In the rebuilding process, you relaunched Steelheart in the late 90s. No ones ever done that like Jim. After that, that was it. Now Im in a band and were in a rocket ship going to the top and everything is great. I redid some of the songs and I feltyou know usually bands redo albums and they recut them and its done exactly the same way as it was. What goes through your head when you see something unexpected like that? Miljenko knew in his early teens he wanted to be a rock star. Im seeing this thing and I just grab it, and I go, Oh shit this things wobbling. As Im trying to walk over the monitors, this thing is falling. He developed a large fan base in South Korea and has appeared on a number of the country's TV programs. Miljenko Matijevic1964 1129 - Mike Matijevic . 23 on the Billboard Hot 100. We did Light My Fire, and when I sang that last note, Fiiiire! Robby goes, You know, nobody could ever do that fuckin thing like you just did. I think it was time. How I got up, I think it was just pure adrenaline, pure fire. So I got about close to 350 people who sent in their vocal, theyre all in the chorus. SteelHeart singer Miljenko Matijevic performs at 8 p.m. Feb. 14 in Santa Fe Station's Chrome Showroom. Hes fine he just has a couple of scratches. I closed my eyes, and everything went completely silent and I swear, I saw a film of my life from day one until then. Miljenko Vucic of Crotia competing Men's Shot Put F12 during World Para Athletics Championships at London Stadium in London on July 22, 2017 I go back to Virginia and Im listening in my living room getting used to the songs and I had a hell of an awakening. I wish it couldve happened quicker, but. Dreamstage was launched last August by CEO Thomas Hesse (former president of Sony Music for global digital business and U.S. sales/distribution),CTO Scott Chasin (serial entrepreneur with a track record of successfully founding and growing startups, including ProtectWise and MX Logic),and artistic director Jan Vogler (internationally known cellist and director of the Dresden Music Festival). I dont know what all to say. Just as I took the last step, it hit me in the back of the head. On November 1, 1992 radio rang out with the news of STEELHEART's vocalist Miljenko "Mili" Matijevic defies death during their concert the previous night. Trying to dodge the massive rig without success, the 1000-pound truss hit the back of his head hard driving one of the greatest vocalists of all time face first into the stage: breaking his nose, cheekbone, jaw and twisting his spine. And literally, I saw my whole life like a movie come to me, Im gonna close my eyes, by the way, close my eyes and became silent. Can you say this? It was just life going, Ok, heres how were going to do this now. I never felt left for nothing. Keep going forward. Nita Strauss Discusses Her New Album Controlled Chaos & Alice Cooper, Stormy Daniels Gives Full Disclosure On Her First Concert & Pantera, The Price Of Admission: A Females Guide To Navigating The Mans Music World, Mike Tramp Discusses His New Solo Album, Vito Bratta & White Lion, Vito Bratta White Lions Ultimate Roaring Sensation, Guitar Maestro JOE SATRIANI Discusses His New Album The Elephants Of Mars, Joe Satriani Announces Release Of New Studio Album The Elephants Of Mars, The Problem With Sites Like GuitarsDaily, Guitar Word & The Musicians That Support Them, W.A.S.P. I wanted the choir, we had to show the choir, and thats why we brought it all into the Warner Grand Theater and we have everyone there singing, all the people that came together, just the orchestra, the choir, the dancers, all the crew, Bobby. Not at all. Underground (feat. I already did that energy, so why not do something else? Going back, when you And Im sitting there going, Wow. Talk about getting your ass kicked. Tweets & replies. And somebody said Steel, and I go, Heart. I would go through the lyrics with them and so, lets say I did with Liang in China, Beijing. Steelheart was a rising hard rock band in the early 1990s when tragedy struck. One guy was finally honest with me, this big German DJ/producer. As far as a new record, the 30th (anniversary) album is coming out this year, for sure. She goes, Ok, let me tell you whats going on because my conversations werent focused. (feat. Then they put me on an airplane. The record was recorded throughout parts of the world, including a live string section recorded in Stockholm, Sweden. Traumatic Brain Injury. Metal Edge caught up with the singer for a wide-ranging interview about the stage mishap which nearly killed him, the early days of Steelheart, working with the Doors and that unmistakable vocal range. Certainly fans of the band's first three classic albums will be happy to hear those powerful pipes back in action, but fans of modern hard rock acts like HALESTORM, SHINEDOWN, ALTER BRIDGE and other melodic-minded rock heavyweights will find much here to love. Didnt do anything with it. A Conversation With Steelheart Vocalist Miljenko Matijevic, A Conversation With Great White Guitarist Mark Kendall, A Conversation With Vocalist Robin McAuley, A Conversation With Kings of Thrash (and ex-Megadeth) Guitarist Jeff Young, A Conversation With Simon Collins & Kelly Nordstrom of eMolecule. Of course, 30-something years go by, but its actually kind of fun. Matijevic:Well, first and foremost: excitement. Miljenko Matijevic, also known as Michael Matijevic or Mili Matijevic (born 30 November 1964) is a Croatian American rock singer, best known as the frontman of the hard rock band Steelheart. Also, Mama, Dont You Cry is also piano, vocal, and a 40-piece orchestra. 