SATYRICON Frontman: DIMEBAG's Killer Was Product Of American Society

December 16, 2004

SATYRICON frontman Satyr recently spoke to the FourteenG webzine about the murder of DAMAGEPLAN/ex-PANTERA guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott, his EIBON project with Philip Anselmo and the American music scene, among other topics. A couple of excerpts from the interview follow:

FourteenG: Relative to the unfortunate and untimely death of Dimebag Darrell, are you more concerned with security at venues?

Satyr: "No, I'm not concerned, I don't have to be. I think the promoters should be more concerned about the security. People shouldn't change the way they think about metal shows, this is one isolated incident. I'm not surprised this happened in America though, the killer was a product of your society."

FourteenG: You were doing a project with Phil Anselmo called EIBON. How is that coming along and when will it be released?

Satyr: "It wasn't completed. Unfortunately, Phil had a lot of [issues] in his life at that time. He left PANTERA, he got a divorce and he started two bands: DOWN and SUPERJOINT RITUAL. So it was put on hold. We recorded like four songs for it. I talked to Phil a few days ago for about an hour, which was promising and he invited me down to his house to try to finish after the tour but I want to go home though. [Laughs] We will see; I expect to get together next year some time to complete it."

FourteenG: What do you think needs to change in the industry?

Satyr: "I think that people who work in the industry should know something about music. It's all about education. There are A&R people who don't know anything about music yet they are telling you about how you should write your lyrics and when your record should be released. The worst is marketing people who don't even have degrees in marketing. I mean you can't be a doctor with going to medical school so why is it so easy for people to get a job in the music industry without and musical talent? Only in the music industry is this possible. [Laughs] It's all networking."

Read Satyr's entire interview with FourteenG at this location.

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