During Ghost Cult’s recent chat with Luca Turilli, he took time to share his thoughts on the sad passing of Sir Christopher Lee…

Sir Christopher Lee was very open about the fact that his work with Rhapsody in particular led to his late-blooming but passionate love for Metal and his decision to become a Metal singer himself in his 90’s. Would you like to say something about your own experiences with Sir Christopher?

“You know, when he passed away I could have written many things about how much he meant to me, but in the end I prefer to condense everything in one sentence – that one of the greatest men on Earth passed away. I remember the first moment when me and Alex approached him – we were both trembling! – but he was a really charismatic, approachable guy and he really helped us and spoke to us openly.

“He told us lots of stories about the things that went on behind the scenes of his films – we really bonded with him, and in a way he became a sort of grandfather figure to the band. What I said about how important our positive values are – Christopher Lee was always acting in the name of those values; he was committed to life and positivity.”

He also hunted Nazi war criminals after the war, before becoming an actor.

“Wow really, I didn’t know! He never spoke about that!”

RICHIE HR