At the end, I asked the Photographer if she could do one shot of me, lying in the lions claws. Was the cover going to be the same as originally planned?Ĭover has always been the same… although we did a big band photo session in front of the big White Lions at the NYC Library. Were there any changes to the record from when it was originally going to be released? When you recorded “ Fight To Survive” in 1983, and was released by Elektra Records and in 1984 were picked up by RCA records. I returned to NYC in March and looked up Vito. When Lion ended its reign in December and went back to Denmark. People started talking that he and I should play together. In November ’82, we played L’amour's with Dreamer, which was Vito’s band. When you moved from Denmark to the US in 1982, did you play in any bands before White Lion?Īs I mentioned above, Mabel had turned into Studs and played hard rock, I had become the leader and we went to the States and became Lion. The name was changed on the flight to New York. I then changed it to Studs (the chrome studs on leather jackets and belts) little did I know that some look at it as the Village People. Years later I had taken over and written all the songs going the hard rock way, aiming at going to the USA. Mabel was an established band with members who were 10 years older than I was. Tell us a little about the two bands we mentioned Mabel and Studs? I’ve only had one job, and it lasted 3 months delivering groceries. Tell us about the first job you had up until you started in music? 13 years later, I opened up for him in Hartford Ct, with White Lion. My friends and I saw it 5 times in one day.Īlvin Lee, Ten years after I was too young to understand that kind of rock ’n’ roll, but it was cool. It was “ Slade in Flame” and it is still one of my favorite albums.
What was the first album or record you ever got as a kid? My grades were good, but I never aimed at anything special, just enjoyed life. Girls were not a part of my life I wanted to be with the boys. What kind of kid was Mike Tramp in high school? Did you play sports, how were your grades, were you in any clubs?Ī kid who enjoyed his youth, and loved his friends… soccer came before anything and my friends and I played from morning to night 7 days a week. It was great and of course I took it very serious, as I do with everything. I was 13 when I recorded an album with our Theatre/Vocal group at the youth club. I was 15 when I joined Mabel, so all there was before was just a bit of messing around with my friends at our local youth club.ĭo you remember as a child the first time you sang on tape? What was the name of that band and did you sing or play any instruments? When you first started in music even before Mabel and Studs, you must have had a garage band.
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