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Read Full Interview immediately in: Issue 41 - Interview With Alex Masi - Digital Download Magazine
Alex Masi, Grammy nominated in 1989 for Best Instrumental Rock Album with the opening track, "Under Fire," including vocals by Jeff Scott Soto. Other guests featured on this recording include Frankie Banali (Quiet Riot), David Michael Philips (King Kobra), Kuni, and Allan Holdsworth (one of Masi's heroes). Alex Masi’s second solo album was called Vertical Invader, and featured only Masi along with drummer John Macaluso. There are over 20 albums in Alex Masi’s Discography ranging from 80s rock to a trilogy dedicated to classical musicians Bach, Mozart and Beethoven.
Interview With Alex Masi
February 18, 2015
By Londa R. Marks | Metal Music Interview
Published By Tempi-Dispari, Rome, Italy and
Rock Legend News Firenze, Italy
Alex Masi was born 14 May 1969 in Venice, Italy and studied at the Conservatory of Music in Verona, Italy. He formed the heavy rock band Dark Lord in 1984 and recorded two EPs with them. In the early 1980s Masi moved briefly to London, where he played with several musicians in the NWOBHM scene. With Dark Lord he toured as opening act for several major acts of the period until 1986, when he was invited by Metal Blade Records to move to Los Angeles and join the band Sound Barrier. He later founded a band of his own, called Masi.
Rock Legend News: What would you say has been your method or approach to music?
Alex Masi: I've always taken music as a magical trip into an unknown land, I wanted to be partially prepared but also wanted to leave some things to chance. Now that I'm older and way more experienced than when I started I can't help maneuvering with some dexterity but the child is still there inside me and I enjoy the purity of the creative process without letting the business side of things pollute the Joy of making music. I don't really have a method, I just let it flow and try to capture it without getting in the way of the process.
Rock Legend News: When you first located to Los Angeles, California from Venice, Italy in 1986, you apparently found something very inspiring in order to receive a Grammy Nomination after just three years. Can you reveal what that inspiration was?
Alex Masi: I don't think the Grammy thing was the result of any particular inspiration, awards and all that stuff don't mean that much in terms of actual music. It was nice to be nominated, got a lot of more exposure thanks to it but the album that was nominated was recorded without thinking about any of that stuff, it was just me and the other musicians in the studio making some wild music that I never thought I would never be allowed to publish on a major label. It wouldn't happen in today's market.
Rock Legend News: Carmine Appice, Mick Sweda and Chuck Wright worked on Black Roses with you. How did you like working with them?
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