During a recent interview with 518Scene.com, Helmet’s Page Hamilton opened up about using the pandemic and political unrest as inspirations for the band’s new album “Left” (out November 10). The frontman also took a shot at Donald Trump, saying the “Orange Juice Face made it okay to be a racist douchebag.”
Hamilton said the following:
“For me, the biggest part of it was the political climate, and how much it’s changed in our country. I can’t speak for other countries — I know Hungary has a fascist guy too, and there are neo-Nazis popping up and they’ve always been around — but they were a little more underground before Orange Juice Face made it okay to be a racist douchebag. That stuff really had an effect on me. I have a trans godson, for example. I have nieces and nephews. I have two other godsons. I would like to leave a better world behind when I go for them, than the current state of divisive, caustic [beliefs] and whatever is going on in this country.”
He also commented on the band’s latest single “Gun Fluf“:
“I feel I have a right to express myself. I’m happy to sit down and have a conversation with any gun owner. I own guns. I grew up owning guns. I grew up in southern Oregon. I got a 12-gauge shotgun when I turned 12 from Grandpa Bones, and I hunted. I’m all for it, but I’m not all for there not being tighter restrictions on who can purchase a gun.
Automatic weapons are unnecessary for a citizen population. They’re not for hunting; they’re not for recreation. They are for killing human beings.
Every time there’s another mass murderer shooting, it affects me deeply. That’s just heartbreaking. What we are saying is, yes, we have the right to bear arms, but we also have children who have a right to go to school and not fear for their lives, or go grocery shopping — as in Buffalo — and not worry that somebody’s going to come in with an automatic weapon that can shoot 200 rounds in however many minutes. So that song poured out of me. It makes me angry that people are not more responsible.”
[via Blabbermouth]
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