Kostas Karamitroudis: gus g musicplayers interview

MPc: Why don’t we start with the obvious first question: how did you land the Ozzy gig?

GG: Someone from his management, about a year ago, gave me an email and said “Would you be interested in coming down and auditioning? We might be looking for a guitar player.” So, wow, what a shock, right? I’m like Fuck, what the fuck happened, did Zakk lose an arm or something? But, I felt like, what do I have to lose, right? I’ll just go down there, learn the songs, do my best.

I’m that kind of guy. Whatever shows up I’ll just take it, whatever shows up. And I didn’t really expect I was gonna’ get the gig, I was like, “Well at least I get to jam with Ozzy” (laughs) — nice fuckin’ guy. I came down from Greece to L.A. and it was a good vibe, it just felt good. We did a few songs, Ozzy came down, Sharon came down, and it just felt good. And at the end of the audition Ozzy turned around and said, “You’re fucking great, man.” And a few minutes later they had some small talking there, and they came back and said, “Would you like to come back and do a small gig with Ozzy? He has this event called BlizzCon that we’re gonna’ do.” And that was my first gig; that was my introduction. Full interview

Firewind 2010 lineup: The band recently completed work on their sixth album, Days Of Defiance.

Michael Ehre – Drums
Petros Christo – Bass
Apollo Papathanasio – Vocals
Gus G. – Guitars
Bob Katsionis – Keyboards

July
16 - Golden Apple Festival - Kastoria (info)
17 - 7th Rocking Under The Rocks Festival - Kalabaka (info)