• ANGUS are 4 "bulls" from Holland and they come to remind us with their classic heavy metal,mythical epochs. After all they belong to the mythical '80's decade. We had a talk with them because of their limited 500 copies LP "Metalwarrior", which have been already vanished!!! What made things even more interesting is their relationship with Madonna and with the song "Papa Don't Preach"!?!?

1.INTRODUCE THE BAND TO THE METALLERS AND GIVE US A SHORT BIOGRAPHY.

•  Bert Foxx on guitars
•  William Lawson on drums
•  Ro Beau on bass
•  Jay Cee on vocals
• ANGUS started out in Amsterdam in the beginning of the '80's.  William Lawson, Ed Lois, Ed Sprey and Gerard Carol rehearsed on the attic of Gerard's place in Amsterdam. The music could be described as late seventies Hard-Rock. Compare it with Kiss meets Black Sabbath. After a demo and some shows Ed Sprey, the guitarplayer at that time, left the band and was replaced by Bert Foxx. The music changed to  Heavy Metalmusic.Ed Lois Left the band a little later and as a threesome ANGUS went on. Because the lack of a singer ANGUS asked Ed Lois back and started working on the first lp, called 'Track of Doom', but not before 'The Heavy Touch' was released. A compilation lp with two ANGUS songs. There were experiments with second guitarplayers (Jack Winder played with ANGUS on 'The Heavy Touch' lp... ), but stayed a foursome and recorded 'Warrior of the World'. This time with a hired bassplayer, because Gerard had to leave because of medical problems. The Madonna song 'Papa don't preach' was brutally changed into 'Papa don't freak' and was the single in between 'Track of Doom' and ' Warrior of the World'. ANGUS played as much as possible, but the big break-through never came. Due to personal problems and lack of succes, ANGUS split up in late 1987. But now they are back!!

•  WILLIAM:I would describe our music as Melodic Power Metal. My influences are Judas  Priest, Metal Church and the Who....
•  BERT: Yes I must say Judas Priest has been, still is, real important to us. For me personally Kiss mattered a lot, as well as Rush and Queen. These days I listen to many different types of music. From soundtracks to metal...

• W: Over the years we have had many demo's. Some of which are compiled on the LP  Metalwarrior which is going to be released next week by Steelhunter Rec. The  mentioned LP may give a good chronological overview of the band, our music  and our musical development.
• B: When I joined ANGUS in 1984 it was pure hard rock. Listen to the very first ANGUS songs on 'Metal Warriors'. When I stepped in it changed to Heavy Metal so later demo's and lp's sounded heavier. More like Priest, Maiden and Metal Church, but with the typical ANGUS sound.

• W: We like to make lyrics about social matters, ancient history, mythology and  the horrors of (nuclear) war....
• B: There are many subjects you could write about... As long as it makes sense... has something to say... Fantasy, mythology or problems in a relationship.

• W: To be honest I really do not know why it is going to be released in a  limited edition of 500 copies... I heard that the 500 copies are already  sold in advance. Later this year there will be a CD version of the LP with  some bonus material. So, please wait and see.....
• B: I guess to keep it rare... ha,ha... It contains rare stuff. Maybe there are only 500 people around with a recordplayer...ha,ha... No serious...ask 'Steel Hunter Records' why. We don't know.

• W: I always wanted to travel and tour throughout the world with ANGUS and play  live in large stadiums to all our fans worldwide. If this could only be  true.....!!
• B: William is right, but my personal dream also is to make a ( small ) living out of making music. To support my family, to do some nice things and have a pleasant life...

•  W: I do not know of the mentioned satanist case of a German couple. I can tell  you that I do not like any -ism what so ever....!! Like Satanism..
•  B: What...?? I guess we are to occupied with ANGUS to worry about other people 'warped' minds...

• W: I currently working as a sociotherapist. That's what I also like to do.....
•  B: Breeding Belgian Shepperddogs. Serious... It is my favorite breed of dogs. I also like German Shepperds, but Belgians are the best. I used to work in a warehouse, but that lies in the past...  I'm looking for something else to do, because I still can't live from making music. It will probably be work that has something to do with making music, like working in a recordstore or a musicshop...

• W: ANGUS is the first name of the favourite guitarplayer of the first ANGUS  guitarist called Ed Sprey.... Besides that ANGUS is the name of rugged  Scottish Bulls... Like our music they are big, bad and heavy.... And that  is why we choose for the name ANGUS
•  B: ANGUS is a name... has no second meaning... is not a riddle... not confusing. WE ARE ANGUS. LOUD, CLEAR AND PROUD!!!!!!

•  W:I hope it would show power, action and emotion....
•  B: Like a 'van Gogh' with lots of colours. Right in your face. A pure display of power.

•  W: The Tao Te King.... That's my personal bible....
•  B: I read much 'non-fiction'  I recently read 'a Wolf as a Pet' from Marika Morgan. There was this statement: If a tame animal loves you you are flattered... If a wild animal loves you, you are his slave... That is something to think about, when you consider having an exotic animal for a pet...

• W: To end all wars and bloody conflicts.....
•  B: That is something we would do... Freedom for all!!

• W: Well, at some point I got so drunk before a show that I had a black out and  thought I would die for sure.... I thought I was going to some sort of  heaven.... After I woke up, I had to play.... And so I did..... It was a  marvelous show that evening....!!
• B: Actually to many to mention... Here's one; We had to do a live performance for Dutch radio back in 1986. We had to soundcheck at 9 in the morning, cause the show started at 12. Because we had to prepare ourselves for that we had to be in the Hall around 7.30. We went out till 3 in the morning and I set my clock 2 hours to early... I laid in bath around 4.30 and was all dressed, awake and readdy to go, but only 2 hours to soon. I went back to bed and almost couldn't wake up when I had to go out. We played fabulous that day...

• W:It means nice people, fans, friends and lot's of fun...
• B: It is an important part of my life. It means playing the best type of music there is. I enjoy seeing people going out of their heads because of us. It still means a lot to me, but it is not 'The World...' There are other,more important issues..... family, friends, health and joy!

•  W:Yes, I like to thank our fans around the world. If they were not there, we  would not excist....
• B: Thank you for this interview and I have only this to say: ANGUS IS BACK ON A 'TRACK OF DOOM'. WE ARE 'THE HEAVY WEIGHT WARRIORS' OF THE WORLD. THANK YOU ALL AND CU.