James LaBrie, Jon Arch, early Geoff Tate, Rob Halford (in the 70's mostly; 80's onwards, he started using pharyngeal voice more and more), Miljenko Matijevic, to name a few. Miljenko Matijevic (born November 30, 1964) is a Croatian-American singer and songwriter. Meaning, Ill never let you go, somebody whos passed. 10:09, On how he delt with Steelhearts success with the debut record It wasnt sudden steel, Steelheart was painstaking. Now Im in a band and were in a rocket ship going to the top and everything is great. Sure enough, we had 9/11. But what they didnt do is secure it to the ceiling, so it doesnt tip over. MiljenkoMatijevic: We were fine with Red Alert. No. Miljenko Matijevi is a world-class vocalist who embodies STEELHEART and has performed as the lead singer for the current-day DOORS and as the singer for the 'fictional' band STEEL DRAGON from the film ROCK STAR (starring Mark Wahlberg) which also includes Zakk Wylde, Matt Sorum and Jeff Pilson. 'Think about this: The band is gone. Thats the way it works. Rock vocalist and songwriter who is predominantly recognized for his work with the American band Steelheart. If you didnt understand it in English, let me say it to you in your language, that kind of thing. Didnt do it. 19:11, On if he wished he had a bigger role in the Rock Star movie Well, absolutely. interview by Michael McCarthy. A head injury is any harm to your brain, skull, or scalp. Steelhearts Rock N Milan was the last recording with the late Kenny Kanowski on guitar. Thats not fuckin cool. It was an awakening. It just grew and the song, it just has a soul of its own, it really does. MM: I have the movie about my life that needs to be cut. I could tell hes a perfectionist and expects the people around him to be as well. Then he dabbled in electronic dance music as the 90s wore on but came back to his rock and roll roots once again at the turn of the century, providing the singing voice for Mark Wahlbergs character in the 2001 film Rock Star. Nita Strauss Discusses Her New Album Controlled Chaos & Alice Cooper, Stormy Daniels Gives Full Disclosure On Her First Concert & Pantera, The Price Of Admission: A Females Guide To Navigating The Mans Music World, Mike Tramp Discusses His New Solo Album, Vito Bratta & White Lion, Vito Bratta White Lions Ultimate Roaring Sensation, Guitar Maestro JOE SATRIANI Discusses His New Album The Elephants Of Mars, Joe Satriani Announces Release Of New Studio Album The Elephants Of Mars, The Problem With Sites Like GuitarsDaily, Guitar Word & The Musicians That Support Them, W.A.S.P. You got hit in the head, you got a traumatic brain injury, your brain swelled and you lost a lot of memory. During the set, Matijevic suffered a traumatic brain injury and faced near death when a thousand-pound lighting truss that was left unsecured on the side of the stage fell on him. Of course, they had Ian Astbury from the Cult, then Brett Scallions from Fuel was singing for a bit. I couldnt leave the house. Things kind of call out of me, and Im a patient person. Oct 31, 1992 Halloween night; exactly 19 years ago tonight in Denver Colorado a horrible tragedy took down one of Rock's premiere bands during a live concert. If a new comment is published from a "banned" user or contains a blacklisted word, this comment will automatically have limited visibility (the "banned" user's comments will only be visible to the user and the user's Facebook friends). Matijevic:Yeah. MM: Yes!!! 2 Mild confusion or disorientation may also be experienced. So I called the Korean culture here in LA, and we had dinner, and also the director of the Park. With Love We Live Again08. Link to comment Share on other sites shouldnt even by alive after the accident you had in 1992. Tell me what exactly this means, ooh, okay, well, lets change that. He toured with Ray Manzarek and Robby Krieger of The Doors in 2010. Miljenko recently took some time to talk about this unique new song and the band's career. . But I put you in front of me, then where does that put me? I was like, Fuck, there it is. It was the DJs time to shine. I hope everyone else feels that same energy. So my manager said, Were going to Japan to do some press, some stuff. a spinning sensation. At that time, 1999 actually is when I created a demo, I went through all of Europe but couldnt really connect with any producers. I wanted the choir, we had to show the choir, and thats why we brought it all into the Warner Grand Theater and we have everyone there singing, all the people that came together, just the orchestra, the choir, the dancers, all the crew, Bobby. At Denvers McNichols Sports Arena on Halloween night 1992, the band took a last-minute gig opening for Slaughter. Did you bring your people in on this recording? Matijevic and older brother John were brought to America, from Zagreb, Croatia by their parents . Going back, when you STREAM LINE CHATTING: An Interview with Miljenko Matijevic of STEELHEART. He didnt tell me exactly what was going on, and when we landed, I got off the plane, it was 300-400 people waiting for me. Also, Mama, Dont You Cry is also piano, vocal, and a 40-piece orchestra. How did you get the call? Come Inside04. I wrote this song in the fog of life, so to speak. Miljenko Matijevic] G2ba. Persistent crying and inability to be consoled. Dreamstage was launched last August by CEO Thomas Hesse (former president of Sony Music for global digital business and U.S. sales/distribution),CTO Scott Chasin (serial entrepreneur with a track record of successfully founding and growing startups, including ProtectWise and MX Logic),and artistic director Jan Vogler (internationally known cellist and director of the Dresden Music Festival). Its taken a long time. I was like, Oh, heres how were gonna do it. I come into my studio and sat in the middle of the room and Im listening to the songs and, either its me making it up in my head who cares, its my