Austrotull

About

Tell us about yourself?: 

Ahoi everyone! I'm from Vienna/Austria and was lucky to have grown up in the golden age of Metal. Thankfully i've seen most of my highly venerated bands and artists live and not being dependent on YouTube alone...which however is a wonderful tool to step back in time whenever i want to. IMHO the most important invention over the last 2 decades for devotees like us...i can't recall the number of nights i completely lost myself totally unplanned as i just couldn't stop digging for more rare footage, dokus and other amazing stuff people have gathered and shared with us. A big CHEERS to all of these people around the globe for your commitment in the name of music and entertainment in general! I'm also grateful i was able to join the music industry (and still do) which gave me the opportunity to work with a bunch of amazing artists like Maiden, Jethro Tull, Whitesnake, Genesis, Die Toten Hosen, Queen, Blur, Saxon, Blind Guardian, etc...too many to mention them all here. And thankfully a great variety of artists...as much as we all love it loud and heavy, i enjoyed working on and with artists from all kind of genres, everything else would have bored me ;-)

What's your reason for joining tshirtslayer?: 

As a music fan, collector and therefore occasional buyer, this looks like the perfect place for digging holy grails. On the other hand, there's of course a lot of stuff that came together over the last 3 + decades that is looking for a good new home.

Do you goto any festivals or shows?: 

Sure i do, but by far not as often as in previous years. Most of the new bands suck, and many my personal faves called it quits or were called to visit Heaven's gate. I've been to various Monsters Of Rock (mainly in Germany) in the 80's and 90's, but honestly don't think i could enjoy such an event nowadays...the old man became a bit lazy, if u know what i mean... ;-) BUT, i must admit that Wacken is still on my list of 100 things i wanna do before i bite the dust.

Favourite album ?: 

Oh Jesus...really only one pick? That's a tough one, indeed. OK, i'm going with my most favourite DEBUT album, that's easier: it's got to be Metal Church's from 1984. Hands down and no other word needed. Period.

Which bands are you into?: 

Metal Church

Motörhead

King Diamond

Sodom

Kreator

Kiss

Body Count

Whitesnake

Jethro Tull

Iron Maiden

Malice

Crimson Glory

Secrecy

The Jam

Foo Fighters

Billy Joel

U2

Manic Street Preachers

Gerry Rafferty

Bee Gees

The Alan Parsons Project

Pink Floyd

Ultravox

How did you find out about TShirtSlayer? : 

A hint of a friend of mine