14 terabytes of raw footage for ten years. Once you're logged in, you will be able to comment. He goes [in German accent], Well, yeah - you sing great. Could you imagine being separate and you cant go? The notes you hit on that track are out of this world; if someone hears those vocals, it stops them in their tracks, like, What is that?, Matijevic: Yeah, its pretty intense. The band is gone. Matijevic came to this realization after a stage stunt led to a traumatic brain injury . So I said, Let me bring the heritage in of Korean people, let me bring back their past where they started, where the love was, what they wore back in the day, Thats when I found the Bell. When I finished it in Korean and I was like, Well, you know, this could be a nice unification for my country too, we went through a horrible separation and I was like, Well, let me sing it in Croatian, so I translated in Croatian and sang in Croatian. Exactly. Something bigger, better. I have a good team together, and we'll hire agood marketing and PR person, and invest the proper money for thecampaigns.. We want nothing to do with that. Its like, Really? Almost impossibly, Matijevic managed to walk off the stage of his own strength before being rushed to a hospital. Matijevic:After I finished the movie, I was also focusing on singing over EDM (electronic dance music). Are you putting a movie together about your career? Lets do 50 shows and well call it a day. Common types include: Concussion: This is a jarring injury to your brain. Miljenko Matijevic is a world-class vocalist who embodies STEELHEART and has performed as the lead singer for the current-day DOORS and as the singer for the 'fictional' band STEEL DRAGON from the film ROCK STAR (starring Mark Wahlberg) which also includes Zakk Wylde, Matt Sorum and Jeff Pilson. Steelheart lead vocalist Miljenko Matijevic joins Ralph Sutton and James Mattern and a live performance of "We All Die Young"! To report spam or any abusive, obscene, defamatory, racist, homophobic or threatening comments, or anything that may violate any applicable laws, use the "Report to Facebook" and "Mark as spam" links that appear next to the comments themselves. Ive lived there for a little while and worked there, I have friends there, and I know that feeling, the energy, and the connection. Okay, can we say this, it would sing better? So it takes time to really put the dots in place. I feel if we came out when we shouldve came out so like 87 or something like that I think Steelheart wouldve been much more popular. SteelHeart became popular for the multi-octave range of Miljenko . Lips Of Rain07. Im one of those guys who cant sit next to a piano without a tape recorder going. Learn how your comment data is processed. Steelheart is an American glam metal band from Norwalk, Connecticut, that formed in 1989. Also, Shes Gone is a lot more difficult to sing than Ill Never Let You Go because its consistently up there. Theres no way I could sign anything because Im not really consciously here. [But] I had to keep going. Come the early 2000s, you worked on the movie Rock Star, which features We All Die Young. Its one of those songs that transcends the movie its tied to and really stands on its own. How can I explain this? Fronted by a Croatian singer Miljenko Matijevic. I kinda guess I foreseed or something, came to me early here before this all happened, and the way I started as I wanted, I needed to have a big chorus, and I had this chorus plan, I had a choir plan, we were gonna record it, we had kids, we had everything all set up here in Orange County, and it all fell through when the pandemic hit. He didnt tell me exactly what was going on, and when we landed, I got off the plane, it was 300-400 people waiting for me. I knew it was going to come at a time when it was supposed to be, and why not the 20th anniversary and here I am, touring the world I literally risked my life for my soul and test my life for my bread. Thats the opening line. I'm So In Love With You, Lead Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Guitars, Ebow Guitars: Miljenko Matijevic, Guitars: Uros RaskovskiBass: James "Rev" Jones, Sigve Sjursen, Jesse SternDrums: Mike Humbert, Randy CookePiano: Daniel Fouch, Ed RothGuest guitar solo and part rhythm on "My Dirty Girl" by Kennet KanowskiStrings composed and conducted by Glen GabrielOrchestrated by Anthony WeedenPerformed by Stockholm Strings. So I think maybe thats why it didnt happen, but anyway, and I just have this vision. Here I am, lying in bed, and nobody showed up to even come to the house or bring a case of beer and play guitars or just hang out. Considering all that has been going on in our world . No, its not good enough. 