Metal Anarchy

Phil Anselmo (Pantera, Down, etc.) was recently interviewed by Rolling Stone, and opened up about multiple subjects, including the infamous Dimebash incident and more. You can see some of his comments below.

On his abusive childhood:

“This is shit I’ve never fucking opened up about until now, but when people constantly talk about being a victim or something, there are going to be certain points where I have to step back and go, ‘Whoa, whoa, whoa.’ Especially when people shout and scream about us living in a rape culture and men are this evil product. … Guess who was molested his entire child-fucking-hood by numerous people, both men and women…, Me. Me.

“I’ve never told the world this, but I am now maybe because I’m almost 50 and I don’t give a fuck anymore. But it happened. I never blamed the world for it like I’m seeing kids today do, putting everybody in one box. And the same thing goes for race and all this shit.”

On Vinnie Paul, who previously said Anselmo tarnished Pantera’s image:

“Yeah, I saw that he said that but anything out of that dude’s mouth is … ugh … it seems sour. I don’t have anything in common with that guy at all. But Vince better be caref– … One day I’m really not gonna care about whatever the legacy of Pantera [is]. It’s great that we had such an awesome fan base and still continue to have this awesome fan base, but there will be probably be a whole lot of ’em that would be perhaps a little disappointed in my assessment of the whole situation. So I’ll just leave it at that. And that’s why I’m not going to speak out about it, even though I know when this interview comes out, people are going to say, ‘Well, you almost went off on that.’ And yeah, almost. Operative word.”

“You have to worry about Vince‘s state of mind, just like you have to worry about all of our states of mind. I know in my heart I have to accept what happened to Dimebag because it’s just real. He’s gone. He was murdered. But there’s a giant chunk of me that will never understand it. I’ve spoken to the police about it. I’ve spoken to the cop that was on hand that ended things, murdered the murderer. I’m not sure I’ll ever understand it.”

On his Illegals In Minor “unmetal” album, which he compared to David Bowie, Nick Cave and The Smiths:

“That stuff is heavy in its own right. Extremities come in all genres. Like, there isn’t anybody alive that’s going to convince me that Björk ain’t extreme. So if it helps the project by using a cello or stand-up piano or a waterphone, then so be it. I’m going to use it.”

Head to Rolling Stone to read more.