Read my big Q&A interview session with Phil Anselmo. We got talking about the 20th anniversary reissue of Pantera’s ‘Vulgar Display of Power.’
Do you have a favorite song from ‘Vulgar?’
That’s a tough pick. If I had to, I’d go with ‘A New Level.’ The riff is punishing, and once again, those lyrics, man. In hindsight, I look back at them, motherf—er man. It’s not like ‘Oh s—, what happened?’ But ‘Ooooh s—.’ I got it and I got it so young. You grow, go through bulls— yourself, having penned these myself, you think that you are not 24 anymore, you are 34, and now f—ing 44. Jesus Christ, you look back, man, my head was in a more logical place than it is today, but like you, you read into it, let it affect you. I can do that these days, since I am not so close to it anymore, I can step back and listen. I can listen, since I am not as close and not in it. I can sit back and be objective, as a listener. I’m not an outsider, but I can listen to it with a fresh opinion.
Read the rest of my interview with Phil Anselmo over at Loudwire.