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SLAYER Guitarist On MUSTAINE, Fear Of Flying, Death And Forthcoming Album |
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Saturday, 20 June 2009 |
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Francois Marchand of the Canwest News Service recently conducted an interview with guitarist Kerry King of Californian thrashers SLAYER. A few excerpts from the chat follow below.
On his fear of flying:
"I like to think I'm pretty well-rounded, but one thing that worries me, especially if we haven't gone on tour for a while, is flying. You get a good section of turbulence and go, 'Well, did I just play my last show?'"
On the concept of death:
"I told my wife, 'Don't waste money on a coffin, the worms are going to eat me.' Burn me and put me in a little box — I don't give a crap. I'm not coming back!'"
On his well-publicized feuds with MEGADETH frontman Dave Mustaine and MACHINE HEAD's Robb Flynn, both of whom will be touring with SLAYER as part of the Canadian Carnage in late June:
"Robb and I are fine now. But with Dave, who knows what's going to happen?"
On the lyrical direction of the band's upcoming 10th studio album, "World Painted Blood":
"We are called SLAYER. It's not like we're going to be writing about how nice the weather is. We have war, anti-religion, devils. The trick to making new records and being successful with them is saying similar things differently so you're not ripping yourself off."
On a possible release date for "World Painted Blood":
"I stopped worrying about that stuff years ago. Somebody will tell me a date and then I'll say, 'All right, probably two months after that.' If I don't sit and expect things to come out, I can't be disappointed when it gets delayed."
On the serial killer-themed single "Psychopathy Red", released on seven- inch vinyl for Record Store Day on April 18:
"That song in particular is very punk. It touches on as far punk SLAYER goes — because we don't usually cross the line and say, 'Yeah, it's a punk song.' The other 11 or 12 songs we've done all have a kind of 'retro' feel to them. We didn't sit down and plan that — nobody said, 'Hey, let's try to make records like the '80s.'" |
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