In the April issue of Germany's Rock Hard magazine (#227 - Christina Scabbia cover shot), editor-in-chief and admitted die-hard MANOWAR fan Götz Kühnemund interviews bassist/founder Joey DeMaio, taking him to task for the band's controversial "performance" at last year's Earthshaker Festival. Kühnemund confronts DeMaio on a number of issues, including Manowar's mid-set soundcheck and using a playback orchestra for part of the show. Following are a series of excerpts from the interview, translated from German:

 

Götz: After the Earthshaker Festival we received a lot of mail from fans saying they don't believe a word you guys say anymore. The thing with the orchestra...

 

Joey. "What about the orchestra? I don't understand."

 

Götz: The fans feel betrayed.

 

Joey: "Really? That's the biggest production we've ever done!"

 

Götz: With a playback orchestra. Everybody knows it.

 

Joey: "Really? I brought in 200 musicians from the Czech Republic for a playback show? Are people really dumb enough to believe that?"

 

Götz: That's what people believe.

 

Joey: 'Then I'm sorry, I find that silly. Ask my mother: I'm not the smartest guy in the world, but I'm not so stupid as to bring in 200 orchestra musicians from another country to sit on their asses and pretend to play. That's ridiculous."

 

Götz: There are technicians that worked at the Earthshaker Festival that say it was all fake.

 

Joey: "I don't care what people say. The important thing is that the orchestra played. That's the truth. It makes no difference if people believe something else."

 

Götz: It's silly when you do a ten minute drum soudcheck in the middle of your set, like at the Earthshaker.

 

Joey: "I know, but when our fans pay good money..."

 

Götz: ...to hear songs, not a soundcheck!

 

Joey: "...and I can't hear what I'm playing on stage and give the fans the best possible performance, I owe it to them to fix the problem. I'm a professional."

 

Götz: But the sound wasn't any better afterwards! You wasted valuable time.

 

Joey: "No, I didn't. I did my best to solve the problem. Okay?"

 

Götz: I believe you wanted to show that you had absolute control over everything.

 

Joey: "No, I wanted to show the fans that they're more important to me than my own life. And if I have to do a soundcheck to prove it, that's what I'll do. I don't play with instruments that are out of tune, I don't play with bad equipment and I don't play with bad sound. I did soundcheck on stage for two hours just so we could play one song perfectly. If people don't like it that's not my fucking problem."

 

"I believe in the fans, I believe in metal more than anybody you've ever met. And you've known me a long time. I've never pissed on you even though you constantly do it to me. And I don't stab the fan in the back. And another thing, Götz: I'm prepared to die for metal. Are you?"

 

Götz: Well...

 

Joey: "Are you prepared to die for metal? Have you ever thought about that? Are you prepared to die for metal?"

 

Götz: No. I prefer living.

 

Joey: "But I'm ready! I'm ready to die!"

 

Götz: Great.

 

Joey: "Do you want me to prove it?"

 

Götz: And how would you do that?

 

Joey: "Do you want to come on stage in Dortmund and shoot me?"

 

Götz: I wouldn't go that far.

 

Joey: "Why not?"

 

Götz: Because I'd prefer it of you'd just play good music.

 

Joey. "I make good music. I write the best music that I can write and I play the best music I can play. Okay?"

 

Götz: Okay.

 

Joey: "I'm preprared to die, remember that. And when you're ready let me know. Write that! Write that I'm ready to die for metal and you're not!"

 

 

 

Auuu...svaka mu cast!

Lud je i sto je najgore, bojim se da je smrtno ozbiljan.

Ja mislim da je tip koji je radio interview duboko ispod zemlje sada

Lud je i sto je najgore, bojim se da je smrtno ozbiljan.

Ma da,Joey je uvek cinimi se ima tako cvrst stav po tom pitanju (METAL OR NO METAL AT ALL ),mislim,uglavnom su textovi Manowar-a njegovi,tako da verujem da je bio prilicno ozbiljan po tom pitanju...

 

Ne znam kako se samo taj lik sto je vodio intervju osecao posle tih Joey-ovih reci...ili je prekinuo intervju ('Thank you,that would be all') ili je (ne znam kako) uspeo da skrene sa te teme...ili ga Joey upucao odma' posle toga

Edited March 16, 200619 yr by LazaGNR

Interview je carski.

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---I SVAKA REČ JE ISTINA!!!

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----SVIRAJ KAO DA TI JE POSLEDNjE...SVAKI PUT !!!

 

 

 

---1.MAJ KUGLAŠŠŠŠ.........znate već...

Jos se ja pitao gde cu za 1. maj

 

Evo jos jednog datuma za koncert Kraljeva:

 

Nov 25th, 2006;Athens;Greece;Fencing Arena

Eeeee...ovo nam je vec blize...

Hm...a Solun bi nam bio jos blizi 1

(EDIT:posto su za proslu (tj. ovu otkazanu) turneju bili cinimi se najavili da ce svirati u Solunu)

 

Al' dobro,ima jos vremena...

Edited March 24, 200619 yr by LazaGNR

pu bem mu mater...idem u grcku na more....u julu,,,,nek se pomere malo unazad!

Ma steta sto ne smeju u Srbiju...znaju da smo veci ratnici...

Ja ću najverovatnije ići u Češku ali ako moj prijatelj iz benda InnerWish bude ,kao što je trebalo sad pre nego što je otkazano, predgrupa onda ću probati da odem u Atinu i da taman upoznam Manowar!

Mog'o bi onda i ja u Atinu

pu bem mu mater...idem u grcku na more....u julu,,,,nek se pomere malo unazad!

Manowar je super samo sto je ponekad vrlo monoton

 

Lake_bodom ima najjaci avatar

Manowar je super samo sto je ponekad vrlo monoton

 

Lake_bodom ima najjaci avatar

 

 

 

Ma da...Keva avatar...keva Manowar...

Meni Manowar nikad nije monoton

Pa dobro svako ima svoj ukus

 

Pre će biti, neko ima ukus a neko nema.

 

Dobri su Manowar, izdržljiv bend, šibaju ih vetrovi, ali oni ne mare, voze svoju priču

Pre će biti, neko ima ukus a neko nema.

 

Dobri su Manowar, izdržljiv bend, šibaju ih vetrovi, ali oni ne mare, voze svoju priču

hehe,voze voze,al im logan ne umije da vozi.

Logan je najbolji vozac,ali vozi ludo,kao i svaki pravi bajker,pa je i normalno da se ponekad skrshi.

Video je nekog pozera pa je naglo zakocio da ga premlati i !tras!

U pravu si Ironse ! Svi dobro znamo da su i jedan i drugi bend znacajni za metal pa prema tome trebamo da ih postujemo,volimo,sta ja znam,a ne da pricamo da su komercijala(uvreda za oba , Metallica je komercijala,nova Metallica)!

e to je komentar.ostali su svoji,i madea smijesno zvuci,dosljedni svom stilu.

HAIL AND KILL!