Speaking of the underground, how closely intertwined are horror movie culture and heavy metal?
If it weren’t for horror movies, zombies and monsters in general, there would be no croaking death metal roars, concepts, album titles, song titles, lyrics, etc. [Laughs] Film has so much to do with it; it’s ridiculous! I’ve been friends with Kerry King since 1987. You look back at Hell Awaits. Case in point, the intro to Hell Awaits has this backwards chanting and whispering. When you spin the vinyl backwards, sure enough you hear, “Join us, join us,” straight out of Evil Dead. There you go! [Laughs] Not to say they’re the only band, they’re one of probably millions that have been influenced by film, and it still happens to this day. Are you looking forward to the Manny Pacquiao fight? He should be fighting Floyd Mayweather! Pacquiao is a man of two countries. He owns the Philipines, and he’s loved in America. He’s a very lovable, humble guy. Joe Calzaghe’s great! With the big super middleweight tournament they’ve got going now, he must be asking himself, “Where were these guys when I
