Jimmy Kay of The Metal Voice sits down with Graham Bonnet, guitarist Chris Impellitteri and guitarist Joe Stump of Alcatrazz at the Metal Hall of Fame Gala 2020 and discuss Bonnet’s induction into the Metal Hall of fame 2020, the recent Rock and roll Hall of Fame snubs of Judas Priest and Pat Benatar, Rush’s Neil Peart’s Passing and the new upcoming Alcatrazz studio album which will feature songwriting from Steve Vai with guest players such as Bob Kulick and Chris Impelliteri.
Jimmy Kay from Canada’s The Metal Voice spoke to Graham Bonnet from the Graham Bonnet Band at this years NAMM show on June 25 2019. Graham Bonnet told The Metal Voice that they were planning on relaunching the 80’s band ALCATRAZZ. Bonnet said in the interview, “We have just put the band together and we have a new guitarist. Basically we will be going out and playing the Alcatrazz songs live and we will be recording a new Alcatrazz studio album. Also on the studio album we will be having a few guest players so some good surprises coming up.”
Watch the interview here:
Graham Bonnet Manager Giles Lavery explained in more details to The Metal Voice that the guitarist for the relaunch of Alcatrazz will be Joe Stump (Reign of Terror, Holy Hell ) and that a new double live Alcatrazz album will be recorded (and filmed) on the upcoming Japanese tour. The live album will feature the entire Alcatrazz No Parole from Rock and Roll album and entire Rainbow Down to Earth Album. Plus rarely performed tracks from Bonnet’s days with Impellitteri and Blackthorne.
Alcatrazz keyboardist Jimmy Waldo also added on separate interview to The Metal Voice Feb 1 2019,“The last two Graham Bonnet Band albums stylistically have essentially been Alcatrazz albums as we were aiming for that direction anyways. With our new guitar player Joe Stump we feel we can take Alcatrazz to the next level. Due to popular demand it’s time to bring the name back.”
Alcatrazz is
Graham Bonnet- vocals
Jimmy Waldo- Keyboards
Joe Stump- Guitar
Beth Ami Heavenstone- Bass
Mark Benquechea- Drums
More details to be announced on upcoming Alcatrazz studio album which will feature many guests from Graham’s musical past.
American shred guitar legend JOE STUMP has announced a tour of China during the month of October.
Joe Stump has checked in with the following comment:
l traveled to China for the 1st time back in 2003 for a run a shows and guitar clinics in Asia and am looking forward to going back. It will be a grueling couple weeks but there’s a ton of great guitar fans over there, so it’ll be great to play for them.
To those in guitar and metal circles Joe Stump should need no introduction. The Shredlord has been raining down full throttle neoclassical shred/speed metal since Guitar Dominance was released over 20 years ago. He is one of the most intense and over the top guitarists on the planet and his maniacal guitar driven releases are amazing displays of power and jaw dropping technical command. He was named by Guitar One magazine as one of the top 10 fastest shredders of all time, by Guitar World as one of the 50 fastest players of all time and by Guitarist magazine as one of the top 20 shredders of all time. He has appeared in countless guitar and metal based publications, fanzines and webzines worldwide.
Joe Stump has toured the world both as a solo artist and with metal bands Joe Stump`s Reign Of Terror, HolyHell, RavenLord, Exorcism and Tower of Babel. Joe`s also an Associate Professor at the esteemed Berklee College of Music where he has been the metal/shred guitar specialist for the last 22 years.
Doomy heavy metallers EXORCISM will release their debut album, “I Am God”, on April 25th via GoldenCore Records/ZYX Music. Guitarist JOE ‘SHREDLORD’ STUMP (HOLYHELL, RAVEN LORD) spoke with Bravewords scribe Carl Begai about his involvement in the project:
“It was an interesting record for me to do as I didn’t write anything on it, but that it was a cool record to make none the less. I’m playing all different schools of stuff on the thing guitar-wise, from GARY MOORE / JIMI HENDRIX / MICHAEL SCHENKER-induced bluesy playing to my usual YNGWIE MALMSTEEN meets RITCHIE BLACKMORE meets HANK SHERMAN / ULI JON ROTH evil shred.”
