• 1992 a year - mark for the heavy metal music. A star was born from the ashes of CRUSHER and NOMAD. Its name? CAGE. An ideal name indeed! They manage to enslave you and trap you with their music. I feel lucky to listen to heavy metal cause I think of myself as a thinking person and I want the musicians I listen to to be so and write meaningful lyrics. Sean behind the microphone is "Shooting To Kill" us with all these interesting news he reveals here for the first time.

1.FIRST OF ALL GIVE US A SHORT BIOGRAPHY OF THE BAND AND THE CURRENT LINE UP.

• Cage began as a way to continue the self-gratification that was heavy metal back in 1992.  CRUSHER and NOMAD had been 2 of Southern Californias best power metal acts at the time but everyone was selling out for grunge and alternative rock.We got together and formed CAGE in the spirit of the recently released FIGHT cd War of Words.Although people mocked us at the time we could not leave our roots or not be true to ourselves so we continued to write pure heavy metal making no excuses.  This allowed us to gain popularity rapidly and provide an escape for the thousands of American metal fans who had been abandoned.This also allowed us to open for Judas Priest, Iron Maiden and many others.The band has myself Sean Peck on vocals, Mikey Niel on drums, Dave Garcia founding member on guitar, Mike Giordano founding member on Bass, and New guitarist Anthony Wayne McGinnis.

• Our very first drummer came up with the name and that is about all we have to thank him for.The name was very metal sounding and was one sylable which is what I wanted at the time.I wanted a name thousands of people would one day chant in unison...CAGE! CAGE! CAGE!  you get the idea.

• Simply put, Heavy Metal.  From the start we did not want to get caught up in sub-genre classifications.We did coin the phrase PURE MILLENNIUM METAL though which I think is cool.  Influences for me are Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, WASP, early Queensryche Savatage (whom we just played 2 shows with in Hollywood) Crimson Glory, and King Diamond/Mercyful Fate  you know the usual suspects.

•  Similarities are song writing with arrangements.Nothing too abstract or hard to grasp, hooks are important for us.Differences are just our level of musicianship increased ten fold. The addition of Mikey Niel allowed us new oppurtunities in speed and power that were not available on the first cd.  The ASTROLOGY cd is much more cerebral also and requires more thought to unlock its secrets.

• I would like to remix it one day.  The USA version was remastered which helped a lot. But the mix although it has it's problems is somehow cool sounding in a way.Other than that I think the songs are so good that they will stand up to the test of time and will be listened to with just as much enjoyment today as 30 years from now.That is why we are not interested in the current musical trends of metal or whatever,we just write songs that make us rock.The concept is more of a theme I guess.Each song has a corresponding ASTROLOGICAL symbol that finds a correlation to the lyrics of the song it represents.Our new web-site will uncover the secrets later.

• I like to cover future science and the socio-political consequences that will come from an ever-changing world.We have been referred to as thinking mans metal and I have been called the Oliver Stone of metal today for a reason.The lyrics make you think not the song itself. Echelon is one of many topics I have written about only to reach the mainstream later. The sound bites at the end of the song are the head of the CIA and the NSA in a Senate briefing on the Echelon system itself.  ROOT OF ALL EVIL contains secrets on the Federal Reserve and the entire monetary system. FOUNTAIN of YOUTH has stem cell technology referenced which is now all over the news and that song will be proven to be the most prophetic of all.I am glad you enjoy them.

• Yes there is an unreleased cd as well as the NOMAD and CRUSHER stuff that was recorded.There is talk of releasing maybe a compilation of that stuff as demand is definately increasing.

• We are in intense writing sessions now and are playing a show with MICHAEL SCHENKER where we will play all new material.We debuted KILL THE DEVIL at theWACKEN and the crowd loved it.  Some other titles are WINGS OF DESTRUCTION, BLOOD OF THE INNOCENT, MADE TO BE BROKEN, and DOOR TO THE UNKNOWN.  I believe you are the first person to get this information.

•  We will go on tour next year and support the new cd.The fans have waited too long.

• I would still be playing professional soccer probably or be a professional snowboarder or be designing video games with my friend at Sony.

• SHOOT TO KILL has it all and won us the ROCK HARD best new band contest so I would say that although the new songs seem to really be rocking everyone, also FINAL SOLUTION

• We have been on some small movies and video games but I would choose a movie like MATRIX, PREDATOR, or the new Jet Li movie THE ONE

• I really like HP LOVECRAFT books with his old Gods Demon monster Horror writing set in a 1920's timeline.

• Thank you for your time and effort and go to www.desertrockpromotions.com for some good pictures for the interview. Greece is a very important market for us and we would appreciate anything you can do to help us get a firm hold on the country.I am confident we will be playing there in 2002. Thank You all for banging your head to CAGE!