6,869 talking about this. It cracked my head open, I hit the stage face first, broke my nose, broke my cheekbone strongest bone in your body I broke my jaw, twisted my back, my kneethen I was laid out. Ive had Steelheart Records. Then once we got that I would have them sing a rough form, even if they wouldnt sing the melody, right, at least they would sing the words correctly. Do we do the screaming? I went back to L.A. for the audition. Masa Itoh was a very influential DJ at the time, he played the song once on the radio on his show, and he got over 2500 phone calls, literally insanity. Anyway, so also watching the news and its like, Were gonna bomb this and were gonna do this, and all these threats, then the human trafficking and the kids trafficking, and I was like, Oh God. If we all die tomorrow, a lot of us already have lived quite a bit, but they havent, so I wanted to show the innocence and it just escalated. interview by Michael McCarthy. Im releasing a song on Valentines Day called Im So In Love With You. Im excited to finish that for everybody so you can see what I went through. Its awful. Then he dabbled in electronic dance music as the 90s wore on but came back to his rock and roll roots once again at the turn of the century, providing the singing voice for Mark Wahlbergs character in the 2001 film Rock Star. Common symptoms of a minor head injury include: a headache. Tweets. Its beautiful because its exactly steel and heart. These are all the songs that did really well throughout the world. Here I am on the bus, were doing the 49 show on a tour, and were doing this first leg or second leg, were at the 49 show manager goes, Hey, you wanna do a show Halloween night, and itll be 50, well take a break at 50 in Denver Arena? Im like, Absolutely lets do it. A skull fracture is a break in the skull bone. I also wanted some dancers, and I picked them out, theres different styles of clothes and different styles of dancing, and these girls did an absolutely phenomenal job. Persistent crying and inability to be consoled. I remember, clearly, the label was like, Nope. 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Something completely different. Then I was like, What other country can I sing in? But you had this insane accident 30 years ago. It just grew and the song, it just has a soul of its own, it really does. But it didnt happen until a DJ in Salt Lake City, play the song Ill Never Let You Go late night, like midnight hour, late-night hours, and he started getting a lot of calls in for the song. By the way, thank you, Im honored. Late spring will see the long-awaited release of Steelheart 30, featuring remixed, remastered re-recordings of 10 of the groups most popular songs. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Once you're logged in, you will be able to comment. Thirty percent is negligence, 70 percent is their fault. What happened was there was a DJ in New York City named [Kool] DJ Red Alert, and he owned the trademark. But I knew it was time to move on. We dont do this stuff in our bedroom and email it back and forth. Well after about 15 years, today I found this in youtube - . Says Miljenko: "I cannot express how excited I am for you all to hear this new album. Steelheart. With the pressure of the cabin on the airplane, you never put someone with a head injury on a plane. Its fun. Miljenko Matijevic poses for photographs during the 2014 Asia Model Festival Awards at Olympic Hall on January 17, 2014 in Seoul, South Korea. He moved to America, with his family, at the young age of six, and began crafting his singing voice. You can be done with the music, live your life like a normal person, or you gotta keep going cause you need to do something great. It was door number two right away it wasnt even a thought. Showcasing Matijevics impressive vocal range, the song came from their self-titled debut album, which landed on shelves in July that same year. At that time, 1999 actually is when I created a demo, I went through all of Europe but couldnt really connect with any producers. I was smart enough not to do that. It gets talked about so often that grunge killed glam metal in the early 90s, and the Steelheart debut record didnt come out until the summer of 1990. What happened to Miljenko? I dont know, so I went by the piano and I just started writing the song and said, Let me write a song for the unification of people, and immediately Trust in Love just came through, trust in love, trust in peace, I cant live until I know Im free. [Cut to] McNichols Arena in Denver. It wasnt even a thought, I knew I had to keep going and just move forward. Who are the members of Steelheart? I lost everything during that accident, just so everyone knows. There it is done! I mean, it was just like, Boom! Red Alert disappeared in a second from our minds, because we knew that was it. Had Red Alert gotten a deal during the first wave of the genre along with Poison, Ratt, Warrant, do you think it wouldve been a much different story? I woke up in the ambulance with an oxygen mask on my face. He toured the U.S. and Europe with Robby Krieger and Ray Manzarek under the name The Doors of the 21st Century, but these days is back to focusing on Steelheart. Ill Never Let You Go, Shes Gone, Everybody Loves Eileen, We All Die YoungGood 2B Alive that was actually surprising to me. Most of the time, people remain conscious. Well, you made millions 10 minutes ago. It was very odd times. No fuckin way. . And I really, really put the time and the energy and the focus to do it to its utmost top level where people cannot tell that its an American trying to sing a different language. Likes. Born Miljenko Matijevic on November 30, 1964, in Zagreb, Croatia. It was like, Fuckthis is good!. Do you have any pre-show rituals for your voice? Because everything was so rushed, there was so much going on, the production was huge, its like every minute is really accounted for, we barely got all the shots we got. 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