His songwriting & the incredible riffs he came up with made Mercyful Fate one of the absolute greatest metal bands ever. A criminally underrated LEGEND!
met Hank in 2012 when he was playing with VOLBEAT (calgary, ab).............I won a meet and greet with the band. Hank spent quite a long time talking to me and the wife. He was the nicest guy you could ever meet.
I spent my entire life playing LP and S type guitars. Then one day I picked up a Flying V and it was as if my world went from black & white to Technicolor!
Hank is such a killer guitarist he needs 27 frets! That's so cool! He's such a modest guy for being as great as he really is. He's been an influence of mine since I first heard Evil, Satan's Fall, and the rest of Melissa... I just about wore the record out. His style is very unique and creative. A very underrated guitar genius!!