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- TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS: Split With ICED EARTH Is 'What I Needed' From: Robert
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- CARCASS' Jeff Walker - interview From: thespectralsorrows
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TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS: Split With ICED EARTH Is 'What I Needed'
Posted by: "Robert" rocknrollcola@... rocknrollcola
Thu Dec 20, 2007 8:17 am (PST)
Singer Tim "Ripper" Owens has released a statement to
BLABBERMOUTH.NET regarding his surprising departure
from ICED EARTH three months after the release of the
group's latest album, "Framing Armageddon - Something
Wicked Part I".
ICED EARTH mainman/guitarist Jon Schaffer issued a
press release last week announcing that the band was
parting ways with Owens and was once again working
with Tim's predecessor, Matt Barlow, who originally
left ICED EARTH in 2003.
In a written statement that was sent to
BLABBERMOUTH.NET earlier tonight (Wednesday, December
19), Owens says, "First off I would like to wish Jon
Schaffer and the guys in ICED EARTH much success.
"Yes, this [Owens' dismissal from ICED EARTH] all was
just horrible timing, and I don't think it was handled
in the best way, coming two weeks before Christmas!
But it is the best for me and ICED EARTH.
"I really need to move on and do other things. I
really want to get BEYOND FEAR out there and I'm
working on some other projects as well.
"Things happen for a reason, and yes, the winds of
change are upon us and that is what I needed!
"The one thing I ask is to just leave it all alone.
"I would like from this moment on to leave ICED EARTH
in the past and move forward, so I will no longer
discuss IE!
"Like I said, I wish Jon and his family and the guys
in IE the best of luck and a merry Christmas... Now
let's move on and talk about the future!
"Thank you and keep it heavy."
According to the Cleveland Scene, Owens is still being
managed by Wendy Dio, wife of metal legend Ronnie
James Dio. BEYOND FEAR remains signed to SPV Records,
which also handles ICED EARTH's recorded output. The
singer may move forward with a new WINTERS BANE album
and tour, if the project generates label interest;
BANE bassist Dennis Hayes was dismissed from ICED
EARTH along with Owens.
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CARCASS' Jeff Walker - interview
Posted by: "thespectralsorrows" thespectralsorrows@... thespectralsorrows
Thu Dec 20, 2007 9:53 am (PST)
CARCASS' Jeff Walker - "All The Bands I Ever Loved Never Reformed,
And If They Did It Was Just Terrible"
Posted on Thursday, December 20, 2007 at 10:05:13 EST
Special report by Dom Lawson
Without further formalities, BW&BK gives you a jaw session with Jeff
Walker (vocals/bass) from legendary progressive death legends
CARCASS – enjoy…
After Ken Owen (drums) fell ill, it always seemed unlikely that
Carcass would reform at all. How does Ken feel about the whole thing,
now that you've decided to regroup for shows in 2008?
Jeff Walker: "It's not strange, but he's so laissez faire about it.
If I was in his position I'd probably be pissed off, but he's such an
amiable chap. He's not so much pushing us to do it. Basically I had
to ring him the other week and say that we're definitely going to do
Wacken next summer, and he said `Fine! Go ahead!' We did an interview
when Michael Amott (ARCH ENEMY) was around, for this Heartwork re-
release thing, and it turned out that I was the only person in the
room saying no."
Why were you against the idea?
JW: "I'd just given up all hope of it ever working out. I've been up
for doing it for the last couple of years. I always felt that if Ken
couldn't do it then there was no way we could feasibly do it, but
people started offering us stupid money, so it just turned out that
we could do it and throw Ken a cut of the money. So it's for a good
cause and there's a more moral justification for doing it, to be
honest. We can get some big fucking cash in and help Ken out. We
never really did anything for him back in the day when he got ill.
It's not like we played any benefit gigs or helped him financially."
How do you feel about having Daniel Erlandsson (drums) in the band
instead of Ken?
