Hey Hammy, I came across this today and thought you would like it. 
It was lifted from Decibel Magazine.
[font=Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif]Ask Jeff [/font]
On dreadlocks, country and '80s German goth, in no particular order
Could you speak about your forthcoming album of country covers? Are the imminent cuts to be mere, modernized renditions? Or will we hear tunes crushingly re-interpreted in a cadaverous way? With Respect, Giragathon
The working title for it is Welcome To Carcass CuntryI wanted to record the most miserable, morose, whiskey-soaked, feeling-sorry-for-itself record ever. But somewhere along the line it went wrong and its turned out quite rocknroll. I guess Im an arrogant little cunt who figured he could take Gram Parsons vision of Cosmic Music and down tune it to dropped B and sneak a couple of blast beats in! So far musicians from HIM, Amorphis, Anathema, Napalm Death, Finntroll, To Separate the Flesh From the Bones, Ajattara, Shape of Despair, Verenpisara, and swell as Bill Steer, Billy Gould, a fifteen-piece orchestra, and my good self have contributed to it. Its all covers of country/country rock/folkthe stuff really lends itself to a Sabbath approach, especially Hank Williams and Johnny Cash, which is pretty miserable and dark stuff anyhow. I guess if I described it as Sabbath meets the Pistols meets the Pogues meets E.L.O., I wouldnt be far off the mark. The vocals are mixed bag ranging from the Jeff Walker style you all know and hate (i.e. a poor mans Mille from Kreator) to an almost Shane McGowan/Tom Waites kinda blues thing going on, (translation: I sound like a drunken old fool attempting karaoke), even some (shock, horror) singing. So, basically its kid in a candy store scenario. I have free reign to include everything Ive always wanted to, unfortunately this candy store only stocks sour Jawbreakers.
Is there a point to this column, aside from you bitching and moaning? Kevin Page
Yes, to try and give your mugs a work outyou know it takes more muscles to frown and look unhappy? I figure Im giving all you readers some facial exercise, that and free self-promotion (see above). And also the chance to prove Im a bigger self-opinionated asshole than Dave Mustaine, even without the ginger hair and an aversion to Smack. Im waging a dollar that that gets cut by the editor! [You owe me a dollarEd] I guess someone mistook my miserable misanthropic drunken ramblings for that oh so wacky bad dental health, warm beer, crappy food British Python-esque humorboy, were they wrong.
Ive seen several copies of Swansong on the internet that have a track called Deathrider DA. After a certain amount of time I heard it. It was pretty much Rock the Vote with vocals that resembled drummer Ken Owens. Did Carcass actually record this, if so, who did the vocals? Phil
It was indeed a digital edit of Rock the Vote. It was done as a jingle for a Japanese Radio Showtranslated it means I am the Deathrider. The vocals are, in fact, producer Colin Richardson putting in a sterling performance, almost up there with his illustrious career in Eyes In The Nightmare Jungle. Anyone recall Shadowdance? Well you would if you were a German 80 goth! (Adopting a sub Eldritch tone) Shadow dance across the horizon Some would say he is the missing linknot between anything, mind, just the missing link.
I remember your long dreadlocks back in the day-up until 1992. Then a year later, you emerged with straight long hair. How did you manage this without cutting off all of your hair? Scott
They were cut off and, like when you prune a plant, these cuttings were then potted and cultivated. I have since made a vast fortune selling them to certain recording artists. You can either believe that or that I spent a week indoors with a bottle of conditioner and a comb. I have a bag in the attic (no lie) it can be heard moving around on a dark winters night (maybe it can feel eBay beckoning). Actually, well before Columbia suggested I go for singing lessons, around the time they released Heartwork, some bright spark at the label thought it would be a great idea if I had my dreadlocks reinstatedIm not making this up! So thats why Swansong sucked! Silly me. [dB]
It was lifted from Decibel Magazine. [font=Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif]Ask Jeff [/font]
On dreadlocks, country and '80s German goth, in no particular order
Could you speak about your forthcoming album of country covers? Are the imminent cuts to be mere, modernized renditions? Or will we hear tunes crushingly re-interpreted in a cadaverous way? With Respect, Giragathon
The working title for it is Welcome To Carcass CuntryI wanted to record the most miserable, morose, whiskey-soaked, feeling-sorry-for-itself record ever. But somewhere along the line it went wrong and its turned out quite rocknroll. I guess Im an arrogant little cunt who figured he could take Gram Parsons vision of Cosmic Music and down tune it to dropped B and sneak a couple of blast beats in! So far musicians from HIM, Amorphis, Anathema, Napalm Death, Finntroll, To Separate the Flesh From the Bones, Ajattara, Shape of Despair, Verenpisara, and swell as Bill Steer, Billy Gould, a fifteen-piece orchestra, and my good self have contributed to it. Its all covers of country/country rock/folkthe stuff really lends itself to a Sabbath approach, especially Hank Williams and Johnny Cash, which is pretty miserable and dark stuff anyhow. I guess if I described it as Sabbath meets the Pistols meets the Pogues meets E.L.O., I wouldnt be far off the mark. The vocals are mixed bag ranging from the Jeff Walker style you all know and hate (i.e. a poor mans Mille from Kreator) to an almost Shane McGowan/Tom Waites kinda blues thing going on, (translation: I sound like a drunken old fool attempting karaoke), even some (shock, horror) singing. So, basically its kid in a candy store scenario. I have free reign to include everything Ive always wanted to, unfortunately this candy store only stocks sour Jawbreakers.
Is there a point to this column, aside from you bitching and moaning? Kevin Page
Yes, to try and give your mugs a work outyou know it takes more muscles to frown and look unhappy? I figure Im giving all you readers some facial exercise, that and free self-promotion (see above). And also the chance to prove Im a bigger self-opinionated asshole than Dave Mustaine, even without the ginger hair and an aversion to Smack. Im waging a dollar that that gets cut by the editor! [You owe me a dollarEd] I guess someone mistook my miserable misanthropic drunken ramblings for that oh so wacky bad dental health, warm beer, crappy food British Python-esque humorboy, were they wrong.
Ive seen several copies of Swansong on the internet that have a track called Deathrider DA. After a certain amount of time I heard it. It was pretty much Rock the Vote with vocals that resembled drummer Ken Owens. Did Carcass actually record this, if so, who did the vocals? Phil
It was indeed a digital edit of Rock the Vote. It was done as a jingle for a Japanese Radio Showtranslated it means I am the Deathrider. The vocals are, in fact, producer Colin Richardson putting in a sterling performance, almost up there with his illustrious career in Eyes In The Nightmare Jungle. Anyone recall Shadowdance? Well you would if you were a German 80 goth! (Adopting a sub Eldritch tone) Shadow dance across the horizon Some would say he is the missing linknot between anything, mind, just the missing link.
I remember your long dreadlocks back in the day-up until 1992. Then a year later, you emerged with straight long hair. How did you manage this without cutting off all of your hair? Scott
They were cut off and, like when you prune a plant, these cuttings were then potted and cultivated. I have since made a vast fortune selling them to certain recording artists. You can either believe that or that I spent a week indoors with a bottle of conditioner and a comb. I have a bag in the attic (no lie) it can be heard moving around on a dark winters night (maybe it can feel eBay beckoning). Actually, well before Columbia suggested I go for singing lessons, around the time they released Heartwork, some bright spark at the label thought it would be a great idea if I had my dreadlocks reinstatedIm not making this up! So thats why Swansong sucked! Silly me. [dB]
