It would have to be so big, you know? I mean, nothing but our mortality.
Bro, at this point, nothing can dilute what we have. "Back then, with Jason, the excuse was that we didn't want it to dilute the effect of Metallica or whatever. In an exclusive interview with Loudwire, the guitarist detailed how releasing music outside of Metallica is a different animal today than it was 20-25 years ago. I was like, 'I'm sorry, it won't happen again!' And that was the first time," Newsted concluded, lightly referencing the friction around his Echobrain project that came later.įlash forward to 2022 and Metallica's own Kirk Hammett just dropped his first-ever solo release, the Portals EP. "I didn't realize at all! I didn't know about the politics - I was just sharing some metal with my friends! I pretty much broke down on that day in front of Lars and James. This didn't sit right with other members of Metallica, though, and Newsted recalled, "The guys got wind of it and Lars said, 'You gotta come up to the house.' I didn't really know what it was for, so I take my bass and go up there: 'What's up, guys?' 'Dude, you know you're in Metallica now, don't you? You can't just be making music and sending out tapes to whatever fucker with whichever fucker. Raw production, but an incredible accomplishment, because I always wanted my own studio," the bassist went on. It's just drum and bass, Devin doing some mad guitar solo over the top, I go in and scream the vocal - done. "It was the first real project we took time to track in the Chophouse. Together, they formed the group IR8, which also featured drummer Tom Hunting of Exodus fame and recorded a three-song demo. Devin came down at the age of about 22 and was an absolute fucking maniac.dude, an hour-and-a-half of sleep a day for a whole week! And every time he would pick up a guitar you get, 'Widdle widdle widdle' and you're like, 'Dude, where in the hell did that come from?! Now play it backwards!'" He further explained, "I had just established the Chophouse in '92 and by '94 we had all the gear. At this time, Devin decided to work on his debut solo album, The Dude, with the help of Smith and. Facemob released one album in 1996, The Other Side of the Law, and then broke up due to internal problems. Houston vocalist Devin 'The Dude' Copeland has been a wily producer's fave for. While the group went back to the drawing board, Rap-A-Lot franchise artist Scarface approached Devin to be a part of his new group, Facemob.
"This was the very origins ," Newsted told Metal Hammer in a recent interview. KATE SULLIVAN PROJCCTS: A new album coming on V2 Thanks to garage punk. In that same year, Townsend formed Strapping Young Lad and had just come off a breakout stint as the singer on guitar virtuoso Steve Vai's 1993 album Sex and Religion. Choose from Same Day Delivery, Drive Up or Order Pickup. We think you'll enjoy these related videos below and for more great content featuring your favorite artists, sign up for Fuse+ to access all our videos.Throughout his four-album tenure in the band, Newsted's songwriting contributions were minimal at most, a drastic change from his days in Flotsam and Jetsam where he served as the primary songwriter on their Doomsday for the Deceiver debut.īetween the release of Metallica's 1991 self-titled album (better known as 'The Black Album') and 1996's Load, Newsted built a home studio dubbed The Big Rigour Chophouse and, in '94, he invited Devin Townsend over to check it out and work on music together. Read reviews and buy Devin The Dude - Soulful Distance (CD) at Target.
But it's something that you could listen to on the road while you're driving."Ĭheck out the video above to see which song's hook was originally intended for a country song, which one deals with an unsatisfied panhandler and which track pays homage to hip hop's pioneers. "It's a smooth album," Devin said of his new LP. We caught up with the Dude on the latest episode of The Mixdown, where he broke down One for the Road tracks "Probably Should Have," "Fresh Air" and "Herb the Nation." Dre's "F-ck You" from 2001 and Young Jeezy's "Higher Learning," the rapper has carved out an impressive solo career with a combination of screwball humor, guy-next-door geniality and simple odes to cars, women and weed. Best-known to mainstream rap fans for his appearances on Dr. With his upcoming eighth album One for the Road, weed-loving Houston rapper Devin the Dude enters his 15th year in the game.