Kai Hansen Interview! Talking Helloween, Touring, Metal and Mustangs 

Along with that, he's the God father of power metal!

Agree 🙌

Thank you! That means so much! I knew I had to ask some of the questions like how's the tour going and stuff on the new album. But being a car page I wanted to ask him some car questions, and ya I've never heard his take on some of the post Kai albums. And I had the awesome opportunity to hang out with him for about a hour before starting and I have to say he is a delight. Super cool guy. Thank you for subscribing!

Cool! And I need to agree. I had the pleasure of hanging out with him for about a hour before we started. Super cool guy

@@metalheadcarshow- thank you for a great interview! Really enjoyed it.

@Desert_Rain_Music thank you! It was a lot of fun. I'm working on getting 3 more interviews before the year is done.

Awesome! I'm also super happy to say he's a awesome guy

Walls of Jericho is amazing. And I think they will, everyone seams happy on stage, as mentioned in the interview Michael and Andi get along really well and they are jumping back into the studio to make a new album. I think we will see this lineup for a very long time

I'm happy to say he was a super cool guy

Happy to confirm he is indeed super nice. Spent around a hours hanging out before starting

Thank you! I think its so awesome you and your son share metal together. On a side note. I got to hang out with Kai for about a hour before we started. I can confirm hee a super cool guy

@@metalheadcarshow Thanks man! Yeah it's real special being able to share my favorite music with my son and having him "get it". I'm very glad to hear that Kai is a super cool guy. As a fan, I really want him to be you know? To get a confirmation of that from someone like yourself who had a chance to spend time with him is awesome and appreciated. Thanks for sharing. :)

Back in the 80s or 90s? I bet

I also had the pleasure of hanging out with Kai for about a hour before starting the interview and I got the same feeling from him. Super cool guy.

So good. Specially with Andi, Michael and Kai on vocals now

I hope you get the chance to see one of them soon! And thank you!

Kai Hansen the best and number one for me. Gamma Ray is my favorite metal band (and Helloween till 1989). It is very sorry that Gamma Ray is over.

Awesome! I thought Kai was super entertaining during the Jericho medly in Toronto. I'm sure Gamma Ray will be in North America soon enough

GAMMA RAY played The Filmore in S.F. a few years back with Blind Guardian and Gravedigger... it was amazing. I think Kai and Helloween pull a larger crowd and make more money touring with Helloween.

Awesome! Glad you enjoyed it! Happy to say he was super cool

Nice! But ya he is a awesome guy

Probably one of the last handful of shows AC/DC played with Bon Scott

Thanks for watching! Did Helloween not visit Portugal on the Pumpkins United Tour?

He was fantastic. I had the pleasure of hanging out with him for about a hour before the interview started. Such a cool guy

Thanks! It was a lot of fun

Truly is. Such a cool guy too

Glad you liked it! God I know. When I went to check out that area there was nobody there, came back about a hour later with Kai and there was a meeting and 2 guys doing construction literitly on the other side of the camera. I've bought a mic since then.

I'm happy to say Kai was a absolute delight

I'm also happy to say Kai was super cool and a absolute delight

It showed!!! :-) A very humble and nice guy!!!@@metalheadcarshow

I do agree with him, but these bands do still exist. A band playing through amps and real drums isn't a thing of the past. Just more bands need to keep doing that. Once saw a black metal band play a set with a Guitarist, bassist and a laptop. No vocals ether. Eztreanly weak set

@@metalheadcarshow I mean't when they buy a guitar for example and turn to an app to start learning. They kill their roots like that. Bands of the past turned into uniwue musicians because they didn't have an app sterilizing their style at the beginning of their learning their instrument.

Thanks!

Thanks! I was a little nervous. But I did get the luxury of getting to hang out with Kia for about a hour before we started the interview. Happy to mention he's super cool. But ya, I wanted to ask some questions that I don't think he's been asked in a interview before. There should be another interview in October

@@metalheadcarshow if you keeping this pace, the next time will be even better... And a lot of envy of you, He's is to me top 5 people in music that I wanted to meet and talk

I was pretty nervous leading up to the interview. I had the luxury of getting to hang out with Kai for about a hour before the interview. So the awkwardness was gone and we where both good to go. Happy to say Kai is super cool and generally really nice. I'm not sure when my next chance to interview anyone from Helloween will be. But when it happens I will probably try do one with one of them. Or Andi and Michael together. And maybe do something with Kai that's car focused. Time will tell. Thanks for watching

Sounds like they already want to go back to quebec. Hopefully you get a chance soon enough

I half agree with you. Personally I think Time Of The Oath and Gamble With The Devil are some of Helloweens Best. And stronge albums. But with that said my top 3 are the 80s Keeper albums and Helloween. He's absolutely a metal icon and befits Helloween though

Weikath wrote as many classic songs as Kai though. To me it's a band where those two are equals - Especially because of the way they compliment each other's styles

@@MichaelHolmgaard not really

@@scottblack9213 That is fact though. Weikath was as much part of the Helloween vision. Eagle Fly Free, Dr Stein, Keeper of the Seven Keys, Rise and Fall, A Tale That Wasn't Right, How Many Tears etc. Those are all classics that Weikath wrote while Kai was in the band. He was the one who insisted that Helloween hired Michael Kiske when Kai wanted Ralf Scheepers instead. Their producer from the early days, Tommy Hansen, also stated that Weikath was the true mastermind behind Helloween from the beginning. I am not taking anything away from Kai, who has been a crucial developer of the power metal genre, but you shouldn't downplay Weikath's influence when it comes to Helloween's success.

Ya I guess the pandemic delaying the scheduled Helloween tour really delayed everything for Gamma Ray. Specially Unisonic

Fair question. I think I didn't ask any because it was Helloween's tour, and I need to listen to more Gamma Ray

@@metalheadcarshow Talk to Kai Hansen and do not talk about Gamma Ray... WTF

That's not something I'm going to poke into

Fixed. Thank you