Jeff Waters has proven beyond all reasonable doubt that he is the coolest fucker ever to step foot on the face of the planet.
One of my all time hero's on the guitar is Jeff and he's a fucking nutter. Shame about the last couple of Annihilator albums as I love the early stuff. Alice in Hell is a corker.
Metal eh, well yes I do love it. But i'm pretty selective with it. There's a great deal wrong with metal these days, 1) it's too fucking commercial. You see and hear some of the utter fucking tripe that gets passed on as "metal" these days and it's just not. I for one cannot wait for the new "dj hero" to be released on the consoles so guitar hero and the media infatuation with heavy metal being "cool" to die a fucking death.
Never understood the appeal. I mean what's with all the death, blood, hell and terror... roar. Is it ironic or what? Cos' no-one's that pissed off.
I'm not disputing the musicality, but what's with the attitude? Could someone explain it to me.
All depends Dodgy, depends on the person who's listening and recording. Some of it's ironic, some of it's comical and knows it's comical, some of it's fucking hideous. When Black Sabbath started making their music (someone correct me if i'm wrong here, i'm always wasted when I watch anything to do with the Sabs) Ozzy said that they got together and went "People pay to go to the movies and watch horror, to be shocked and scared. Let's make music to scare people" or words to that effect. And it's just evolved from there.
There's musicianship and intelligence that people just would not believe in metal, especially in some of the more extreme varieties (which I do partake in a lot). Actually not especially, that sounds elitist, but you know what I mean. The general public have been brainwashed so intently into believing that if someone does some roaring that they sound like the cookie monster and are satanic and nothing is farther from the truth. Also the "aren't you a bit old to listen to this stuff" attitude of some people who have no idea about metal really pisses me off
Also, being a guitarist and a vocalist doing death and black metal for over a decade I can honestly say that you can stick all other forms of "therapy" up your arse. Nothing beats grabbing a guitar with my mates and screaming my lungs out for an hour whilst playing some very fucking heavy music. Nothing. Gets all of the shit out of your system then it's off to the pub for a pint and all's good with the world.
Oh and to the OP. Hope you enjoy the gig. Mastodon will blow everyone away
edit: Just to prove how much metal is loved in my house, as I'm typing the missus has just turned on Rust in Peace by Megadeth while she cooks me dinner
Life is good in a metal world!