Claus Weiergang: A Danish Metal Legend, of sorts!! RIP

Claus Weiergang, was one crazy dude. I first met him in 1997 on Pushers Street where he was selling hash and weed and blasting out great music. I would chat with him about all sorts of things related to music. He invited me up to his place and we watched these crazy late night cable TV shows with him and his friends hanging out with strippers and doing bongs on TV while showing HM videos of the era. Wow. You would never see anything like that in the USA, so it was far out for me.

Claus primarily played bass in several bands and cover projects as well as guitar in a Judas Priest tribute band. Centari, Furious Trauma, Gutrix, Jackal (4), Zoser Mez are the bands he is most well know for. I was lucky to get to see Gutrix live one time and that was a really cool band.  One of the projects I loved the most that he played me was Hank´s New Carpet, a really great 70s inspired jam rock band with Hank Shermann from Mercyful Fate!!  Where are those recordings now???

Claus has the rehearsal room for years next door or close by to where ØSC, would have our jam sessions in the early days and he would always pop by with a huge joint and a smile and be curious what we were up to.  He was pretty intense some times and lived life on the edge.

The last time I saw and talked with him for a while was a PIBs wake at Loppen in December.  He lived his life to the fullest no doubt!!!!  Life was a hell of a party..... RIP 

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