Chris Dale

Chris Dale / Scream For Me Sarajevo Part One

A Mission To Play Heavy Metal In The Bosnian War, December 1994Back when I was in Bruce Dickinson's band, I woke up way too early one day with the phone ringing. It...

Chris Dale / Scream For Me Sarajevo Part Two

A Mission To Play Heavy Metal In The Bosnian War, December 1994. Re-Cap: In Part 1 of this feature I was telling the rambling tale of the time I went to Bosnia with...

Chris Dale / Scream For Me Sarajevo Part Three

In parts 1 and 2 I'd been going on about the time I went to Sarajevo during the Bosnian War with the Bruce Dickinson band. We pick up the tale with a...

Scream For Me Sarajevo: British Army Tells How Close To Death Bruce Dickinson And Band Came In 1994

Recently I've been chatting to Martin Swan and John Allerton, both soldiers in the British Army as part of the United Nations force in Sarajevo in 1994.These two men risked their lives...

SARAJEVO TO SCREAM AGAIN AS CHRIS DALE MAKES APRIL RETURN WITH SHOT THROUGH THE HEART

Back in December 1994, Bruce Dickinson and his Skunkworks band played the most unlikeliest of gigs when they performed in Sarajevo in the midst of the Bosnian war.The concert, and all that...

Bruce Dickinson bassist Chris Dale Auctions Memorabilia For Bosnian Charity

Chris Dale, MetalTalk columnist, bass player for Bruce Dickinson, Tank, Atom Seed and many others is holding an eBay sale of much of his personal rock trivia collection."I've been a hoarder of...

Pat Torpey (1953-2018): Tribute By Chris Dale And News Of Celebration Evening

PAT TORPEY (1953-2018) Tribute by Chris Dale and news of Celebration Evening, 23rd May 2018Pat Torpey on drums, 1992 - Photo: Petra Leusmann"I read the news today, oh boy...," as his favourite band...

Undiscovered Kisstory- Alternative Make Up Designs

Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley say that the four original characters of the Demon, the Starchild, the Catman and the Spaceman are the definitive image of KISS.

New Magnum Drummer Lee Morris Very Proud Of ‘Lost On The Road To Eternity’

Along with a new album in 'Lost On The Road To Eternity', Magnum have a new drummer in the shape of Lee Morris, formerly of Paradise Lost and Marshall Law. I caught...

Wolfsbane Are Loud, Proud And Confident For The Modern Age

Wolfsbane: O2 Aademy, Islington, LondonWords: Chris Dale, Pictures: Trudi KnightI go way back with this band. Way, way back. In 1988, I went to see Tigertailz at the old Marquee club on...

Church Of Misery Bring Doom To The Garage

Church Of MiseryNo Bueno were first on with their set consisting solidly of uncompromising riffage throughout. No need for a singer to get in the way or a bass player for that...

GENE SIMMONS VAULT DISK 1 PREVIEW

The big recent Kiss news is that Gene Simmons is releasing a 150 song, 10 CD boxed set of his demos over the years. He calls it "the greatest boxed set of...

Richie Kotzen Impresses In London, Despite Losing His Voice

Richie Kotzen is an interesting musician to say the least. He first came to attention as one of that generation of instrumental guitar players signed by Mike Varney to the Shrapnel label...

Hirsh Gardner: ‘My Brain Needs A Holiday’

New England drummer Hirsh Gardner has a new solo album entitled 'My Brain Needs A Holiday'.Words: Chris DaleWhen I call him a drummer, I'm really only scratching the surface of his talents....

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