"ME AND ZO HAVE THE SAME BIRTHDAY!"
British guitarist Andy James on auditioning for the band, playing arenas and moving in with Zoltan
Good timing, joining the band right before the pandemic! How did you get the gig?
“I was in contact with Zo from about October 2019, and he asked me if I knew any guitar players who’d be good for a touring band with major management. I told him I wasn’t really doing anything, so he told me he was trying to hire a guitarist for Butcher Babies. I go to the studio with Butcher Babies and Zo shows up, then a couple of days later we go out to dinner, and I realise now that it was a job interview to see what I was like in the studio and what sort of person I was. I get a message in January 2020 saying, ‘Can you learn a whole live set in 24 hours?’ I already knew the songs from being a fan, but I crammed it all in and they flew me to Wembley.”