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SLAT-7 strings guitar that I’m Steve: Thank you Tom, always
using now for the demos of a pleasure to spend time talking
the new songs. This power axe about Perpetual Fire and my
mounts EMG pickups, a different music and give the opportunity
groovy and dark sound for to all our fans to know a little bit
Perpetual Fire’s third album. more about us. I hope after this
Rocknation: Please
tell us about the guitar
clinics you do.
Steve: Well, I made few
clinics, it’s not really
my deal staying on a
stage all alone, just to
show how fast I am. I
don’t mean it’s wrong
but I prefer joining with
the band, composing
songs and good melo-
dies. Anyway one of
my targets for the
future is an instrumen-
tal album, so maybe
after I will plan some
other clinics.
Rocknation: What
plans do you have for
2011.
Steve: First of all I
have to finish this long
tour with the singer I
told you before, after I
want to record the third
album with Perpetual
Fire and make gigs
with them. Anyway I
always have a lot of
ideas, so it can be
Interview with Steve Volta Rocknation: Please name some you’ll hear of me for other interview people will be curious
projects.
to find out more about Perpetual
by Tom Mathers bands you have played with in Rocknation: Thank you for Fire and visit our website:
Europe.
Steve: As a professional taking time for this interview and www.perpetualfire.net.
Rocknation: Hello Steve and musician I had the chance to last words to the fans. Keep the fire perpetual!
welcome to Rocknation, and share the stage with Deep Purple,
congrats on your new release ZZ Top, Gamma Ray, Extreme,
“Invisible” on Ice Warrior/Rock It Twisted Sister, The Clash, Finn- CDS NOW AVAILABLE IN ALL FINE CD STORES
Up Records. Please fill us in on trolls, Tankard, Cannibal Corpe,
the recording process and Quire Boys and others. It’s always
songwriting. great to play in those summer PERPETUAL FIRE
Steve: Hello Rocknation! Thank festivals and see the attitude of
you very much for the opportunity these big artists. We learn some-
to speak about Perpetual Fire. I thing every time and I feel I play
wrote those songs between 2005 better on those big stages before
and 2007. Usually I start play- a big crowd.
ing my guitar and magically a Rocknation: Who are your
riff comes out or an interesting influences?
chords sequence hits me and Steve: When I was 16 I started
inspires me. After that, everything playing guitar, I was listening to
is easy and natural. I remember Yngwie Malmsteen, Mick Mars,
that I worked all night long on Richie Sambora and other
the song Invisible. In that case virtuoso guitarists. Then I studied
the song started with the piano the style of Paul Gilbert, Steve Vai,
melody that you can hear in the Joe Satriani and Michael Angelo.
intro and that is the main theme. Yes, I liked playing fast! But after
After I create a demo of each song some years I understood that I had
and then I work on vocal melodies to play music and not only fast For fans of Nightwish
with our singer Roby Beccalli and scales.
rehearse with the band. We started Rocknation: I see you are & Stratovarius. “Invisible” CD
recording the album on july 2007 endorsed by Jackson guitars tell
and fixed the master on december us about that.
2008. I made everything and it was Steve: Yeah, one year ago I started more titles available now
a hard job! Believe me! a tour with a famous singer here in
Rocknation: What can someone Italy and simply I asked for
expect at a PERPETUAL FIRE endorsement to a couple of
show? distribution company. The day
Steve: Unfortunately we played after I had my two Jackson RR24.
few gigs because I’m a profes- The guitars are amazing and
sional musician and I have to powerful with floyd rose, 24 frets,
work with many situations. Any- EMG 81 pickup. Everything you
way in 2009 we have had some need to rock hard and speed! TALON FALLEN NASTY KIXX TANGO DOWN TANGO DOWN
live shows. It was great to play I also made a photo shooting with “Angels” “Hometown Blues” “Damage Control” “Take 1”
with my band! I noticed that the my new Jackson’s and I put one
audience listened to us carefully, of them in the booklet of Invisible. For fans of For fans of For fans of Featuring
caught by the power of our The band pics were shot the sum- BACKYARD BABIES Firehouse, Phil Naro
melodies, so what they can expect mer before, in fact in those pics I Lynch Mob Lynch Mob (Billy Sheehan’s
is great music, great voice and had beard. Beyond the two RR24, & Firehouse. & HELLACOPTERS. and Dokken. Talas, DDrive)
guitar solos!! ahah I have also a Jackson
