:18 | As a celebration of these thirty-odd year I'd like to have a look at the history of the band... Thinking back to the late eighties and early nineties, you released your first four albums in five years - you must have been quite prolific back then. What were things like?
04:12 | Thinking back to touring, you released your first live album Tokyo Tales... How did this band from Germany become so big in Japan in such a short amount of time?
05:28 | Had you played to audiences that big before?
05:40 | Next three albums... I see those as the backbone of the Blind Guardian library, you were getting bigger in America at that point. How was life changing in the band?
07:12 | As you do take longer with your albums - in the last ten years we have had three albums and things have changed a lot... have you found yourselves having to adapt or change in order to accommodate the modern world?
08:55 | Is it a case that you have to tour more?
10:23 | Back in the present day, is it correct you have a live album coming out this year?
11:20 | You're probably sick of being asked about this orchestral album that is supposed to be coming out... is it going to come out next year? What's happening with that?
11:50 | Is it going to be a Blind Guardian album, or is it going to be something so different you'll put it under a different name?
12:27 | How long have you been working on this album?
12:47 | It's going to be big then - is it going to be one CD, or a double album?
13:05 | Any last words...



A review of the show can be found here.