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In-person interview with Jon Schaffer of Iced Earth & Sons Of Liberty

By Aniruddh "Andrew" Bansal

September 25th 2010, House Of Blues, Hollywood CA

Part 1 focuses on Iced Earth. Jon talks about the set list for the current tour, prospect of a full U.S tour, the upcoming album and DVD, the character Set Abominae, 'Riff Lord' nomination and the collboration with Blind Guardian's Hansi Kursch.

Part 2 focuses on Sons Of Liberty. Jon talks about the experience of playing for two bands in the same show, why he started the band, his fascination for military history and the American revolution, Gandhi's peaceful revolution, reaction of the Iced Earth fans to this band, the 'new world order', and shares valuable advice on writing lyrics.