One reason for this is his flair for talent: “In Germany there hardly were and still aren’t any singers who are compatible with my music.” For this reason, he has thought in international terms from the start, his first few albums featuring some of the world’s best vocalists in the hard rock genre: Charlie Huhn (ex- Ted Nugent, Gary Moore, Victory, now with Foghat), Rob Rock (ex- Impellitteri, Driver) and Jeff Scott Soto (ex- Yngwie Malmsteen, Talisman, now with progressive super group Sons Of Apollo). After that he’s never taken a wrong turn.
90 in the German charts), Pell has known that he’s been heading in the right direction. “If the whole thing hadn’t taken off, I’d be bored to tears in my trained job as an industrial management assistant to this very day.” Make it or break it: Since his very first chart entry with his fourth studio album “ Between The Walls” in 1994 (no. Having sold more than 1.6 million records so far, Pell also has a ridiculous amount of online streams: his songs have been streamed more than 37.5 million times, figures he would never have dreamt of when he first started out. “Never change a winning team” is the secret of his success. “ SPV and I have grown together, we have witnessed highs and lows and we’ve managed to get through them all,” the 58-year-old musician states with a smile. And it will come out on the same record company as his debut in 1989 his contract with legendary label SPV having lasted longer than the average marriage these days. Like his anniversary offering, a live document of his most recent tour. For three decades, the Bochum-based guitarist has ticked and worked like a Swiss clock releasing critically acclaimed hard rocking albums consistently. It’s been ages, right? And the world has changed. “Does anybody remember 1989? When Axel Rudi Pell released his first solo effort “ Wild Obsession”, the Berlin Wall had just come down.
Solo artist / guitarist Axel Rudi Pell released a double live album titled XXX Anniversary Live earlier this month and which features his long-time and Hardline lead vocalist Johnny Gioeli.Ġ1. Axel Rudi Pell releases double live album ‘XXX Anniversary Live’
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