Some curious bits from Faulkner's answers to a fans questions (from his Twitter account):
- he is a big fan of the UFO albums with Schenker (he do not like so much his solo stuff with MSG).
- he thinks that UFO should have been bigger than they ended up being.
- his favorite UFO songs are: Let It Roll, This Kid's and Out In The Street.
- according to him the solo in UFO's song Rock Bottom is seminal. The solo in Lights Out (the song) is one of Schenker's best.
- he loves to play in arenas and theatres.
- his favorite female singers are: Stevie Nicks, Tina Turner, Lzzy Hale, Aretha Franklin and Billie Holiday.
- his favorite Priest album cover is Killing Machine or Screaming For Vengeance.
- his favorite Priest songs are: Victim Of Changes, Sinner, Devil's Child, The Sentinel, Hell Patrol, Rising From Ruins and Sea Of Red.
- his favorite Priest songs to play live are: The Sentinel, Victim Of Changes, Sinner, Devil's Child, Painkiller, Night Comes Down, Freewheel Burning and of course the songs he co-wrote.
- his favorite solo by him on Firepower is the one in Rising From Ruins, Traitors Gate or the one in Sea Of Red.
- his favorite songs from ROS album are HOV, SOD, Cold Blooded and Battle Cry/ from Firepower are the title track, RFR, SOR and Evil Never Dies.
- he thinks the song Tears Of Blood (from the ROS bonus CD) would be good live.
- his favorite song from the Ripper era is Hell Is Home.
- his favorite Priest live album is Unleashed In The East.... and Battle Cry.
- he really wants to play the solo in Ram It Down live (brutal solos!).
- his favorite song from Rob solo albums is Resurrection.
- he has played in a cover band with Les Binks.
- he is a Tottenham Hotspur fan./ Ian Hill is a fan of West Bromwich Albion.
- his favorite Metallica album is Master Of Puppets, but he also really love ...And Justice For All.
- he is ok with the Metallica albums from the 90's.
- his favorite Motörhead song is Damage Case or Overkill.
- he is a fan of the band Ghost.
- he thinks Accept are a great band.
- he never been into KISS.
- his first guitar was a Mustang Stratocaster.
- his favorite songs with Dio on vocals are: Heaven And Hell, Stargazer, Gates Of Babylon and Don't Talk To Strangers.
- his favorite era of Black Sabbath is with Ozzy.
- he has no intentions to release a instrumental solo album in the future.
- he always was more into Rainbow than Deep Purple.
- the guitarists that has the biggest influence on him are: Hendrix and Schenker are the top 2. Hetfield, Murray/Smith and Wylde were also a big influencers. Blackmore, Rhoads, Gilmour, Tipton/Downing, Gorham/Robertson, Brian May, Iommi and Slash too.
- the bands that have a big influence on him are: UFO, Metallica, Rainbow, Priest, Maiden, Queen, Pink Floyd, Thin Lizzy, Bryan Adams....
- the best concert he ever attended was Metallica at Knebworth or Maiden.
- he like the style of playing of Akira Takasaki from Loudness.
- his favorite songs with Randy Rhoads are: Diary Of A Madman, I Don't Know and Over The Mountain.
- two of his favorite Maiden songs ever are LOTLDR and 22AA.
-> he would've loved to join Maiden.
And now something about Maiden:
Q: Is Maiden a Prog or Metal band or a bit of both ?
Faulkner: I’d say after 40 years, they’ve passed through a few different flavours. Punky and proggy being a couple. But ultimately they are a metal band for sure.
Q: Your favorite Maiden song ?
Faulkner: Love the entire Somewhere In Time album! Every track on that I love. Seventh Son has some of my favs too, Moonchild, Infinite Dreams and The Clairvoyant being some of my faves. Then there’s obv Phantom, Hallowed, Prowler, Genghis Khan and stuff too.