Fun Stuff

In an interview, guitarist Joe Stump commented on Olaf Lenk, "There's a German band called Atvance and Olaf Lenk, this German guitar player. A friend of mine turned me on to them and he sent me one of their discs in the mail. He [Lenk] was killing on it; it sounded great. They're kind of in that Stratovarius kind of vibe. They actually do a cover of "I Surrender" on the record [laughing], so right off the bat, I thought, he likes Blackmore, so he can't be all bad. His playing is really nice. He has great vibrato and played some killer chops stuff, and some of the melodies were really nice. The singer almost had a Coverdale kind of vibe to him. I really enjoyed it." Fun Stuff is Olaf Lenk's solo CD, recorded and released in 2000, with keyboardist Don Airey, bassist Oliver Glassl and drummer Franco Zuccaroli. Basically all instrumental, with a couple of 'vocalisms' and soundbites added on a couple of tracks, guitar fans will appreciate the 'Vai-like' and 'Satriani-esqe' touches - this dude can rock!