Interviews

The Mooreatorium - Interview with Mark Zonder (10/02/2009) Original interview - http://www.themooreatorium.com/id302.html Mark Zonder is perhaps best known as the former drummer for the 1980s heavy metal band Warlord and progressive metal band Fates Warning, which he joined in 1989 for 15 years.  In the mid 1990s, he teamed up with Kevin Moore to play the drums on Chroma Key's three-song cassette demo and the band's 1998 debut album, Dead Air For Radios. Most recently, he has served as the drummer for [...]

ProgPower USA - Interview with Ray Alder (07/2009) By Bill Murphy This article was available in the ProgPower USA X (2009) program (reprinted with permission). Thanks to Oscar Quintero for providing a scan of the article from the program! "This is not the time for us to go quietly into the night...we're gonna make another record and see what happens" -- Ray Alder Bill: Just wanted to do some chatting with you about your career [...]

This interview was conducted by Zoltan Koncsok on 1-10-2006 for Metal Express Radio The original article is located at: http://www.metalexpressradio.com/menu.php?main=interviews&id=497 Fates Warning (Jim Matheos) The facts you always wanted to know but never really got the chance to ask. by: Zoltan Koncsok - 1-10-2006 11:49:33 email: zoltan(AT) metalexpressradio(DOT)com When and where were you born? I was born in Westfield, Massachusetts on November 22nd. Can you tell me about your childhood? Were you a good or [...]

This interview was conducted in 2005 by George Dionne of Rock-is-Life.com Also available here: http://blogcritics.org/music/article/interview-ray-alder-of-fates-warning/ Ray Alder Fates Warning vocalist (Winter 2005) by George Dionne Fates Warning got their start in Connecticut back in 1983. The band started off as a straight-up heavy metal band, but started changing their sound as the years progressed. In 1986 they released Awaken the Guardian; an album that officially dubbed them the purveyors of progressive metal. The album was [...]

Interview with Joe Dibiase (4/29/2001) by Daryl Mitchell of fateswarning.com fateswarning.com: Joe, what were your early musical influences? Joe D: What originally got me playing the bass was Kiss. Some kids in the neighborhood had a little band together playing mostly Kiss songs and the only thing left for me to play was the bass. As i started to really learn how to play, some of my influences became Steve Harris, Geddy Lee, and Geezer. [...]

Interview with Frank Aresti - 4/18/01 by Daryl Mitchell (webmaster of fateswarning.com in 2001) fateswarning.com: Where were you musically before joining Fates Warning? (what were your influences, path of study, bands you've played with, etc) Frank Aresti: My main influences when I was younger were Randy Rhoads and Malmsteen. I loved the band Boston, but more from an overall musical perspective, as opposed to a technical. I was always into the cerebral side of playing: that [...]

USA TODAY Chat with Fates Warning - Friday, April 13, 6 p.m. ET Talk to edgy prog-rockers Fates Warning about their newest release, Disconnected; their tour with Savatage; the addition of Joey Vera (Armored Saint, Engine) and keyboardist/guitarist Shaun Michaud (Event) to the lineup; and anything else that strikes your fancy (or theirs). Concord, CA: Ray, you have a tremendous voice. Would you ever consider being in my book about How to Sing Heavy Metal? [...]

America Online Chat with Jim Matheos and Ray Alder (10/04/2000) Online Host: Fates Jim has entered the room. Fates Jim: (Testing) Online Host: HOST EMC Wasp has entered the room. Fates Jim: <--Jim's typist... Jim's off having a smoke break Online Host: HOST EMC Wasp has left the room. Fates Jim: They'll be giving you instructions on how to ask a question once things get started. (Jim's still having a smoke break) Online Host: HOST [...]

This interview originally appeared in the magazine Sea Of Tranquility (Issue #6 - Fall 2000) Still Connected A Conversation with Jim Matheos, of the legendary Fates Warning By James BickersIf there had been no Fates Warning, there would most likely have been no progressive metal. That's a bold statement, but I believe it's true. (And likewise, by extension, this magazine would most likely not exist. Sniff!) Although guitarist/composer Jim Matheos plays down his band's importance [...]

This interview was conducted in October 2000 by Alex (no further information known) Interview With Ray Alder by Alex The complexity of simplicity... To put down many words about this band almost borders on waste of space, because together with DREAM THEATER, FATES WARNING are among the spear-point of Progressive Metal. With their current album "Disconnected" Jim Matheos, Ray Alder & co. impressively prove their reputation as a band that enhances its sound with different [...]

This article originally appeared in Billboard magazine, June 2000 Fates Warning Is 'disconnected' By Clay Marshall LOS ANGELES -- Though it clocks in at roughly 50 minutes, Fates Warning's ninth studio album, "disconnected," has only seven tracks. Still, that's six more than the veteran progressive-rock outfit included on its last record, 1997's "A Pleasant Shade Of Gray," which featured a single 50-minute song divided into 12 parts. "To do something similar would have been an [...]

This interview was conducted in 2000 by Martin Popoff of HardRadio.com Fates Warning Re-Wired: A Chat with Ray Alder by Martin Popoff "Well, as you know, Fates Warning has a bit of a dark cloud over us," laughs Fates Warning vocalist Ray Alder, intimating more about the band's career than he would like to admit. You see, the perception out there is that this New Hampshire/L.A./Long Island conglomerate has long suffered just to the left [...]

DETRITUS Interview: Ray Alder (Fates Warning/Engine), by Clay Marshall -Exclusive interview with Ray Alder (Fates Warning/Engine) Since replacing John Arch in 1987, Ray Alder has been the voice of progressive rock outfit Fates Warning, where his unmistakable wails and midrange power have consistently wowed fans. With Engine, though, he gets the opportunity to chart his own musical course, but even he will be quick to say it's not exactly a "solo" project. While it seems [...]

The Dark Side of Cherry Red - Engine article from LA Weekly (10/13/1999) By Greg Burk Original article - http://www.laweekly.com/1999-10-21/music/the-dark-side-of-cherry-red/ "AAAAAAAEEEEEEGH!" RAY ALDER IS screaming and singing these days. With his new side project, Engine, he can afford to flex his cords a trifle more than he does with the respected Connecticut prog-metal outfit Fates Warning, which he's fronted for the past 10 years while contributing little of its material. With that band on between-tour [...]

Epigram for the last straw's interview with Frank Aresti (March 1999) By Michael Menegakis First of all I'd like to wish you good luck with your new band 'All that is'. How actually this band was formed? Well, ironically, this band was formed by accident. I left Fates the last week of April in 1995. I didn't have any plans on what to do next. I was giving guitar lessons at a local music store, [...]