On this special interview, FM Punk crosses over with Massacre By Metal to interview legendary Ohio metal vocalist Tim "Ripper" Owens! We talked about his new project Ripper with Jamey Jasta from Hatebreed in the producer's chair, his time in Judas Priest, joining K.K.'s Priest, and some of his other various projects from Beyond Fear to his old high school bands. We also talked about the time he was on Bar Rescue because how could we not?! Ripper, in many ways, is living the metal equivalent of the American Dream, he went from being an amateur musician to metal legend just through raw talent, work ethic and getting the once in a lifetime opportunity to sing for one of the greatest metal bands of all time! My respect for him is genuine! This interview was an honor to do and having Vlad do it with me was definitely fun. I've been doing the show alone for almost 6 years so having an extra person to create a dynamic and change things up once in a while was a fun experience!

This also marks the second Yngwie Malmstein vocalist I've had on the show... For a show about punk rock and hardcore, the pioneer of neoclassical metal sure does seem to come up a lot!

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MASSACRE BY PUNK Interview: Tim "Ripper" Owens (ex-Judas Priest, K.K.'s Priest, Beyond Fear)

Riley Hogan-Tejera