reality but I tell you, Im sitting there and I felt the energy of Jim come into me. He is seen as one of the most successful Musician of all times. Where is your head at that point, from the release of Rock Star up until the union with the Doors happened? Interestingly, Id had a vision that I was going to do something completely different than what I was used to doing musically. Tell me what happened. Making a record is from being a gift. This is a lot more complex than I ever thought it was. Jims vocals were a lot more different than anybody understands. They were going to radio with We All Die Young, and they put a lot of money, a lot of promotion, video, to release the song that weekand on Tuesday was 9/11. But while they most certainly wouldve ended up as casualties of the new era, the end of the original Steelheart was much more disastrous. Im releasing a song on Valentines Day called Im So In Love With You. We all know Miljenko has one of the powerful voices in rock. Miljenko Matijevic) Good 2b Alive (Strings) [feat. STEELHEART led by Miljenko "Mili" Matijevic arguably one of the best male rock vocalist to ever grace the stage miraculously survived the tragedy, however the band STEELHEART as we . Hes fine he just has a couple of scratches. I closed my eyes, and everything went completely silent and I swear, I saw a film of my life from day one until then. Then we got Everybody Loves Eileen, we re-recorded it as a full band rocking. This is the big time? The Croatian rocker has lived in Korea and . This is it? I wrote it with Kenny, my guitar player at the time, hes no longer with us, so its a very heavy track and it means a lot to me. We did Light My Fire, and when I sang that last note, Fiiiire! Robby goes, You know, nobody could ever do that fuckin thing like you just did. [Cut to] McNichols Arena in Denver. I really felt awful. In the midst of promotion of the album, a serious accident happened on Halloween night in 1992, when an improperly secured lighting truss hit Matijevic on the back of the head, breaking his nose, cheekbone, jaw, and twisting his spine. He moved to America, with his family, at the young age of six, and began crafting his singing voice. Some people say, This is never gonna happen, and then it happens. Its done from the heart, its done with a peaceful love energy, and its just guided me through this journey that has just been unbelievable from creating the song during the pandemic, its been two years in the making, by the way, so everyone knows this is not something that Im jumping on a bandwagon with love and respect for the horrible things that are happening in Ukraine. I was supposed to be in there. Here I am on the bus, were doing the 49 show on a tour, and were doing this first leg or second leg, were at the 49 show manager goes, Hey, you wanna do a show Halloween night, and itll be 50, well take a break at 50 in Denver Arena? Im like, Absolutely lets do it. The manager is gone. We got the best lawyers, the best yada, yada, yada. I knew it was time to do it with the anniversary, it belongs here. And literally, I saw my whole life like a movie come to me, Im gonna close my eyes, by the way, close my eyes and became silent. Its just like okay, its good enough. I drove one time to Boston from Connecticut in the middle of the night. When I got home, I would saytwo days later, I could not blink. A skull fracture is a break in the skull bone. How long has it been floating around in your head that the song deserves another life? That doesnt feel right for me. Tweets & replies. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Type above and press Enter to search. Ive had Steelheart Records. To do so, click the downward arrow on the top-right corner of the Facebook comment (the arrow is invisible until you roll over it) and select the appropriate action. Through my whole life, Im feeling I need to do something with music; I love the music, its a great way to reach people, it feels good, I love singing all of the above. I gotta finish working on the Swedish, Im working on the German, working on the French, and then most definitely, I wanna do Arabic as well, and Ill keep going. When that accident happened, I dont know how I got up, but I walked off stage. The release of "Steelheart" in 1990 brought the Connecticut quartet immediate commercial and critical success. By the way, it hit me in the back of the head, the lighting truss. Of course, 30-something years go by, but its actually kind of fun. Miljenko knew in his early teens he wanted to be a rock star. Im old school like that. The only downfall of it is not enough promotion power behind it. It was like, Fuckthis is good!. I really think the song deserves to have another push. All the while, the band continued to flourish in Asia. BLABBERMOUTH.NET reserves the right to "hide" comments that may be considered offensive, illegal or inappropriate and to "ban" users that violate the site's Terms Of Service. Then they put me on an airplane. Its just a movie business, but now everybody (knows). I hear what youre saying about doing the track differently. 6,869 talking about this. So when I started back in the song, I said, Well, let me go back to the original thought of putting the peninsula together with love. I think it was time. The first time I heard Matijevic was much much earlier than the film Rockstar, in a cassette tape in mid 90s, and I never thought any other rock male singer could do what he does. I redid some of the songs and I feltyou know usually bands redo albums and they recut them and its done exactly the same way as it was. July 17, 2017. Well take a break then, itll be great. So, I got nothing. The single Ill Never Let You Go is how most casual music fans know you. Its gotta be something more to this. You can also send an e-mail to blabbermouthinbox(@)gmail.com with pertinent details. 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