FOZZY's CHRIS JERICHO Interviewed By Examiner.com (Audio)

David Garlow of Examiner.com recently conducted an interview with FOZZY singer and WWE wrestling superstar Chris Jericho. You can now listen to the chat below.

In a recent interview with ARTISTdirect, Jericho stated about FOZZY's latest album, 2012's "Sin And Bones": "We worked really hard on 'Sin And Bones'. We had a lot of momentum with the 'Chasing The Grail' record in 2010, and we wanted to keep it going. It was our debut on Century Media, which is the biggest record company we've ever been on, and we knew this was our chance to take things to the next level. We really focused on making 'Sin And Bones' our 'Black Album' [referring to METALLICA's 1991 self-titled LP]. What I mean by that is the Black Album is a very cohesive record from start to finish. It takes you on a journey. All of the songs have a similar vibe, even though they've got different styles. We wanted that for 'Sin And Bones'. We wanted to make a very groove-oriented, dark kind of record you could listen to from the first song to the last and it would take you on a journey. It was meant to be listened to in sequence. Whenever you can do that, it becomes a memorable piece of work. With the reviews we got and the response, it was the highest-charting, biggest-selling, and best-reviewed of our career so far."

Jericho also spoke about getting a matching HELLOWEEN tattoo with M. Shadows of AVENGED SEVENFOLD.

"M. Shadows and I have been friends for a long time," he said. "That's why I asked him to help us with [the FOZZY song] 'Sandpaper' [off 'Sin And Bones']. He did a great job with the arrangement and the vocal parts. One thing that made us even closer kindred spirits is the fact that we both love HELLOWEEN. We were coming to the Roxy [in West Hollywood] to do a show, and he came down. I was like, 'Dude, we should get a HELLOWEEN tattoo!' We talked about it for a couple of days before and figured out the pumpkin we wanted to get. He's got so many tattoos that his pumpkin was like the last little bit of real estate he had on his arm. I don't have a lot of tattoos, so it was like I had this pumpkin in the middle of my forearm for no apparent reason, so I thought I'd put something around it. I came up with the idea of doing my four favorite bands and putting them all together. It's METALLICA, HELLOWEEN, IRON MAIDEN, and THE BEATLES. It ended up being pretty cool."