I don't mean to start shit here, but I thought this was interesting since I know I'm not the only S.O.D. fan out there hoping they'd get their shit straight and do another record sometime in the future. Since all we've read how Billy's gonna "knock Charlie out" or "choke out Scott" time and time again, I found this to be a bit more informative than the usual rant we get from Mr. Milano. Also on his site is an expected interview with Danny Lilker on HIS take of S.O.D.'s demise and thier "future" or lack thereof coming up in a month. Here's the "excerpt":
I've got to ask is S.O.D. gone forever? Yes. I've made up with Scott since it all started and I put my high standard of being a good and honorable friend and expecting that in return from everyone which he certainly doesn't live up to, aside. I just don't like Charlie Benante. The guy's a fucking woman. I just want nothing to do with him. Our first show back in '99, playing Dynamo, he quit after one show. Even Danny Lilker hates his guts. Danny's the most passive guy you'll ever meet. Charlie Benante's just a selfish woman and I want nothing to do with him. It's done. I'm not going to do it. I refuse to be involved with Charlie Benante. I didn't even want to do the "Bigger than the Devil" record. Everyone knows that. I told Scott for three months I'm not doing it. Get another singer. They called me up and bothered me for three months
Who else would they get, though?
Dave Lombardo or Gene Hoglan. Do you think anyone would complain? No! Oh you mean to replace me? They can't get anybody, but I wish they would have because I didn't want to do it. The only reason I didn't want to do it is because I know the kind of people that Charlie and Scott are. They're not good people. They have a lot of bad karma around them. Everyone says, "Billy Milano's a shit talker". No one heard a peep from me since '95. I hadn't done anything but manage and produce. I'm not an ego maniac. I don't care what people think or if they listen to me. I don't give a fuck if I do interviews especially when I wasn't performing. This was something that I fought against for three months. Against my better judgment, I was talked into it from my business partner to do S.O.D. I closed my management company. As soon as Scott Ian got money in his hand, he disappeared and became a fair-weather friend. Charlie Benante quit after one show because he saw me talking to Dave Lombardo. I always used to say to him, "If you don't want to do S.O.D., I'll get Dave Lombardo to play." He walked in at Dynamo and I'm having a beer with Dave Lombardo, and he ran away. Charlie Benante can say anything he wants. I ain't jealous of Anthrax. They suck. They're only as good as the ideas they steal. It's about time someone said it. I didn't want to do S.O.D. I still don't want to do S.O.D. I never wanted to do VH1 with Anthrax. I don't give a fuck about any of that. All I cared about when I got back into the band with those idiots was that they treated everyone in the band equally, they toured for the record and spent time as a band during the experience, and that they honored their commitment. They knew well and good that I was closing my management company to do that record. I committed under those terms. As soon as Scott Ian got paid, you never heard from him again. Charlie Benante quit after one show because he saw me talking to Dave Lombardo. May God strike me down if that's a lie. Everyone knows it. Danny and even Scott freaked out. Charlie Benante calls me up at 1 AM and quits because he doesn't think it's going to get any better. It was such a great show for us to co-headline Dynamo. He said, "I don't think it's going to get any better than this so I quit." I was just like, "You're a fucking cunt." He's a cunt. He was raised by women. What do you want? Danny Lilker said it best. He goes, "No matter how you look at it, the S.O.D. fans got fucked." So any S.O.D. fan that is an Anthrax fan still is a fucking moron. I won't do anything for them including S.O.D. Anthrax used S.O.D. to be in the public eye again. For four years they sat around on their hands. I was out earning a living. Here I am. I made a great record. That's my fucking revenge. Stick it right up his ass, and I'm still going to knock Charlie Benante out!
So whatcha all think? BESIDES the usual "Milano's jealous", "Milano's a washed up, hanger-on" shit.
I've got to ask is S.O.D. gone forever? Yes. I've made up with Scott since it all started and I put my high standard of being a good and honorable friend and expecting that in return from everyone which he certainly doesn't live up to, aside. I just don't like Charlie Benante. The guy's a fucking woman. I just want nothing to do with him. Our first show back in '99, playing Dynamo, he quit after one show. Even Danny Lilker hates his guts. Danny's the most passive guy you'll ever meet. Charlie Benante's just a selfish woman and I want nothing to do with him. It's done. I'm not going to do it. I refuse to be involved with Charlie Benante. I didn't even want to do the "Bigger than the Devil" record. Everyone knows that. I told Scott for three months I'm not doing it. Get another singer. They called me up and bothered me for three months
Who else would they get, though?
Dave Lombardo or Gene Hoglan. Do you think anyone would complain? No! Oh you mean to replace me? They can't get anybody, but I wish they would have because I didn't want to do it. The only reason I didn't want to do it is because I know the kind of people that Charlie and Scott are. They're not good people. They have a lot of bad karma around them. Everyone says, "Billy Milano's a shit talker". No one heard a peep from me since '95. I hadn't done anything but manage and produce. I'm not an ego maniac. I don't care what people think or if they listen to me. I don't give a fuck if I do interviews especially when I wasn't performing. This was something that I fought against for three months. Against my better judgment, I was talked into it from my business partner to do S.O.D. I closed my management company. As soon as Scott Ian got money in his hand, he disappeared and became a fair-weather friend. Charlie Benante quit after one show because he saw me talking to Dave Lombardo. I always used to say to him, "If you don't want to do S.O.D., I'll get Dave Lombardo to play." He walked in at Dynamo and I'm having a beer with Dave Lombardo, and he ran away. Charlie Benante can say anything he wants. I ain't jealous of Anthrax. They suck. They're only as good as the ideas they steal. It's about time someone said it. I didn't want to do S.O.D. I still don't want to do S.O.D. I never wanted to do VH1 with Anthrax. I don't give a fuck about any of that. All I cared about when I got back into the band with those idiots was that they treated everyone in the band equally, they toured for the record and spent time as a band during the experience, and that they honored their commitment. They knew well and good that I was closing my management company to do that record. I committed under those terms. As soon as Scott Ian got paid, you never heard from him again. Charlie Benante quit after one show because he saw me talking to Dave Lombardo. May God strike me down if that's a lie. Everyone knows it. Danny and even Scott freaked out. Charlie Benante calls me up at 1 AM and quits because he doesn't think it's going to get any better. It was such a great show for us to co-headline Dynamo. He said, "I don't think it's going to get any better than this so I quit." I was just like, "You're a fucking cunt." He's a cunt. He was raised by women. What do you want? Danny Lilker said it best. He goes, "No matter how you look at it, the S.O.D. fans got fucked." So any S.O.D. fan that is an Anthrax fan still is a fucking moron. I won't do anything for them including S.O.D. Anthrax used S.O.D. to be in the public eye again. For four years they sat around on their hands. I was out earning a living. Here I am. I made a great record. That's my fucking revenge. Stick it right up his ass, and I'm still going to knock Charlie Benante out!
So whatcha all think? BESIDES the usual "Milano's jealous", "Milano's a washed up, hanger-on" shit.
