NAME:
Oliver Holzwarth

PLACE OF BIRTH:
LANDSHUT, GERMANY

ACTUALLY LIVING IN:
HAMBURG, GERMANY

WHEN AND HOW DID YOU START PLAYING YOUR INSTRUMENT:
IN 1981 MY MUM BOUGHT A BASS GUITAR FOR CHRISTMAS. I STARTED PLAYING TO MY FAVORITE RECORDS WHICH AT THAT TIME WERE UFO (STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT), KISS (ALIVE II), IRON MAIDEN (DEBUT ALBUM AND KILLERS), WHICH HELPED A LOT, PRIOR TO TAKING FIRST LESSONS IN 1982. LEARNING BY HEARING AND PLAYING WITH PASSION HAS BEEN MY WAY OF APPROACHING MUSIC EVER SINCE. NOT TO FORGET: IN THE EARLY NINETIES I WENT TO BASS SCHOOL IN MUNICH FOR TWO YEARS. NEVERTHELESS WRITING MUSIC AND PLAYING SONGS ON STAGE AND IN STUDIO IS THE MOST POWERFUL TOOL FOR MUSICIANS.

HISTORY AS MUSICIAN:
IT ALL STARTED WITH MY OWN BAND SIEGES EVEN IN 1983 WHEN WE WROTE OUR FIRST SONGS AND FINALLY GOT OUR FIRST WORLDWIDE RECORD DEAL WITH SPV/STEAMHAMMER IN 1988. UNTIL TODAY I HAVE PLAYED WITH MANY ARTISTS (IN STUDIO AND/OR LIVE ON STAGE) LIKE PARADOX (GER), POWER QUEST (GB), TARJA TURUNEN (FIN), LEAVES EYES (GER/NOR), BLIND GUARDIAN (GER), SIEGES EVEN (GER), HANK DAVISON BAND (GER), RHAPSODY OF FIRE (ITA), DEMONS AND WIZARDS (USA).

ALL TIME FAVOURITE MUSICIANS:
JACO PASTORIUS, GEDDY LEE, CHRIS SQUIRE, MILES DAVIS, EDDIE VAN HALEN, PAUL STANLEY, JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH

ALL TIME FAVOURITE PIECES OF MUSIC:
OUTLAW (RIOT), CAMERA EYE (RUSH), ATOMIC PUNK (VAN HALEN), KING OF THE NIGHTTIME WORLD (KISS), CLOSE TO THE EDGE (YES)

FAVOURITE ALBUM OF RHAPSODY:
FROM CHAOS TO ETERNITY

FAVOURITE SONGS OF RHAPSODY:
LAND OF IMMORTALS, EMERALD SWORD, AEONS OF RAGING DARKNESS, REIGN OF TERROR

YOUR FAVOURITE MOVIE GENRE:
FILM NOIR - GANGSTER MOVIES

ALL TIME FAVOURITE MOVIES:
THE GODFATHER, TAXI DRIVER, BAD LIEUTENANT, ASCENSEUR POUR L'ECHAFAUD, AMORRES PERROS, CHUMP AT OXFORD, ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA

HOBBIES:
SPORTS (RUNNING), COOKING (CREATING RECIPES)

YOUR ARTISTIC DREAM:
TO WRITE A PERFECT SONG

YOUR LIFE’S DREAM:
TO BE A GOOD FATHER