***courtesy of blabbermouth.net***

Wormwood Chronicles webzine recently conducted an interview with with George Fisher and Alex Webster of CANNIBAL CORPSE. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow:

Wormwood Chronicles: What are your thoughts on downloading music for free?

Alex Webster: "It's another part of how technology is changing the way things are done. I don't think it really affects a band like us very much, because we don't sell a lot to begin with. Most of our fans will usually get our stuff anyway, because they like the artwork, but it's just something else that you have to contend with. I think in the long run it might make it more difficult for people spending a lot of money to make a record, but on the same token when you have the computer programs like ProTools that make it less expensive to make albums, it might not actually be an issue. Record sales will probably drop if people have the option to get things for free. I mean, everybody downloads things, if they can get them, more copies of albums from their friends, you know? It's just what you do. I did it when I was young, I copied tapes. My friend had an album, I'd make a tape of it, if I didn't have the money. So I don't expect anyone to not do that now, when it's such an easy option — why not do it, you know? At the same time like I was saying though, the cost of making an album has gone down, because of technology. So even if you're selling less records, if it costs you less money to make an album, it can kind of even out, I think. It also might have made the whole scene a little bit bigger. People have the ability to try something out before they buy it. That was something that you didn't have. I used to buy albums based on if the dude in the band was wearing a KREATOR or D.R.I. shirt, then I knew the band would be good. You know what I mean? (Laughs) Nowadays you can go to a web site if you hear about a band, and listen to a free download or whatever, and make a decision on if it's something you want to buy. It hasn't been the negative effect that people think it is. We do better business now, not sales wise, but for tours and stuff. Everything has been better over the last 3-4 years, which is when the whole downloading thing took off. So it hasn't hurt us."

On how the death metal genre has evolved and will continue to do so:

Alex Webster: "Yeah, musically the death metal scene has continued to improve with new bands like DECAPITATED, SPAWN OF POSSESSION, and SEVERED SAVIOR. These bands are fuckin' better then the ones that were coming out when we first started. The music just keeps getting better and better..."

George Fisher: "I think also what happened… The record labels… Do a demo, get signed — that was the way it was, you know? Some bands were prepared for that, some bands could do that and get away with it. SUFFOCATION could, they did a demo, and bingo, they got a record, but that's a band that's really good. Nowadays, sure, there's some bands that maybe could do a couple more demos, a few more live shows, but now playing-wise bands are just so far ahead, that it's almost like they're listening to music for five years before they meet other guys that can play the stuff that they can play."

Alex Webster: "It's much more advanced than it used to be..."

George Fisher: "It's way more advanced. So it's much better..."

Alex Webster: "Yeah, the cool thing about death metal is that it attracts these musicians to it, that are interested in being extreme. Extremely good, and making extremely heavy music, you know what I mean? They all want to be good musicians, and make brutal music, and there's a constant recruiting of all these great young musicians to the scene, and they help keep it strong and fresh."

George Fisher: "They all come together, and you get bands like fuckin' SPAWN OF POSSESSION, who just shred..."

Alex Webster: "Yeah, these kids can blow your mind..."

George Fisher: "It doesn't matter if you can play an instrument or not, when you see them play, there's no way you can't go — 'Holy hell.' I mean, trust me, I know because I don't play anything. I understand drums better, but as far as string instruments go, some things he plays, I might think — that's got to be crazy, but to him, it's not that bad, or there might be other things I think look simpler. We just toured with SPAWN OF POSSESSION, and saw their set every night. There's no way someone can watch them, and not go, 'Holy shit, that's some crazy stuff.'"

Read the entire interview at http://www.wormwoodchronicles.com.

glad to see they didnt pull a LARZ on that.lmao


thats one other reason death metal peeps rule..........they just plain real regular folk!

yeah,they are able to look at it from the fans point of view - HAIL Cannibal Corpse \m/

i dont so much think its a fans POV so much as a realistic POV.......i mean shit when ur paying 2.30 for a gallon of gas alone nto to mention bacisly 5 bucks for a pack of smokes.......the last thing people have now a days is just piss away money.......lol

I JUST READ THAT, LOL.......

yeah dude larz went way overboard.

yeah im glad they didnt get all fuckin pissed bout that shit. but still, downloading stuff from CC isnt good

hahahah yeah really. fuckin lars. everything they said is so true.

yeah man it is! \m/ with

actually if you read past interveiws george does get pissed about music downloads and he does praise lars for standing up......he said fair enough if a band posts a free song to download on their website but others doing it is wrong....
ive always thought it was wrong to download and i can honestly say ive never downloaded it is wrong and it is stealing from dudes i worship......

Thanks for the interview man!

usually the members of some bands are fuckers despite their songs are cool, or cool dudes inside a band tha doesn't give a shit. but CC is a great band created by great dudes. they are cool and normal people, not that kind of people that says "i am the fucking best and you should kiss my feet". bravo

Exactly! That's one of the many reasons why Cannibal Corpse is so fucking awesome!

hmmh. good interview

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermo...ewsitemID=39662

Read all about it there.

already was posted..

Agree. Nice interview, also.