In a brand new interview with Shawn Ratches of Laughingmonkeymusic, former ACCEPT and present U.D.O. and DIRKSCHNEIDER frontman Udo Dirkschneider mentioned that his voice has solely gotten stronger over time. The 73-year-old singer defined (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “Once we had our new reserving company they usually begin engaged on the European tour, they mentioned, ‘Yeah, what number of exhibits are you able to do?’ I mentioned, ‘Yeah, 5, six in a row, no downside.’ They had been, like, ‘What?’ I mentioned, ‘Yeah, no downside in any respect. I can do this.’ And it is, like, ‘Okay.’ And, in fact, it makes the entire touring less expensive — you do not have days off and blah, blah, blah. So right here we go. Hold going. And for me, that is additionally a loopy factor with my voice. For me, it is higher to have extra exhibits in a row as a substitute of getting two, a day without work, three, a day without work. For me, it is the fallacious method [to have days off]. It is loopy, I do know, but it surely works for me… That is the factor. It is like a muscle… And likewise, in a band with U.D.O., all people’s joyful that we not solely play two exhibits after which a day without work, perhaps two days off, three exhibits, no matter. And, yeah, preserve going. You are get getting actually into that. And all people likes it within the band.”
Udo beforehand talked in regards to the evolution of his singing voice throughout a Might 2023 press convention for U.D.O.‘s newest album, “Landing”, in Hamburg, Germany. He mentioned on the time: “For me, crucial factor is that you’re open-minded with music — not [have the attitude of], ‘That is what I did for 40 years. I do not wanna change something.’ For me, [it’s important] to be actually open-minded. I all the time was open-minded. I imply, I used to be working with so many musicians. It was out of my management. We had loads of modifications. And I all the time [had the attitude of], ‘Yeah.’ I am for me, myself, to see how far I can go along with my vocals, with my voice.
“It is a totally different factor, however once I did this cowl album [2022’s ‘My Way’, released under the Udo Dirkschneider banner], I used to be making like a spectrum… For me, it was, like, ‘Yeah, I can do this,'” he defined. “It was serving to me additionally to see, ‘Oh, can I cowl this like this?’ The vary — that is additionally very attention-grabbing — my vary received wider. I imply, I did not count on this. It is like an previous wine; the style is getting significantly better.
“With my voice now, I can achieve this many alternative stuff,” Udo added. “That is additionally a miracle for me, for myself. 20 or 25 years in the past, to sing some songs, it was, like, ‘What?’ [Laughs] However now it is easy for me to do some additionally totally different stuff. And yeah, it is good to see. Which means, for me, I see we are able to do loads of totally different stuff additionally sooner or later.”
In an October 2021 interview with Pete Pardo of Sea Of Tranquility, Udo was requested how he has managed to maintain his singing voice in such fine condition after greater than 40 years of recording and touring. He responded: “I do not know. I believe I am actually fortunate with my voice. I’m going yearly to examine every part, and the physician all the time says, ‘Every part’s excellent. No issues.’ And that is loopy.
“I by no means had any issues or needed to cancel a live performance [because of] my voice — by no means,” he continued. “I am actually, actually fortunate with this. I do know loads of colleagues, they’ve issues with their voice.
“The one factor I can say is I do nothing actually particular. The one factor I did is 17 years in the past I finished smoking. And that is the one factor what I did. And the remaining is, like, I do nothing. I by no means heat up once I go onstage. I by no means heat up within the studio. It is a miracle.
“My colleague Stefan Kaufmann [former ACCEPT drummer and U.D.O. guitarist], I am working with this man for an extended, very long time, and after we did the recording of [the U.D.O. album] ‘Sport Over’, he mentioned to me, ‘This voice is a miracle. Unbelievable.’ He mentioned to me, ‘You might be nonetheless on the identical degree like [ACCEPT‘s] ‘Breaker’ [album], with the excessive voices.’ He mentioned, ‘That is unreal.’ Usually, if you happen to’re getting older, you are dropping all these excessive components. No. He mentioned, ‘That is loopy — completely loopy.’
“I’ve to say to anyone, ‘Thanks very a lot.’ [Laughs]”
DIRKSCHNEIDER is the title of Udo‘s band which performs ACCEPT materials solely.
Though Udo introduced 10 years in the past that his preliminary DIRKSCHNEIDER tour would mark his closing time performing ACCEPT songs, he has continued to play choose exhibits underneath the DIRKSCHNEIDER banner for the previous decade.
