CHRIS DALE'S METAL MELTDOWN



Chris Dale is a Heavy Metal bassist. He is currently the bass player in TANK whose recent live DVD, 'WAR MACHINE' is out now. He has previously played with lots of Metal bands and projects, most notably a two year stint in Bruce Dickinson's solo band.

Chris fronts the pop-group Sack Trick, DJs occasionally on Bloodstock Radio and in his spare time works on tour as a roady for anyone going to a hot climate...

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Storm Thorgerson (1944-2013) RIP A tribute to the artist and visionary genius behind the album covers of Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Muse, Rainbow, Thunder, Dream Theater and Helloween and his work on Bruce Dickinson's 'Skunworks' album. May 2013

Daily Mail Columnist Sinks To New Low With Anti-Heavy Metal Article A response to Richard Littlejohn's Attack on Goths, Punks and Heavy Metal fans. April 2013

The Future Of Classic Rock Bands What will happen to bands like Kiss, Rainbow and Van Halen in the next decade? Do you want tickets for AC/DC's 50th Anniversary of the 'Back In Black' Tour? April 2013

Smashing Pumpkins Video Shoot The fun I had working as an extra on the 'Ava Adore' promotional video and why dog mess should always be avoided. March 2013

Ten Years On Total Rock Good times as a Radio DJ playing my favourite tunes, making mistakes and talking to Queensryche, Dokken and Geezer Butler. February 2013

Kiss Follow Up To Monster 2013 How Kiss could make a great record this year by looking back at their old demos. We get to hear them all here. January 2013

Kiss Reformation Magick How Alex Dickson and I unwittingly caused the Kiss 1996 Reformation during our South American Tour with Bruce Dickinson. December 2012

Exclusive Interview With Geoff Tate Steve Goldby and I get to ask the singer of Queensrÿche all the questions we ever wanted to know the answers to. November 2012

Morally Worrying Session As an occasional bass session musician, at what point does one call the line and say that enough is really enough? November 2012

Kiss 'Monster' Review Thoughts on the lastest Kiss album after hearing it a few times. It is indeed a great album! October 2012

The Best Invention Of All Time Absolute proof that we bass players (including Steve Harris, Billy Sheehan and Bob Daisley) are the best people in the world. Fact! October 2012

A Conversation With Rudy Sarzo My son Archie and I get to ask Rudy Sarzo (legendary bass player for Ozzy Osbourne, Quiet Riot, Whitesnake, Queenryche and Dio) everything we ever wanted to know about Kiss Make Up, Steve Vai and Cuban Politics. September 2012

Scream For Me Sarajevo Part 1 The tale of how back in 1994 Bruce Dickinson and his band of merry men (including myself) found ourselves on our way to the besieged city of Sarajevo in the midst of the Bosnian War. June 2012

Scream For Me Sarajevo Part 2 The second part of the story, telling of the practicalities of playing a heavy metal gig in a besieged city. July 2012

Scream For Me Sarajevo Part 3 Our journey home from war-torn Sarajevo and refelctions on the long term effects of war. August 2012

Managers v Producers Why do bands need managers and producers and more importantly who would win in a hypothecial fight between the two? May 2012

Kiss 'Monster' Album Preview Predictions of what the upcoming Kiss album may sound like. I think it's going to be pretty good! April 2012

London Venue's Nazi Past? For years I'd heard rumours of the Kentish Town HMV Forum being a former Fascist or Nazi venue. One day I decided to research it more closely to find its true dark past. March 2012

How Not to Join the Ozzy Osbourne Band The time that just for a second, I thought I might be the new bass player for Ozzy Osbourne. Feburary 2012

Metal Evilution Theories about the orgins of Heavy Metal from Creationists and Evolutionists put to the test in a study of the recordings of Def Leppard and AC/DC by producer Mutt Lange January 2012

Take Your Pick Competition This was a competition but still have a look at my cool collection of guitar picks from the last century! Can you guess the original owners? Here's a clue, there's some Dokken, Dio and Kiss in there. December 2011

The Pandora's Box Of Pop What do you do if Banarama offer you their backing vocals for a heavy metal session? November 2011

Tank Tour Diary The Tank Tour of Scandinavaia and Poland including our show supportting Judas Priest. October 2011

Festival Stage Collapses What caused the tragedies at 2011's Ottawa Bluesfest, Indiana State Fair in Indianapolis and the Pukkelpop Festival in Belgium? September 2011

Bruce Air, The Early Days Recollections of flying across the American Mid West on Bruce Dickinson's ''Balls To Picasso' US Tour in 1994. August 2011

European Festival Round-Up My reviews of the best bands while I was with Mr Big on the European Festival circuit this year, including Twisted Sister, Whitesnake and Judas Priest. July 2011

Who's Your Favourite Ozzy Guitarist? Let's compare live clips of Rhandy, Jake, Zakk and all the other guys who have played lead guitar for the Ozzy Osbourne band. Who do you think is really the best? June 2011

Bernie Torme Proud To Be Part Of MT Ozzy Article Former Ozzy Osbourne and Gillan guitarist gives his repsonse to our thoughts on Ozzy Osbourne's various guitarists before and since him. June 2011

Japanese Tsunami Disaster How Japan coped in the wake of the earthquake/tsrunami/nuclear disaster of 2011 seen from the view of a roady on the Mr Big Tour shortly after the events. May 2011

10,000 Tank Albums! How us having ten thousand listeners might well be the end of the music industry as we once knew it. April 2011

Death Metal Session Recording death metal for polite customers with Mikee Goodman from Sikth and Jay Graham from Ravens Creed. March 2011

RIP Gary Moore My happy recollections of the late great Gary Moore (4th April 1952 - 6th February 2011). A legend and a good guy to laugh with. February 2011

Recording Bass at Steve Harris' House The tale of how we recorded the bass tracks for the Tank album ' War Machine' at Iron Maiden HQ! February 2011

A Column About Columns How I got asked to write columns for MetalTalk by editor Steve Goldby and how I got it wrong from the very start. January 2011

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