Ludwig Van Beethoven. What a BEAST! Some of my favorite moments within his compositions strike me as the Hard Rock of its time. In our treatment, all of the intended beauty is still present, and being performed amazingly by an A-list cast of orchestral badasses (plus myself, trying to fit in). My GOD, the low brass section… But there’s also the added dimension of awesomeness from drummer John Riddell, who I gave carte blanche to do whatever he wanted on top. John’s enormous vocabulary, his sensi