Thanx,it`s a pleasure for us.

Our first drummer Marcel. It`s not a typical name for a Metal band, but I think it`s an interesting name. Chinchillas are funny and sweet animals, on the other side they get killed for some rich chicks coats. It`s like Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde,good and bad,life and death,both sides, dominant, fast and raw songs, the old school of Heavy Metal and on the other hand the ballads, tender and sentimental

Cause it fits our music. It`s a part of it. I love this way of drum playing, that`s all.

The favorite influence is the old kind of Metal. All bands of the early days, for example Kiss, Saxon, Accept, Ozzy, Black Sabbath, Dio, Rainbow and some new bands like Symphony X, Stratovarius, Labyrinth and Primal Fear. It has to be a good mixture between the old stuff and the new influences to find your own sound and way to create your own kind of Heavy Metal.

It will be a pleasure for Tommy to be mentioned with such great singers, but I think it`s always a matter of taste. Tommy`s voice is very interesting and it`s very dangerous to label him, cause his voice has so many colours. Take a look at the ballads on "Madness", sentimental and smooth. On the other hand dominant and raw on our Metal songs.

I wrote the basic guitar riffs and the main keyboards, 3 months before we entered the studio. During that time I aranged the songs in my little homerecording studio. 8 weeks before we started to record, I began writing the lyrics. 2 weeks later it was finished.

Now we go on tour with DEMON and TAD MOROSE,from Feb.19th - Mar.3rd. After that we`ll play some shows with Paul DiAnno. I hope we`ll play at some big Festivals in Europe. In December we`ll start recording our next CD

1. Motörhead - Overkill,Another Perfect Day
2. Accept - Restless And Wild
3. Manowar - Louder Than Hell
4. Stratovarius - Infinity
5. Impellitteri - Crunch

I saw Lemmy from Motörhead in "Scene 77", a German TV rock show,in 1975. After I saw him and his band, it was obvious, that`s the direction. That`s rock & roll and that`s what I wanna do.

"The Last Millenium" is about the weakness of mankind and the bad moneypolicy. The ambitions for power, glory and wealth. Some people do everything for that, but for each thing in your life, you have to pay a price. There is always the difference between good and bad, black and white.You have to make a decision. In the end, when you`re dead, there`s the big purgatory and there`s always your own bill you have to pay for. The amount of your bill depends on your efforts. That`s what the lyrics of "The Last Millenium" are about.

It`s ok, but they have to work at the sound. Nowadays it`s a big difference to listen to a CD with a perfect sound, or a compressed MP3 file. The fact, that most of the illegal downloads are MP3 files, is another reason for me to keep my eyes open. Sure,it`s a good technique, but the only way for me to accept it, is puttin` 1-3 songs as a special MP3 edition on the net, to give the listener an impression of the artist's work

If you`re interested in more information about Chinchilla, please take a look at our homepage www.chinchilla.rocks.de Watch out for the power!!! Without you, the fans, we`re nothing. Keep rock & roll alive!!!

Take care, Metal Reviews.
Udo !