Ronni Le Tekrø is considered one of the world’s most influential metal guitarists, first and foremost with his band TNT, but also as a solo artist and studio musician. Tekrø has sold over 4 Million albums with TNT and was named one of the world’s 25 best guitarists in its genre in 2009. His new solo album, Bigfoot TV is released March 18th…
Please bring us up to date, this is your first solo album in 6 years?
My new album Bigfoot TV is my first solo album since ‘Mein Ampf 2’ . It’s Hard-Rock based with psychedelic undertones. The entire album was written and recorded during Covid.
How did Covid impact your life as a musician?
Covid has been a tragedy for most musicians, especially financially, but some creativity came out of it.
Was it always important to you to have a solo outlet?
It wasn’t until the 90’s I started releasing my own albums with the type of rock that’s not TNT style. It’s an outlet for own ideas so its really important to me.
Can you tell us about the inspiration behind some of the tracks on the new album?
‘UFO’ was inspired by a close encounter in 1994. ‘Life On Long Island’ is about my life outside NYC, ’Eyes of the woods’ is about our communication with trees and how dependent we are on the oxygenmakers and ‘Demons’ is about the hidden dangers out there…..
And explain the albums unusual name?
Bigfoot TV is a metaphor for all those useless and time consuming TV doco shows that steal your time but never give you any real answers, like ‘Treasure on Oak island’ ‘Looking for Bigfoot’ etc
Are you planning on playing any live shows?
I’m starting to play live shows from March 18th onwards
Will TNT be returning with a new album or tour anytime soon?
We are discussing it. We’re looking at later this year or 2023
Any message for your fans?
To all my devoted fans -Thank you for supporting my Music through all these years.
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