TED TALKS
T
ed Kirkpatrick is the founder, songwriter,
and drummer for the American heavy
metal band Tourniquet. Since the early
1990’s Tourniquet have pounded out their fusion of
thrash, progressive metal, and neo-classical music
singing about topics and issues such as salvation
through Jesus and animal rights.
ONWARD TO FREEDOM is Tourniquet’s ninth studio
release and is unique in that it stands alone as the
only album in music history that focuses entirely on
animal rights. It also features many guest musicians
including Michael Sweet (Stryper), Mattie
Montgomery (For Today), Dug Pinnick (King’s X),
Kevin Young (Disciple), Rex Carroll (King James), and
Tony Palacios (Guardian), among many others… oh
an Ed Asner appears on the album too!
Christian St John recently talked with Ted about his
latest