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Tales From the Jugular
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The Mouths That Roared - 100 Great Metal Quotes from 2003 (76-100)
Sweden's Marduk on the War "We don't give a fuck! It's not our problem. Let the
tanks roll..."
Vince Neil on touring with Motley Crue again: "Basically nobody likes each other
in MÖTLEY CRÜE, so why would I put myself in that kind of position when I'm perfectly
happy doing what I'm doing now?"
Wes Borland on file sharing: "When you download music, you are stealing directly from
that person that made the song that you are downloading. And it's forcing the 'banks'
(record labels) to merge with each other, becoming larger, more confused monsters that are
afraid of the future, and that's a creature that I don't want to be around...The demise
and collapse of everything that is still good about music. Keep it up, and you'll be able
to watch it fall."
Bruce Dickinson on Fred Durst: Limp Bizkit are as dead as a doornail now. [Fred] couldn't
write his way out of a paper bag. That new single ['Eat You Alive'] is just awful. He
needs to listen to people telling him he's rubbish."
Gene Simmons on stuff: "I've heard people say money is the root of all evil, but of
course they're nuts. Lack of money is the root of all evil...Love, unfortunately, is not
the most powerful force in the universe...I'm happy to put KISS on almost anything."
Kirk Hammett on the lack of guitar solos on "St. Anger": "It feels like
I've played a million guitar solos over the past 20 years. If they don't get a few on this
album, they're gonna survive."
Kerry King on Metallica's MTV icon: "I knew it was going to be an MTV event and
everyone was going to be sucking Metallica's dick, and it was going to be a huge snooze
fest and I didn't want to be a part of it. I did watch the whole thing, I Tivo-ed it, and
it took me like three or four sittings to get through it, because I couldn't stomach the
whole thing. Then you see Lars grooving to the drums, doing air drums, and I'm like, 'What
the fuck are you listening to, dude?'"
Kerry King on 'St. Anger': "I mean, I played that record twice, and that's all I am
ever going to play it. I played it once, and then I had to make sure, but I just don't get
it. This isn't Metallica bashing — I mean, I am holding back, trust me."
Steve Vai on fellow G3 guitarists Yngwie and Joe Satriani: ""Yngwie has probably
the most control of the instrument in the way of chops and shredding and just sheer
technical ability. Through it all, he comes up with some nice melodies occasionally, but
it's staggering to just watch him and see the way he handles that instrument."
"Joe has the gift of melody. He has complete control of the instrument. He's the
elite of the elite."
My Ruin's Terrie B. on comments from an A&R guy from RCA Records: "[He said] do
you have a problem with your weight? Because rock stars are supposed to be thin I'm
afraid. So how much do you weigh?' And I said, 'You're fucking kidding me, right?' He
says, 'I send my bands to personal trainers. To be a rock star now days you have to be
thin.'"
Gene Simmons on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: "With all due respect to the Rock and
Roll Hall of Fame, it's a popcorn fart for us. It doesn't mean a lot because it's not
really representative of the American lifestyle. It's not democratic. It certainly doesn't
represent the people.
Vivian Campbell of Def Leppard and Dio: "The real irony of that is I actually don't
like hard rock music. I know it's a strange thing to say, but I don't really care about my
past contributions. Even now I still get these guys coming up to me going 'Duuuuuuuude!',
giving me the DIO devil sign and yelling 'Holy Diver!!' and 'Rainbow In The Dark, whoo
hoo!!' and it's cool that they remember it, but that music never mattered to me — and
still doesn't."
Vivian Campbell on Ronnie Dio: "Oh yeah, night after night, [Ronnie] was absolutely
on the money. An incredibly strong voice and within that niche genre of dungeons and
dragons and rainbows and midgets... You know, the sorta old school heavy metal, he's an
incredible talent. But he's an awful businessman and way more importantly, one of the
vilest people in the industry."
Queensryche singer Geoff Tate on social structures: "I think some people exist and
stay here primarily because it's all they know. I think there's definitely a select group
of people who call the shots and make all the rules and enforce them and push us in the
direction we're going. Once we're all aware of that and accept that that is a definitely a
possibility, maybe we'll be a little happier because we'll understand how the system
works. That may be the biggest problem with this country too-we don't know how it all
works. We're illiterate and watching 'Jerry Springer'… what's that do for ya?"
Bruce Dickinson on MTV: "We just got some bad news. Not that I care about MTV, but
they told us that they won't show the 'Rainmaker' video because they say that our audience
is too old for MTV."
Jason Newsted on St. Anger: "As far as the new record's listenability [is concerned]
and your desire to put it on again and listen to it over and over again like you did with
'Ride The Lightning' and 'Master Of Puppets', I don't hear it… I don't hear it. To
me, they were always leaders, and on this record, they seem to be more followers."
James Hetfield on "St. Anger": "It's a bummer. In Europe it's doing really
good, and some other places ... It is what it is. We can't change that. We do our best and
that's all we can do."
Stratovarius guitarist Timo Tolkki: "I have my own way to lead Stratovarius and since
being in this band since '84 (almost 20 years) I have had a very clear vision about the
musical direction of Strato. To put it short and simple, this is my band."
Pantera drummer Vinnie Paul on Phil Anselmo: "...it got to the point where I didn't
know which Phil was gonna show up to the gig. One night he would walk in and be a fucking
animal. The next night, I'd walk backstage and he'd be lying in the corner and he'd say he
was tired."
Devildriver frontman Dez Farafa on ex-band Coal Chamber: "[It was] a democracy where
everybody ran the business together, and it just didn't work. They didn't want to go
heavier and more balls out, and I did. My heart started turning black because I was doing
something I wasn't happy with."
Gene Simmons on drug users: "I've often heard that using drugs is a cry for help.
