{"id":36892,"date":"2015-11-10T00:00:03","date_gmt":"2015-11-10T00:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=36892"},"modified":"2015-11-30T23:11:42","modified_gmt":"2015-11-30T23:11:42","slug":"news-last-in-line-part-ways-with-keyboardist-claude-schnell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/news-last-in-line-part-ways-with-keyboardist-claude-schnell\/","title":{"rendered":"LAST IN LINE Part Ways With Keyboardist Claude Schnell (November 10th, 2015) | News @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

LAST IN LINE Part Ways With Keyboardist Claude Schnell<\/strong><\/span>
\nNovember 10th, 2015<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Last In Line, the group featuring founding Dio members Vivian Campbell (Def Leppard, guitars), Jimmy Bain (ex-Rainbow, bass), and Vinny Appice (ex-Black Sabbath, drums) \u2013 as well as vocalist Andrew Freeman, who previously fronted Hurricane and Lynch Mob \u2013 parted ways with keyboardist Claude Schnell, revealing this development on November 10th, 2015.<\/p>\n

Campbell issued the following statement: \u201cWhen we started this project a few years ago, the initial idea was to reunite the original Dio band to play the songs we wrote and recorded with Ronnie in the early 1980s. Joined by Andrew Freeman on vocals and original Dio keyboard player Claude Schnell, we played a handful of shows from southern California to the UK to Japan. It was a limited ambition, but one that brought us great joy in reconnecting to this great music, to each other, and to our collective history.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur ambition at that time didn\u2019t extend to writing and recording any new music, but when we were offered the opportunity to do so by the Frontiers record label, we took that step forward. At that time, it was decided that we enter the studio to write this new album in the very same spirit as we did the Holy Diver<\/em> record (1983): In autumn of 1982 Ronnie, Vinny, Jimmy and I went into Sound City studios to kick around ideas and riffs, and about six weeks later we started laying down the tracks for what was to become the Holy Diver<\/em> album. It was after Holy Diver<\/em> was written and recorded that we brought in Claude to embellish certain songs in a way that the guitar just couldn\u2019t do. From that time forward, Claude became an essential part of the band\u2019s live shows.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn retracing our footsteps, we again started to write this new album as a four-piece band \u2014 thus keeping the emphasis on guitar-driven songs. In the course of doing so, we have decided to continue on that path and remain a four-piece band.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe wish Claude every success and he remains a very close friend and confidant to all concerned.\u201d<\/p>\n

Debut studio record Heavy Crown<\/em> will be released<\/a> in February 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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