Metal Maniacs: I know I can speak safely for tens of thousands of our readers who do know, right now, that Slayer rules. But I wonder if youâd comment on something that Metallicaâs Jason Newsted told meâŠcare to comment?
(Jason Newsted: So many people for so long did the same thing over and over again. Thatâs conservative to me. Slayer, for instance, is the best band for what they do. I mean, theyâre gods right? I have a great respect for them, but early on they painted themselves in a corner. They didnât start early enough to try to expand on their heaviness, to keep the music heavy, yet to continually go out and out and out where nobodyâs been, so thatâs kind of a drag for bands like that who we see fall to the wayside. We didnât want to just have a nice 10-year career with the same album year after year. That kind of thing runs itself out.)
Tom Araya: (Laughs) Man! The only comment I have is that Metallicaâs Last two records (Load and ReLoad) SUCKED! Theyâre the same fuckinâ record and if thatâs what he considers âchangingâ or evolving, man, theyâve lost the basic element, yâknow what I mean? If youâre expanding, youâre expanding on your basic element, your basic foundation. They didnât. they took a left turn and added a new room. A completely different foundation. I mean, I guess you can do that, but , to me, itâs like, man, to each his own. Itâs his opinion, his interpretation, and itâs a fair one, as far as that goes, I have no other comment about that I mean, what theyâve done with radio play, and you compare that to what weâve done without it. I think weâve achieved a lot without any help from anybody. The only help that we got is our fans. We didnât bend to conform. We never will. When you bend to conform, you open yourself up to the masses. You take a step from your foundation, which is, Iâm gonna do it this way without conforming. âCause thatâs what the attitudeâs about. Thatâs what the heaviness is about, and the anger. (Imitating Newsted) All of a sudden itâs like, well, weâve decided to conform and bands like slayer started out this way and painted themselves in a corner way before they even thought about having to conform, yeah yeah yeah. Hey, when we did this image, we knew we painted ourselves in a corner. We knew we were going to have to work that much harder to break it out into the open. And we have! Weâve taken it, and continue to take it, still further, so people can sit there and think what they want of us. Iâm not gonna sit here and say (in a tone mocking defensiveness)âwell, we did this because of this and that and those guys arenât gonna go anywhere,âyou know what I mean? Itâs like, fuck, Iâm not gonna sit there and slag anybody. Weâve done what weâve done and the only thing that I can say is that we have a lot to show for it. Like Iâve said, weâve done a lot of it without any radio play, weâve done a lot of it with minimal magazine exposure. I mean, everywhere you lokk, does anybody know of a magazine with Slayer on the cover? If you sit there and you look back on the past five years, Iâll bet you that there werenât that many.
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