Deep Purple – Keytracks preview in HammerWorld magazine

My first Keywords story is based on a recent reading experience of mine. The opening chapter of my reading diary about a birthday present that mixes old inspirations with brand new influences that shape my life. Were we born to run?

They refer to him as The Prince of Darkness, but the first glimpses beneath the surface will uncover an extraordinary gentleman behind the mask of the master of shock rock…

Forty-one stories about the power of music. Keytracks, which defined the path of the author. Childhood favourites: Deep Purple, Iron Maiden and Metallica. Unique role models: Jimi Hendrix…

Initially, I have not planned to dedicate a chapter to Metallica in my upcoming book titled Keytracks (release date: 19/10/1971), but when the publisher of HammerWorld magazine approached me…

The June issue of HammerWorld magazine features an excerpt from my Deep Purple story, which is more about a key man than a particular song. Ritchie Blackmore changed my world entirely…

This relationship was made in Heaven.

In my teenage years, I did not like Depeche Mode. Without any conscious effort, I found myself in enemy lines. I was a metalhead. And there were the Modies.

21 years and 14 days.

This much was given to Gustav Elijah Åhr on this life on Earth. Tragically little time. You cannot comprehend how short, if you have not lost your child so young.

Dream Theater provided me with the first real keytrack that defined my life forever. Even its title became a mantra for me some thirty years before, and I got a tremendous reading experience from them as well.

I believe that he is one of the greatest guitar players of all time. He is a true innovator of the instrument that is so dear for many of us, somebody who pushed the boundaries of recording music.

Parallel lines meet at infinity.

Parallel lives can meet earlier, if they want to meet, if they give more from themselves, if they accept the other.