An Avalanche Of Metal With TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS

Interview by Kris Peters
Ripper Owens has returned to Australia, but this time he is on his
own. Not literally, of course, but for the first time in recent
memory, Ripper comes Down Under with a clean slate and no
pre-existing musical obligations by way of bands and/or
collaborations.
As such he is free to pull songs from a vast and varied network
spent fronting iconic acts including Judas Priest, Iced Earth,
Yngwie Malmsteen, Dio's Disciples, The Three Tremors, KK's PRIEST
and the incredibly ferocious RIPPER - a collaborative project
spearheaded by Hatebreed's Jamey Jasta.
Joined by the Metallic luminary of brothers Joel & Jordan
McDonald, Andrew Hudson and Voya Mulitinovic, Ripper’s live assault
will be molten as hell… And if you crave anything less - You've Got
Another Thing Coming…
Ripper's unique skills tore open a fairytale career, across the
biggest stages in the world. This run of shows will showcase the
absolute, toughest cuts from Ripper's world of Heavy Metal. Expect
huge hits, deep dives, virtuosic shred, and a heap of fists in the
air, full cavalry style, head-banging glory.
HEAVY caught up with Ripper during some rare downtime on the
road.
We bring up the fact that with so much material to draw from,
choosing a set list to appease the masses must seem like an
impossible and thankless task.
 "It is," he nodded. "It is just as it is with anybody. It's
the same with KK's Priest, isn't it? We do a lot of KK stuff…
probably half and half, but a thing we don't do is a lot of my era
of Judas Priest. We do one song, so people complain a lot about
that. But it's the same with every band and every artist out there.
It's always a pain in the butt and a challenge to make a set list.
You will not make everybody happy, and to be honest, in this day
and age it's impossible. They're gonna complain. Just by reading
comments on posts of mine on social media, people know everything.
They know exactly how I should look, sound, what clothes I should
wear, what set lists I should have, so you're not gonna make
everybody happy. It's really hard to do, and you nailed it. People
wanna hear Winters Bane, my first band I released something with,
so it is tough, but you've gotta do it. I've toured doing these
songs. I know for my South America tour I have coming up I have
added Bloodstained in the set list and we might do Jugulator, but
it's tough to do it."
In the full interview, Ripper tells us what to expect from his
shows, his backing band and why he chose them, his recent
collaborations with aspiring musicians, musical freedom, what he
gets out of playing in so many bands, challenging yourself
musically and more.

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