During a recent interview with Classic Rock, Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi revealed that Andrew Watt once offered to produce a new album featuring the band’s classic lineup. However, he ultimately turned him down. Iommi said the following:
“I’d met Andrew Watt when he was producing Ozzy. He was very keen and a bit too excited. He also didn’t know what it was like working with the original Sabbath, working with Bill. Also, we’d done ‘13,‘ and I didn’t like the idea of: ‘Now here’s another album.’”
During a recent appearance on the Lipps Service podcast, Rage Against The Machine guitarist Tom Morello revealed that he learned drop D tuning from Tool frontman Maynard James Keenan. Notably, that session also sowed the seeds for Tool‘s “Sober“ and Rage Against The Machine’s “Freedom.”
Morello said the following:
“We began jamming around, jamming with different bass players, different singers, including — we played with Maynard [James Keenan] at one point… It was in some 18-year-old bass players like bedroom. Me, Brad [Wilk], Maynard, and some dude named Noah jammed for… There was a recording somewhere… It was some of the riffs that later would be [used] elsewhere. Maynard‘s the dude who taught me how to do drop D tuning. He did. Quick sidebar: this is like for fans of Tool and Rage Against The Machine.
So Maynard, you know the Seattle sound was the thing, they were doing drop t-tuning, I didn’t know how to do it. So I was over at his place, and he showed me, and he was playing a riff that would become [Tool‘s] “Sober“. And the first riff that came out of my fingers when he showed me Drop D tuning was the riff from ‘Freedom‘, Rage‘s song ‘Freedom‘, and those two were sort of a song one afternoon.
And then later when Rage became a band I said, you know, ‘I don’t know if you remember, but we were jamming on that thing one time and like I’d like my half back please’ [laughter] .’ …I think Tool were off and running at that point.”
[via The PRP]
Fear Factory guitarist Dino Cazares has revealed that the band’s new album will be the first to feature longtime bassist Tony Campos. Prior to this record, Cazares handled most of the bass himself.
Cazares said the following:
“Besides recently getting behind the drum kit again after many years, and before anyone assumes otherwise ,I’ve also recorded all the bass tracks on Soul of a New Machine, Demanufacture, Mechanize, The Industrialist, Genexus, and Aggression Continuum. In fact, I’ve recorded bass on more Fear Factory albums than any of our previous bassists.
On the new Fear Factory record, Tony Campos handled all the bass tracks, marking the first time he’s recorded bass on a Fear Factory album.”
He also confirmed that new vocalist Milo Silvestro does a lot more than just singing:
“Milo is taking over he does keyboards, drums, bass, guitar, sings and production”
Slaughter To Prevail vocalist Alex Terrible has taken to social media to open up about having to defend himself from criticism online. The frontman, who has faced allegations of Nazism, homophobia, etc. also referenced Falling In Reverse singer Ronnie Radke, who has faced accusations of sexual assault, abuse, racism, transphobia, and more.
Terrible said the following:
“I understand Ronnie Radke better than most people.
First, people come onto YOUR page and leave comments trying to insult you, mock you, make you look like a piece of shit, or deliberately provoke you. Then, when you publicly respond to the exact same comment — repost it to your story or make a post about it because you simply want to defend yourself on your own platform — suddenly YOU’RE the bully. Suddenly YOU’RE the bad person.
How could you do that to a regular person? You’re famous! You have millions of followers!”
So somehow I’m supposed to be responsible not only for what I say and do, but also for the shit YOU choose to write to me publicly — or even send directly to my DMs?
How exactly does that work?
I’m a human being just like everyone else. I’m responsible for my own words and actions, especially online. If I write something to someone publicly, I understand exactly what that means. Thousands or even millions of people might see it. The person might respond. Other people might respond. People might agree with me, disagree with me, laugh at me, criticize me — whatever. I’m an adult. I understand that my words can have consequences.
But apparently, if I defend myself on my own platform, then suddenly it’s, “Oh my God, how could you put this person on blast like that?!”
PUT WHAT ON BLAST? WHAT THEY LITERALLY WROTE THEMSELVES? WHAT THEY CLEARLY BELIEVE?
And then somehow I’m also responsible when people on my page reply to them or go to their page and say something?
Hello? This is the internet.
You have the freedom to say what you want, but that doesn’t mean you’re entitled to control everyone else’s reaction to it. If you decide to publicly say something about another person, especially directly on their page, then be prepared for that person — and other people — to react to what you said.
Someone calls you a piece of shit. You answer, “Go fuck yourself.” And somehow the conclusion is that YOU’RE the bad guy because you told someone to go fuck themselves in front of everyone?
What the fuck?
Am I supposed to live by some completely different set of rules just because I have followers?”
[via The PRP]
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