PAUL MAZURKIEWICZ Takes A Diplomatic Method To CANNIBAL CORPSE Altering Vocalists In 1995

In a current interview with the Pod Scum podcast, Cannibal Corpse drummer Paul Mazurkiewicz took a barely extra nuanced strategy to the band’s vocalist change in 1995.

Mazurkiewicz stated within the interview that he feels present vocalist George “Corpsegrinder” Fisher is the higher vocalist and that his presence has elevated the band, however that former vocalist Chris Barnes definitely has his place in Cannibal Corpse historical past. So principally not your regular “Chris Barnes sucks” rhetoric. Which is truthful – the man is part of loss of life metallic historical past regardless of his emotions on the trendy day scene.

“And right here we’re larger than ever. It is a robust to drag off. The early period, the ‘Barnes period’, what I suppose everybody calls it, that is the start of the band; that is what clearly began us out and the way we received going and all. And we have been doing pretty effectively. We’re up the ladder right here. We’re shifting. We’re a drive to be reckoned with now. So to vary a singer in the midst of that appears slightly loopy, however it needed to occur.

“You look again now, and all of us clearly really feel we have bettered the band; George is only a higher vocalist total. And we have moved ahead. And right here we’re — Jeez, Barnes has been out of the band how lengthy now? 25 years or so. However each eras, they imply one thing, in fact. That is the start of the band, so that you’re gonna get these purists which are gonna go, ‘I like that period extra as a result of…’ Okay — no matter. I’ve received no drawback with that. It’s what it’s. He was part of the band and we did do effectively; it wasn’t like he was nothing or nothing was taking place with that point… It was an enormous factor to take care of, and by chance we have been capable of persevere and get by means of that and to be larger than ever.

“It is all the time gonna be debated, I suppose; there’s gonna be folks speaking about it. However that is the historical past of the band. Whether or not you prefer it or not, or whether or not we prefer it or not, it does not matter. He is part of the historical past of Cannibal, and any member that was within the band is. If it wasn’t for him, I suppose, the 5 unique members, effectively, then the band would have by no means possibly existed.

“So it was an vital period and it could’t be ignored and the importance of the unique band and the beginnings of Cannibal Corpse. It is cool to have the ability to discuss it — a cool story that possibly loads of bands would not have the ability to survive. And by chance we have now been capable of survive and, like I stated, do higher than we ever thought we’d have, I suppose, by having George within the band.”