How did you stumble upon Bloodstone vocalist Jochen Sakowsky?
Jochen: We were all stumbling together after a few crates of beer! Dan: Ha! Well Jochen and Holger WERE Ayers Rock, as you know. I joined the band and together we settled on the name of Bloodstone. So Jochen had already in fact been ‘discovered’ by the time I showed up. You guys recorded your first effort, an EP called “2,000 Down The Line “. What was going on with the band at that time? Were you playing live, or getting any support from labels or fans? Dan: Well we were doing very few gigs at the time. Instead, we were concentrating on writing material. I’m not sure we did any gigs as Bloodstone at that time. Jochen: Well in fact, we had a fan club that we didn’t even know about at the time. I found out about it accidentally years after the band split. I received a letter from a girl who told me that she was a member of the fan club. She was moaning about the fact that she would never again have the chance to hear me sing, or the band play live. So as a special favor to her, I sung he
