He said at the time: "When I walked in ANTHRAX, I hadn't done a whole lot of originals. There was just no way to tell."īelladonna addressed his initial reluctance to join ANTHRAX in a 2017 interview with " The Metal Podcast". In fact, I wasn't sure what we were gonna be. And I walked in, and they asked right away, if you you would be interested in stick around and do some more. And then that's where my name, from that band, a possibility for to have someone come in without really having to search around and do a cattle call, which I don't know if they did, that I know of. It almost was, like… Wow, it was kind of a shame that we never really got to doing something for real, but at the same time, it afforded me just to move on and see something else. Everybody was just really at the last bit of their wanting to do it. " BIBLE BLACK was a blues kind of SABBATH-y, DEEP PURPLE stuff, but we never really got our feet on the ground. "I was doing all classic rock at the time," he explained. Joey went on to say that he hadn't sung anything that was as aggressive and heavy as ANTHRAX was on the band's first album, "Fistful Of Metal". But I had no idea what I was dealing with musically, 'cause I hadn't heard it before and I didn't know the people." And all of a sudden there's this originality from that band and myself form this kind of cool thing, with the little tenor vocal, with some fast and speeds. And then plus I hadn't really heard myself really sing full in a capacity where I had to do something completely different. Speaking about his audition for ANTHRAX, which happened after singer Neil Turbin had quit the band ahead of the studio sessions for the group's second album, Joey said: "Just to show up and see four guys from New York City playing this hard, heavier stuff… Even though I listened to MAIDEN and PRIEST and stuff, but this was different. But right now it’s the music and Tom Brenneck (producer/guitarist) is already on me to do another album and has some ideas.ANTHRAX singer Joey Belladonna was interviewed for the latest episode of "The Kenny Aronoff Sessions", the podcast hosted by Kenny Aronoff, one of the most accomplished drummers in rock and roll history. Q: Given how great you are on camera and the cooking experience, has anyone ever approached you to do a soul kitchen cook show?Ī: I’m open for anything that is real, be it music, acting, what have you. I always make one meat and one vegetable and almost everyone has a serving of both. You must use fresh ingredients: real herbs, fresh vegetables, always mixed meat (ground beef, pork, veal) and spicy Italian sausage. What is Charles Bradley’s signature dish?Ī: Everybody loves my lasagne and I’ll tell you why, it’s not big secret. Q: You worked as a cook in Alaska as well as all over the U.S. The first night I ever spent in the woods was then and I had no tent, no sleeping bag and, oh man, was I scared stiff. If I ain’t ever prayed in my life, I sure did that night, hearing all these noises in the woods. all the way up to a job in Alaska and my ride ended with me left outside alone in the middle of the mountains. But as a young man I was hitchhiking through B.C. Tell us a story from that journey to making music full time we haven’t heard?Ī: I love to watch nature. Q: Keeping in that righteous zone has paid off for you in interesting ways. Selling drugs, doing crimes is not staying in the righteous zone. It’s why I lived my life staying away from the bigger negatives than the rugged life I lead. Q: Given what you just said, opening the album with God Bless America seems like a declaration of what you want, not what is?Ī: You bet that I keep my spirit clean so that when I sing, I sing completely from the heart. Photo by Kevin Winter / Getty Images for Coachella Charles Bradley at Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in Indio, Calif., in April 2015. Just recently I was at Home Depot getting some things and this policeman questioned me for no reason and the anger in his face, just scary man. You go out in the streets and things happening and the way people are responding - I hate to say it - it makes you afraid. is very scary and when I’m not out on the road or in the studio doing music I keep close to home. Q: There is something prescient about an album called Changes coming at such a tumultuous time in American politics as well, isn’t there? You were singing about the World Going Up In Flames on your last album?Ī: Right now in the U.S. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt.Westcoast Homes & Design Previous Issues.Vancouver Sun Run: Sign up & event info.
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