Category: WILL WALLNER and VIVIEN VAIN

After almost 10 years in the making, “Prototype“, the second album from the duo WILL WALLNER & VIVIEN VAIN sees the light of day. The band, formed by UK born guitarist Wallner and female singer Vivien Vain (of Croatian origins) – both established in the US – surprised us almost a decade ago with their self-titled melodic hard rock debut album featuring guests like Vinny Appice, Brian Tichy (FOREIGNER), Rudy Sarzo, Tony Franklin, and more.
On “Prototype” we find more renowned guests, production is bigger, there’s ton of melodic guitar layers, and Vain’s vocals are much more prominent into the mix like never before. Her evolution as a singer is really noticeable all over the CD…

WALLNER / VAIN is a collaboration between European musicians guitarist Will Wallner (White Wizzard) and female singer Vivien Vain. The duo met in 2008, and discovered they shared a mutual passion for rock n’ roll bands like Thin Lizzy, Rainbow and Van Halen.
WALLNER / VAIN already released an album and some EP’s, and they moved Los Angeles at the beginning of 2020 with one purpose; to record a great rock n’ roll album with the assistance of top musicians and producers from the genre.
The band is already recording the upcoming album titled ‘Duel’, and their new song ‘Back on the Strip‘ is autobiographical, telling the story of how they recently moved to LA and how the 80s Sunset Strip scene influenced them. Wallner even is living right across from the Rainbow Bar & Grill, and as fate would have it, the apartment was also the former home of legendary Motorhead frontman Ian ‘Lemmy’ Kilminster.
WALLNER / VAIN has also re-released some of their best songs, and while recording ‘Duel’ they made as well “The Legend Never Dies: A Tribute to Thin Lizzy” featuring 4 ‘deep cuts’ from 4 different Thin Lizzy albums.
Among the musicians into these recordings there’s Vinny Appice, Derek Sherinian, Tony Franklin, Carmine Appice, Don Airey…

WILL WALLNER & VIVIEN VAIN met in America after arriving from Europe some years ago. Discovering they shared similar musical tastes the duo began to write together. After a year performing around L.A. they ran into legendary drummers Vinny Appice (BLACK SABBATH / DIO) & Carmen Appice (KING KOBRA) who, after hearing the Wallner And Vain demo, agreed to perform...

* British guitarist / ‘Guitar World’ columnist Will Wallner and Croatian singer Vivien Vain already surprised us two years ago with the very good self-titled debut presented here on the blog. Now WILL WALLNER & VIVIEN VAIN return with their second opus “The Battle Of Clyst Heath“, again with stellar guests. If you are new to the duo, Will Wallner...