Tracklisting:
‘End Of Days’
‘I Am God’
‘Voodoo Jesus’
‘Last Rock’N Roll’
‘Master Of Evil’
‘Exorcism’
‘Higher’
‘Stay In Hell’
‘Fade The Day’
‘Zero G’
All drums by Garry King recorded at La Foret Groupe Studio, France. All guitars by Joe Stump recorded at The Dungeon, Boston, MA, and edited and processed by Franciso Palomo, private studio, Boston, MA. All bass guitars by Lucio Manca recorded at Total Master Sound, IB, Spain. All vocals, keyboards, synthesizers and additional rhythm guitars recorded and edited by Csaba Zvekan, slide guitar on ‘End Of Days’ by Csaba Zvekan, additional rhythm guitars on ‘Voodoo Jesus’ by Csaba Zvekan at Total Master Sound, IB, Spain. Mixed and Mastered by Csaba Zvekan at Total Master Sound studios, Balearic Islands, Spain.
Check out a teaser clip below:
Exorcism are:
Csaba Zvekan – vocals Joe Stump – guitars Lucio Manca – bass Garry King – drums
The latest episode of the Mars Attacks podcast contains an interview with guitarist JOE STUMP (RAVEN LORD, HOLYHELL). During the interview Stumpdiscusses his latest solo album, Revenge Of The Shredlord, his inspiration after being in the industry for 20 years, his gear, and all things Ritchie Blackmore.
The episode can be streamed or downloaded from here.
Stump recently posted some live footage online along with the following update:
“‘The Ritual Begins’ and ‘Man Your Battlestations’ from one of the NC shows last week. Unfortunately, my drummer had a family emergency so I had to do the backing track thing . But plenty of gratuitous shred footage nonetheless.”
Stump’s live schedule is now as follows:
April
6 – Fiddler`s Green – Stamford, CT
May
17 – 89 North Music Venue – Patchogue, NY (with SHADOW EDEN)
24 – Intermission Lounge – Pittsburgh, PA (with Pete Rossi)
25 – Token Lounge – Detroit, MI
Stump’s new album, Revenge Of The Shredlord, is out now via Lion Music.
“Revenge Of The Shredlord is quite heavy and classically influenced,” Stump remarked recently. “This one’s all metal from start to finish, very dark and focused with gratuitous amounts of shredding throughout. Also, thanks to the great work of engineer Ducky Carlise and mastering engineer Maor Appelbaum, it’s my best sounding record to date as well.”
Guitarist JOE STUMP(RAVEN LORD, HOLYHELL) has posted some live footage online along with the following update:
“‘The Ritual Begins’ and ‘Man Your Battlestations’ from one of the NC shows last week. Unfortunately, my drummer had a family emergency so I had to do the backing track thing . But plenty of gratuitous shred footage nonetheless.”
Stump’s live schedule is now as follows:
March
23 – Dewey’s Pub – Seymour, CT
30 – Vail Leavitt Music Hall – Riverhead, NY
April
6 – Fiddler`s Green – Stamford, CT
May
17 – 89 North Music Venue – Patchogue, NY (with SHADOW EDEN)
24 – Intermission Lounge – Pittsburgh, PA (with Pete Rossi)
25 – Token Lounge – Detroit, MI
Stump’s new album, Revenge Of The Shredlord, is out now via Lion Music.
“Revenge Of The Shredlord is quite heavy and classically influenced,” Stump remarked recently. “This one’s all metal from start to finish, very dark and focused with gratuitous amounts of shredding throughout. Also, thanks to the great work of engineer Ducky Carlise and mastering engineer Maor Appelbaum, it’s my best sounding record to date as well.”
