Metal shredmaster, Xander Demos was recently interviewed by Show Me Your METAL, a heavy metal website. Here is an excerpt:
SMYM: First of all, let me tell you that it’s a great privilege to do this interview with you. You’re an amazing guitar player with a lot of skill and good taste in music. I read some cool stuff about your career, but please tell me: what got you interested in playing guitar, in the first place?
XD: The pleasure is all mine. Thanks so much. I actually started playing the drums. I kinda did the Eddie Van Halen thing, and switched to guitar. It seemed to work out ok for him, right? Haha. I think what got me interested the most, was watching all of the great “guitar gods” coming into my home via MTV, back in the day. Guys like Lynch and Vai and Vandenberg, also Brad Gillis, when he played with Ozzy. Those guys just exuded attitude and “larger than life” personalities. So, that was what attracted me to the guitar.
Find out what Xander’s rig consists of these days, and more by reading the entire interview at www.showmeyourmetal.net.