What a load of crap. If it's a cry for help, it falls on deaf ears. My suggestion to
anybody who uses drugs is, it's a slow way of killing yourself, so do it the quick way.
Don't torture yourself and everybody else, just go to the top of a building and get
yourself out of the way. Either that, or straighten up and live right."
Ozzy Osbourne on sexual abuse: "I was sexually abused as a kid. Two boys used to wait
for me to come home after school. They felt me and touched me. It became a regular thing
on the way home from school — it seemed to go on forever. I was afraid to tell my
father or mother and it completely fucked me up. When I was a kid, people didn't talk
about these things like they do now. You didn't have chat shows talking about molestation.
I worked it out with a therapist. But if you have a traumatic experience when you are
young it does fuck you up."
Sharon Osbourne on Randy Rhodes: "When I talk about the early days of the love affair
between Ozzy and me, I have to be honest — it wasn't just the two of us. Randy was a
vital part of the tale. There was one time I was with Randy. Ozzy knows about it but has
never wanted to discuss it. That's his way of dealing with it."
Ozzy on medication: ""I was wiped out on pills. I couldn't talk. I couldn't
walk. I could barely stand up. I was lumbering about like the Hunchback of Notre Dame. It
got to the point where I was scared to close my eyes at night — afraid I might not
wake up."
Justin Prager, director of music and programming for MTV and MTV2, on the revived
"Headbanger's Ball": "We brought it back because there was a demand for
it," Prager said. "Metal has always been here, but there seems to be a
resurgence of it. The following continues to grow. Metal is the most exciting music out
there right now. It seems like a faceless period for mainstream rock, but the headbangers
follow every move of every band they like."
BONUS QUOTES - SOUNDS OF WAR
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"Without just cause of reason, without legal or moral justification, and without a
thread of proof that Iraq directly threatens the security of the United States, the Bush
administration has headed to war..." --Zack De La Rocha
"Our current administration's foreign policy strikes me as being reckless, inhumane,
and hopelessly out of step with the so-called 'values' it claims to defend. We, the
world's only superpower, have immense capacity to ease human suffering throughout the
world, yet we choose to inflict it upon those who deem a threat to our agenda of
empire." --DJ Shadow
"I really feel those guys...I really owe a lot to them for really going there to do
the best and to prevent Iraq, and to keep our safety at home, and I told that to them as
well." --SOULFLY frontman Max Cavalera
"I can understand that Americans don't like to hear this cover version ("Fuck
The U.S.A."), likewise the world didn't want this war for oil! It's time for
Americans now to speak out against this war and not to repeat Bush's war slogans! --
DESTRUCTION bassist/vocalist Marcel Schirmer
"I don't know if there's such a thing as pro-war, but if there is, that's me,"
Portnoy told Blistering.com. "I mean, nobody wants to go to war, nobody wants to see
innocent people killed, but it seems to me that a lot of Americans are quickly forgetting
the impact and the outcome of what happened on 9-11." --DREAM THEATER drummer Mike
Portnoy
"...people can say what they want but it won't make a difference...Everyone is
entitled to their opinion, and they can say whatever they want. We were never disputing
that fact. Like I said, our point was that no matter who speaks out, it wont make a
difference because the Bush and Blair are working to their own agenda. They obviously
don't give a fuck." --LOSTPROPHETS singer Ian Watkins
"I pray for all of the people over in Iraq that are fighting in this war. And I pray
for anyone who gets hurt or is killed in this war. I also pray for all of the American
troops that are fighting this war...We have to support our country now because we are at
the point of no return now. Go USA! Go freedom for Iraq!" --LIMP BIZKIT frontman Fred
Durst
"...we'd like to have the [video for the new SYSTEM OF A DOWN single] 'Boom!' . .
.help change the way people think about the solution to our global problems. We want to
make the idea of dropping bombs, of waging war seem as antiquated and ridiculous as it is
today for an Afro-American to have to sit at the back of the bus." --SYSTEM OF A DOWN
guitarist Daron Malakian
"We would also like to take the chance to express our opinion on the war against
Iraq. It is wrong and should be stopped immediately!!!" --Swedish band AMARAN
""How many Iraqis per gallon?" and "Somewhere in Texas, a Village is
Missing an Idiot" --message scrolled across the stage at AUDIOSLAVE concert
"...we have the best troops in the world, so I mean they're just going to go over
there and crush and dominate and then they can get everybody back home...They're a bunch
of candy-ass little pussies. They may start doing that whole terrorism thing, you know
what I mean. That's the only thing that may get a little sticky. Aside from that, I don't
see how it's going to change much." --OZZY OSBOURNE/BLACK LABEL SOCIETY guitarist
Zakk Wylde
""The war in Iraq has begun. I am only speaking for myself, but I am for it.
However, I do question the timing. We should have done this ten years ago and thereby
spared the suffering of many Iraqi innocents who have died and suffered under one of
history's great tyrants...On September 11 the United States woke up to the realization
that defensive postures cost lives, and America would no longer wait for a disaster to
happen..." --BALLISTIC mainman Tom Gattis
"War is good when good survives and evil is crushed. If you don't crush evil then
evil will get you...The way that you eliminate bad and ugly is either through activism and
policy making that never tolerates evil — instead of the liberal politically correct
policy of accepting evil and accepting other points of views that destroy lives. We the
thoughtful, productive people of American have got to take our freedom back." --TED
NUGENT
"I would like to add my condolences to all the American and British and yes, the
Iraqi families that lost loved ones in this struggle...while the American media (the New
York Times, the Washington Post and other 'respected' newspapers) routinely trounced the
war effort. "My heart goes out to people who suffer. And, although 'Might makes
Right' does not necessarily follow, in this case it does. Better the good guys be Mighty,
than the bad guys." --KISS bassist Gene Simmons
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