Hellhammer/Celtic Frost/Triptykon-perustaja Tom Gabriel Warrior palkittiin Sveitsin Federal Music Prize -pystillä

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Hellhammer/Celtic Frost/Triptykon-perustaja Tom Gabriel Warrior on palkittu Sveitsin Federal Music Prize -pystillä.

Swiss Federal Office of Culture kertoo: Tom Gabriel Warrior’s bands have played a significant role in music history and influenced musicians around the globe. A metal music pioneer, Warrior is an idol not just within the boundaries of the metal scene, and as an advocate for animal rights, he aims to provide a voice to those who don’t have one.

Tom Gabriel Warrior kiitti kunniasta ja kertoi tilaisuudessa seuraavasti:

Although I was very fortunate to be granted a loyal audience already early on in my career, not least in my native country of Switzerland, the local Swiss music industry and cultural institutions either ignored me or expressed derision for my music, and sometimes they even obstructed it. In their perception, it simply didn’t conform and wasn’t commercial enough. And indeed, my music was dark, experimental, and obstinate. But exactly due to these qualities, it was noticed abroad.

I do of course understand that receiving this prize is an honour, and I do feel grateful for it. But given that an inconceivable fourty years have passed since I first became a musician, this prize is also quite irrelevant to me by now. I have pursued my path regardless, without subordinating myself to any of the customary inbreeding rituals of the Swiss music scene, and without ever applying for any kind of cultural funding from the Swiss state or the relevant institutions.

The support granted to me throughout the years by the following individuals was absolutely essential, however, and my gratitude to them is limitless:

Antje Lange

Vanja Slajh

Alois Wendelin

Urs Sprenger

Maya Ghirardello

Martin Eric Ain

Michelle Fischer

H.R. Giger & Carmen Giger

Jörg Michael

Denise Mathieu

Corinne Kühne

Kathy Lenze

And there are many more.

Moreover, I would also like to express gratitude to those who do not kill animals, do not enslave them, and do not mistreat them, but instead respect and protect them. I bow to you.

Lähde: Ginger Vine Management & PR
Kuva: Marian Duven/Swiss Federal Office of Culture