Interview with Danny Peyronel

A little bit more than half a century ago, a Juilliard student abandoned a bright future as a classical composer and flew from New York to London where a gloomy rock ‘n’ roll career seemed to await him – and Danny Peyronel never looked back because it didn’t take him long to land a job with HEAVY METAL KIDS, and from then on the sky was the limit for the young musician. Proceeding to play on UFO’s “No Heavy Petting” and leaving his indelible mark on the ensemble’s sound before that stint proved to be brief, Danny would go on to further creative challenges and successes. He wrote for Meat Loaf and Sade, heard his lyrics sung by David Gilmour and formed a few groups, yet cutting a solo path never felt too interesting a prospect for Peyronel. Although he made such an effort in 2004, another two decades passed until he decided to try again and deliver “It Happens When You Look The Other Way”: the album which will define the veteran’s talent and shine a light in his personality. Only his personality started to get shaped in darker period, the era that became a starting point for this conversation.

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October 15, 2024