Carcass confirmed for Wacken '08
Carcass confirmed for Wacken '08
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Reactivated British extreme legends CARCASS have been confirmed for next year's installment of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place July 31 - August 2, 2008 in Wacken, Germany. Also scheduled to appear are IRON MAIDEN (headliners), CHILDREN OF BODOM, AVANTASIA, KREATOR and SONATA ARCTICA.
Commented CARCASS bassist/vocalist Jeff Walker: "Well, they said it would never happen. In fact I said it would never happen. Then I noticed no one pays attention to what I say anyway and I sounded like an idiot...
"Summer 2008 will be the twentieth anniversary since the release of CARCASS' first studio album. It will be fourteen years since we last played live.
"We've decided to exhume the old corpse next summer at Wacken. The timing is purely coincidental — it's been a long journey to get to this point where myself, Bill Steer [guitar] and Mike Amott [guitar; also of ARCH ENEMY] have enough common desire again to make it possible. We're finally conceding to the demand that seems to be at an all time high and doesn't appear to be going away any time soon. Any past reasons we may have had for not wanting to do it, or thinking it was impossible, have simply dissipated in the face of overwhelming interest in us performing THOSE riffs for a generation of believers who never had the opportunity back in the day. We could say we're doing it for 'the kids' — but fuck that ! We're doing it 'cos it will be fun again to play the classic CARCASS tunes!!
"Of course, it would seem inappropriate for us to contemplate to do this without Ken Owen [drums], but I assure you he'll be there, and we'll push some sticks in his hands and make him play, plus we'll have a killer drummer to sit in and play HIS parts.
"Myself, Jeff Walker on bass and vocals, 'the semi-legendary' Bill Steer and Mike Amott on lead guitar and Daniel Erlandsson [ARCH ENEMY], filling in for Ken on drums look forwards to mutilating your hearing.
"And if we don't do it? Who else will overshadow the LED ZEPPELIN reunion?
"Ha!
"Prepare to rot and roll."
In a recent interview with MTV.com, Michael Amott stated about the possibility of CARCASS reunion, "It seems like it never goes away — like this ghost that's always hanging over me. It's nice. It's a pleasant ghost, because [CARCASS are] a band I'm proud of, because it was one of the better bands to come out of that style of music at that time. The band itself seems bigger now than when we packed it in [back in 1995]. I can't believe it."
"With [CARCASS], you have four people who have all moved on and do different things now," he said. "For the last few years, I've been quite open about [my desire to reunite CARCASS]. ... It's not a question of, 'Do I want to play this kind of music?,' because I still totally love metal. I would love to do it."
The ex-members of CARCASS hooked up in 2006 to rehearse (as first reported by BLABBERMOUTH.NET on September 18) for the first time in many years.
"We thought, 'Let's just try to get our schedules together, jam a little bit, and see if it's even feasible,' " Amott said. "The question always comes up in interviews, and we kind of all became intrigued ourselves, if it would actually work. So we met up, rehearsed for about a week, and by the end of the week, it sounded amazing."
He added, "The band wouldn't set out to write or record new material, because "the old stuff was just that good. It would just be a blast to go out and play those — dare I say it — classic tunes again, those riffs. It would be fun. Bill's guitar playing was amazing — he was one of my heroes before I joined the band. So yeah, I would love to do it again. I love that band, love the music. We'll see — maybe it would shut people up. Let's hope the CARCASS can come back."
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Cos download is a crock of shit. It's an overpriced money grabbing festival put together by a bunch of suits. It doesn't really have Wacken's for fans by fans mentality. It would just be a shame if they were to do there return gig at a place like download. They would get an early slot second to a bunch of crappy bands. They deserve to return to the stage with a headlining slot with 60,000 onlookers all hyped up for thier return.<THe_FeAR> wrote:Uhh, why?threak wrote:They better not do fucking download. That would be a huge joke if they did.
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I should be going next year, my house-mate is thinking about drivingKellan wrote:pbb meet in wacken?
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cottonmouth wrote:I heard the same thing about slurping, but somehow these fuckers can slurp anything, like a sandwich or an apple
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Exactly. Carcass would be crammed for 20mins before Feeder or U2 play for 2 hours.threak wrote:Cos download is a crock of shit. It's an overpriced money grabbing festival put together by a bunch of suits. It doesn't really have Wacken's for fans by fans mentality. It would just be a shame if they were to do there return gig at a place like download. They would get an early slot second to a bunch of crappy bands. They deserve to return to the stage with a headlining slot with 60,000 onlookers all hyped up for thier return.<THe_FeAR> wrote:Uhh, why?threak wrote:They better not do fucking download. That would be a huge joke if they did.
Download is a fucking shit festival and I too hope they realise this and avoid it.
I'll see ye's at Wacken!
Nah. Atleast you could all have a good laugh at me being out of control drunk and offensive.Bren wrote:you mean sit around being uncomfortably quiet?morgbite wrote:We should get together at the Headbangers ballroom and fuckin' tear it up pbb style.
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why the fuck is carcass back together? steer has made it clear that he has no interest in metal anymore so why is he wasting his time? he must need money real bad. they will probably play mostly heartwork songs anyway. they have more than one album, i wish everyone would remember that. fuck bill steer.
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who cares as long as he plays the fucking tunes and bangs his head like it's nineteen eighty motherfucking nine.Bodom J wrote:why the fuck is carcass back together? steer has made it clear that he has no interest in metal anymore so why is he wasting his time? he must need money real bad. they will probably play mostly heartwork songs anyway. they have more than one album, i wish everyone would remember that. fuck bill steer.
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A few drinks down the neck and we will be bashing the power metal dorks! But yes, awkward, nervous silence beforehand.Bren wrote:you mean sit around being uncomfortably quiet?morgbite wrote:We should get together at the Headbangers ballroom and fuckin' tear it up pbb style.
heavymetalsoldier666 wrote:No! I am ready to beat someone into a coma.
cottonmouth wrote:I heard the same thing about slurping, but somehow these fuckers can slurp anything, like a sandwich or an apple
I cant belive how much of a pointless cunt you are.Bodom J wrote:why the fuck is carcass back together? steer has made it clear that he has no interest in metal anymore so why is he wasting his time? he must need money real bad. they will probably play mostly heartwork songs anyway. they have more than one album, i wish everyone would remember that. fuck bill steer.
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Yes! That would draw me to Wacken more than half the bands that will playBrandon wrote:fuck. maybe i should go.
heavymetalsoldier666 wrote:No! I am ready to beat someone into a coma.
cottonmouth wrote:I heard the same thing about slurping, but somehow these fuckers can slurp anything, like a sandwich or an apple