My buddy Reverend Shoebox interviewed Joey Belladonna on his radio show Metallic Onslaught. Unfortunatley I couldn't hear the whole interview but I tossed out two questions for him to ask (What does he think of the rerecording of his old songs with Bush/Why didn't he answer the sludge questions) and heres his answers via aim convo:
Shoebox: So anyway, what I didn't tell you was, I asked Belladonna both of the questions you suggested.
me: and what did he say?
Shoebox: As far as the new live-in-the-studio recordings of old stuff, he said basically he takes that as a compliment...that as much as the band talks about how great their new stuff is as compared to the old shit, the fact that they're re-recording the old stuff indicates it's still good and that people still like it.
Shoebox: And the Metal Sludge thing just turned him off because he thought they were just trying to stir shit up and get him to bash people...and he didn't think that was cool. He knows about the "pussy list" and says he's gotten a lot of angry e-mail because of not doing it.
Shoebox: He's got a decent sense of humor, but he's not really a funny guy. Nice guy, and very interesting, but quite serious.
Shoebox: The new CD's way better than "Spells Of Fear," that's for damned sure
...Just thought somoene might care...
Shoebox: So anyway, what I didn't tell you was, I asked Belladonna both of the questions you suggested.
me: and what did he say?
Shoebox: As far as the new live-in-the-studio recordings of old stuff, he said basically he takes that as a compliment...that as much as the band talks about how great their new stuff is as compared to the old shit, the fact that they're re-recording the old stuff indicates it's still good and that people still like it.
Shoebox: And the Metal Sludge thing just turned him off because he thought they were just trying to stir shit up and get him to bash people...and he didn't think that was cool. He knows about the "pussy list" and says he's gotten a lot of angry e-mail because of not doing it.
Shoebox: He's got a decent sense of humor, but he's not really a funny guy. Nice guy, and very interesting, but quite serious.
Shoebox: The new CD's way better than "Spells Of Fear," that's for damned sure
...Just thought somoene might care...
