Shit! That is what I want to be now! That guy is fucking wild!”. I saw Yngwie Malmsteen, when heĬame to Brazil in 1996 - I was like " Holy This time is when I really got into metal. The '90s in Brazil? Those bands were living off of playing there for us. That whole genre never caught on big over here, but in Stratovarius and Halloween too. It's funny, because in America those bandsĪre still not popular. That is really my "Point Zero" in my involvement with music.ĭR: I had read in an interview with Brazilian guitarist Kiko Loureiro (of Angra/Megadeth) that he started with an acoustic with nylon string classical, that's more like the Brazilian tradition. Up to that point, I don't know that I cared that much about music really. It all really started from seeing that video. I didn't come from a family of musicians. Watching Slash soloing outside of that church was about the coolest thing I had ever seen. We also discuss his "Rock Star"-like story that culminated with Hudson playing guitar for his boyhood musical heroes, Savatage.ĭan Roth: Where did your inspiration come from to play guitar in the first place?īill Hudson: When I was about eight or nine years old, I saw the music video for "November Rain" by Guns 'N Roses. I recently caught up with Bill to discuss his musical journey: from taking lessons from Angra/Megadeth guitarist Kiko Loureiro to becoming an in-demand musician-for-hire to his recent involvement with Circle II Circle, Jon Oliva and Trans-Siberian Orchestra to his forthcoming solo album.
Since 2006, Hudson has been recording and touring with numerous bands in the Melodic and Power Metal genres and has appeared on some of the biggest concert stages, including Wacken Open Air and ProgPower USA. PR 722.Hailing from Brazil, guitarist Bill Hudson has been a steady fixture on the metal scene for the last decade. ^ a b "Metal/Hard Rock Album Sales In The US As Reported By Sound Scan".
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