 Hi guys, this is Adrian Vandenberg from White Snake and Vandenberg and you're listening to Metal Voice Welcome everyone. This is Neil Turbin And we're here at Rock for Ronnie with the one and only Adrian Vandenberg One of my rock-and-roll heroes Who I saw back in gosh what year it must have been 1983 83. Yeah at the Paramount Theater Yeah, and with that Nylon with Metallica opening. Yeah, I think it was Dave was it Dave Mustaine in the band then? That was the evening that Dave Mustaine got kicked out of the band. Yeah That's the evening that he tried to borrow my my vest. I was it my leather jacket vest. Yeah, and I had to go find him to get it back But that's another story a couple years ago Somebody sent me a page out of Scott Ian's biography And he described that evening and that was the evening that David Mustaine got kicked out of the band because he was shit-faced Runk and he was just rolling around Screaming during soundcheck, so I didn't know So I was there at the show and 1983 and I was a fan of Vandenberg before that because I had the album cool and first album was just called Vandenberg Okay, that's right second one was heading for okay some yeah So the first album had Bert Hurt Heringk on it with her and you had this song I remember from the show and see my brain I can I can go back to the retrieval process and retrieve that it's too late to stop the train I thought it sounded great. You know very very AOR and like killer weird realization It's a long ago, you know When white snake, you know when David Coverdale did the 1987 album and you know one time I ran into David and I was coming from the rainbow I live right near there at the time in the 80s and this was like 1986 and I'm walking and he and he got rid of his whole band and he was kind of depressed and he's walking back And we're in that triangle right by Palm Avenue and he's walking back to the Mondrian, so I happened to run into David Coverdale and then what's ironic is The 87 album happened and You were involved with the band and you were you know I mean Sykes was involved with playing on it, but you were touring it and you were there Well, actually I played on the here we go again, right that was exactly in that time because there was no band and David had been asking me inviting me into the band already since 83 But Vandenberg was doing well, and I thought I just don't want to you know throw the whole thing out right away and Jump into white snake. I first wanted to prove something Myself basically because white snake already had a couple of lineups so you know and after you're in the band and they Got rid of Vivian Campbell as well. Yeah. Yeah Everybody knows by now that white snake has been a bit of a revolving door You know, there's been so many members, but at that time it was such an exciting band for me Yeah, for me too, you know, it was great because I've been a fan of David's Ever since he joined the purple basically, you know, and I mean it's when he was in his prime. He was amazing. He was untouchable You know so different than the most other Rock singers who are more like the screamer kind of guys and David's got this big fat juicy Big brown voice, you know amazing. Yeah, I saw David in 81 with opening for Jethro toll At Madison Square Gardens, I know I know for sure and that was with the old white snake that original Yeah, very bluesy. Yeah. Yeah, would you ever consider? You know if David Coverdale called you up and said hey, you know Adrienne You know, would you like to maybe play some songs somewhere for fun or because that's kind of what happened Isn't it what would happen when when you got back together when you got together with David Coverdale after? like after the 87 album and all that but then When the lineup, you know went away, and then he kind of slowly showed up on the radar screen It was a bit of a strange period because when David did that that album with Jimmy Page At that moment, the white snake was actually disbanded So I recorded an album with Rudy and Tommy Aldrich and Ron Young called Manic Eden Remember that album? Yeah, we were I'm still really proud of the album. It's a great album, and I think and I wanted to We were going to go touring but Then David called me up again and said, oh, I decided to because they only did a couple of shows with Paige I suppose Paige didn't want to tour again or something. I don't know and So, um, Jesus, that's pretty noisy, but that somebody's screaming as long as that and Then it was really hard decision because I wanted to tour with Manic Eden But at the same time if I would have chosen for White Snake again Or for Manic Eden, sorry Then I would have been with White Snake for about six years and never played an album because in 1990 I had this wrist Problem why I couldn't play on the slip of the tongue album So I thought man, I got to choose for that because I want to you know Also have played the one or two well, White Snake album So I had to leave my baby behind when the baby was Manic Eden. Yeah, so that's too bad Well, I'm glad that you're back and you're rocking. So am I yeah, that's it. It's great. We've been with my band Vandenberg We just Played them most of rock crews. Nice. Good news. Got a single out house on fire since a couple of weeks So you're just off the airplane pretty much. Sorry. You're just off the airplane if you're at Exactly. Yeah, exactly. Just I'm an arrived yesterday I stayed for this Wendy Dio invited me and so we thought I'm gonna do that. You know, it's great Tribute to Ronnie and you're playing at Rock for Ronnie today. Yes. That's awesome. Yes with Doug Ulrich by Titchy Michael Devin very nice. Yeah, it's gonna be yeah a Bunch of it's like white snake without white snake because it wasn't white snake. We're gonna do two white snake song So that's so cool. So would you ever consider? If you know Bert Herring called you up and beg you to No, it's not Bert. It's over. I never want to see the guy again because he he and the former bass player Started six lawsuits against me six lost and they lost them all they claim my name my even my you know my