Discover the four live acts that inspired Ghost’s Tobias Forge

Tobias Forge, the frontman of Ghost, talks about the four performances that have influenced his life in an interview with Full Metal Jackie’s radio show.

Rolling Stones made a comeback record called Steel Wheels. And they went out on the Steel Wheels tour. And then a year after it came to Europe, called the Urban Jungle Tour. That is by far the coolest staging I’ve seen in my entire life. That is still  the pinnacle. Especially the Steel Wheels tour that they did in 1989, the fall and winter of 1989, that was the big tour of the U.S and I remember seeing videos from that. Also, around 1989, Pink Floyd was playing in Venice. That was like a direct broadcast on TV. That also had a huge impact on me watching that live show. I think Floyd was also one of my favorite bands when I was that age, like 8 years old. Iron Maiden, I’ve talked about that show so much – Live After Death, but then Metallica, 1991, when the Black Album came and they had that diamond stage, that is one of the coolest stages. And that cycle was just like this amazing home run.