JW: "Bill had gone over to Sweden and was practicing with Mike, and
Daniel lives an hour away from the practice space, so it was just
convenient. I'll be brutally honest - it did stick in my throat a
little bit, and the idea of having two guys from Arch Enemy involved,
but I had to compromise. There were other drummers interested in
doing it, but the others had gone so far down that route that it
would have been bullshit to start making demands. At the end of the
day, Daniel's a great drummer and he pulls the stuff off. It's all
perfectly executed. He's learning Ken's parts and just gets on with
it."
You were always a band with great integrity, so how does this reunion
sit with your youthful ideals?
JW: "Well, that's the other reason why I never wanted to do it. All
the bands I ever loved never reformed, and if they did it was just
terrible. The problem is, I've been playing and traveling for the
last couple of years and everywhere I go people are hassling me to do
it. It gets to the point when you realize that you're the only person
raising an objection to it. Part of that goes to Bill as well. In the
end, we've just had to give in to popular demand. It's just fucking
music, isn't it? We were the ones being precious about it, and people
have a genuine enthusiasm for hearing the stuff played live. Anything
that I feel might take credibility away from it, like Ken not playing
the drums; most people don't give a shit! That's why David Coverdale
can get away with doing Whitesnake with a bunch of hired hands, you
know?"
Why do you think Carcass are still considered to be such an important
band?
JW: "I've been trying to work out why there's so much interest. Is it
that people are fed up with what's going on now? There seems to be
this old school interest in bands like us and ATHEIST and CYNIC.
There seems to be a general malaise with modern music. Not so much
with the really young kids, but for our generation. People talk about
this young generation of kids that never saw Carcass, but I keep
thinking `Where are all the old fuckers my age that never bothered to
come and see us first time round?' (laughs). It's that classic thing…
you always miss something when it's gone. People have a twisted view
of the past sometimes. You know, it wasn't that good. Occasionally we
were alright, I suppose."
How do you sound now?
JW: "Put it this way… I know we're not going to disappoint anyone. We
don't want to make fools of ourselves or destroy the legend."
After Carcass split, you made one album with BLACKSTAR and then
disappeared for more than a decade. What kept you away from music for
all that time?
JW: "The phone just never rang. It's not like I'm in great demand to
do anything. I don't think I had any desire, to be honest. My
enthusiasm for doing stuff is genuine. It's about having a laugh and
having a doss. Playing with Brujeria, it's just that. I get to travel
and play some shows and it's not my band so I get to have a different
approach. Maybe I'm having a midlife crisis! But that's what's fun
about it. The reason I stopped doing Carcass was because it wasn't
fun anymore and we were doing it as a career or as a job, and that's
the worst motivation to do anything. So now, doing stuff with (UK
metal/punk collective) THIS IS MENACE or BRUJERIA, or bands like
MNEMIC asking me to do vocals… I don't do it because someone's waving
a cheque under my nose. I do it because it's enjoyable. Back then, I
took a real sabbatical and just walked away from it. It's only been
the last three years or so, I've had this born again, zealous desire
to get back into it."
How have things changed since the original Carcass era?
JW: "These are cracking times for music and it's quite a healthy
scene nowadays. The downside is that there are too many bands and too
many CDs being released. There's so much background noise that you
can't appreciate what's good and bad. People complain about
downloading, but kids can't afford to buy every CD that comes out and
they want to keep abreast of what's going on. All these labels
whinging and crying that no one's buying CDs… well, it's because
everyone's releasing too much fucking product!"
Time for the golden question: what's the set list going to be?
JW: "I'm not going to spoil it, but we've just rehearsed all the
stuff we used to do. Half of it's from Necroticism, half of it's from
Heartwork, a couple of tracks from Symphonies, something off Reek and
a song from Swansong. We're covering everything. Maybe we should piss
everyone off and just play stuff from Swansong or the first album
(laughs). Realistically we've got to play the stuff that sold the
most. We want to give people what they want, don't we?"Need to Reply?Click one of the "Reply" links to respond to a specific message in the Daily Digest.
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