your name My name and the band name. They said, you know, we were a part of it and So we we won't have that name and I said no, no, no, no, so I had to defend myself It was six lawsuits Because a lot of money and a lot of negative energy. Otherwise, we could have done like some Rion and shows or whatever and we didn't you know, so that's a shame It is embarrassing and also because when you think, you know, your friends or something and then 30 years later after I was in white snake for 12 years tour all over the world and all the stadiums in a minute and they think oh wait a minute There's money to be made, you know So they wanted to tour without me like a Vandenberg without Vandenberg, so to speak And they had the illusion they could win so I never need to see those guys again because there was so much lying going on and that and those lawsuits Well, that's really unfortunate. Yeah, it's not gonna happen. But right now I've got a great band together since two years two three years Singer Matt's 11 from I know Matt's great guy. Great singer great singer Same with Ingevay, right? Yeah, and candle mass and a bunch of other folks. He survived Ingevay Survived somebody who survived Ingevay. My friend Patrick Johansson survived Ingevay for 12 years. Yeah, Ingevay casualties So yeah, Matt's and I got two Dutch guys Kuhn Hefts and Randy Van Ellsson great players Just check the stuff we did on most of the Rock Rouge And we did relations we did the last song I Invited Frank Hannon from Tesla in nice. I saw that together. We did it's on it's on one of those websites that all right Yeah, a blubbermouth that one. Yeah, that's one Borey for a voyage. Yeah, it is so it's great. Yeah That's awesome. And so is there any plans for a new album or any kind of recording with Matt's already recorded Okay, there's a single out called house on fire with Matt's on it in three weeks they're gonna be second single and the album is gonna come out in August what's the name of the album sin s. I am okay Sin mother fucker sin oops and the second and the second single name Second single name is is the song sin Okay, and then it's a third one called light it up. It's gonna come out in Probably in about month and a half or something. Excellent. So you guys gonna be hitting the the tour I mean the the festivals in Europe. Yeah well Most of them probably next year because when the album comes out, you know most festivals already pretty much programmed There's so many festivals that they start programming in 2024 You're gonna yeah hit it hard and hopefully hit it in the states to because great But these days, you know, it's really hard to play the stage because for us as Europeans to get a work permit It's two thousand dollars per person So you're already about fourteen thousand before you even start, you know and like everybody knows transportation hotels and everything became so expensive and Crew so it's difficult. It's it was talking to Frank Frank Hannon They have the same problem in Europe. They wanted to earn Europe, but it became so expensive That to cross the ocean to bring bring your stuff to bring your crew You know It's interesting. It's really hard to do for us. We can play Europe, you know Well, I appreciate your honesty and your candidness about this because this is a problem that affects all bands Yeah, it is unless unless the band is, you know, grossing big numbers But if the band's trying to you know, climb up the ladder, it's it's tough. Yeah, it's tough I mean, there's a reason why they've left them on the crew tour together, you know The huge bands and still they do it together The other thing is that what happened in Europe, and I know it's the same in the States but after COVID About half of crew guys who are you know in the in the crew your guitar tech your drone tech or whatever They got used to to having another job and they didn't want to go back because they didn't know what was gonna happen, you know so about Half of the crew guys in Europe They're not available as crew guys anymore So the other half that still is it's twice as expensive plus twice as busy because they do all the shows So right now you have to book a crew like more than six months ahead So these are complicated times, but but you know, they're not gonna get rid of us So we're still here. I'm excited to watch you today and see you on stage. They're celebrating Ronnie James deal It's gonna be over in a minute, you know, I had a couple of years ago when my good friend Rudy So as I was still with Dio, they played across the border in Germany close to where I live and I Live in a medium-sized town. It's about 300,000 people We were having a pizza in the middle of the market square And it was like a Thursday evening all the shops are over and stuff. It's really busy thousands of people walking around At the square. I was having a pizza with Ronnie with running James Dio really saw so And The drummer that used to be in Dio at the time the AC DC guy. Oh Simon Phil Simon Simon, right, Simon, right? And my parents. Oh, wow, and we were having a Pizza and people were walking by the ad no cafe kind of place, right? Yeah, right? You know the terrace people have no idea. It's just beautiful walk out walk by what city is that near and today My city is called ends today. What is that near? It's about two hours away from Amsterdam. Okay, so In Holland is about this size So it takes you two hours to get from east to west north of thousand about two and a half hours Takes you longer to go to get to the 7-eleven from here, you know, so so Adrienne everybody say hi to Maria Ferrero from adrenaline PR Well, she could she don't have to be on the camera But she must have come here to get you or get somebody because you just hanging out It's so awesome. Maria. Thank you for everything cuz she's she makes everything happen Hey Louis Vuitton, there it is and it's shiny you could use as a mirror to Maria Ferrero rocks, that's what I want to say Notorious not quite b.i.g Something something like that. Well, thank you so much Adrienne. It's my honor and thank you from the metal voice