Type O Negative has had a Metal Sludge link on their official site (www.typeonegative.net)for quite a while now, so it was about time they did 20 Questions with one of them. Johnny is the “internet guy” so he was the one who stepped forward and committed himself to answering the questions. And after reading some of his answers, it’s obvious he’s quite familiar with Metal Sludge. Enjoy! 1. What are you currently up to? This is your only chance to plug your projects. We just finished doing a cover for WWF of the wrestler Kane’s theme song. Type O is in the middle of doing demos for our next cd which we’re expecting to release early 2002. 2. For $10,000: Would you put a litter of puppies or kittens into a trash compactor, then send a photo of you with their squashed little bodies to your local newspaper? No but I would like to do it to a few people that I know for the stamp & film developing 3. Other than Type O Negative, what hard rock/heavy metal band should give it up and call it a day? Besides us, I would like to see most of the current bands on MTV call it a day. 4. How did you guys end up doing Kane’s theme song? Our manager worked that out for us. 5. Rate the following drummers on a scale of 1 to 10. 1 being somebody who sucks and 10 being somebody who rules. Peter Criss = He’s the reason I wanted to play drums. So he gets an honorary 10. Rikki Rockett = I like his diary Bobby Blotzer = I hear that he’s a good golfer Vinnie Paul = Fucking Amazing! Definite 10 Charlie Benante = 9 – Nobody can do blast beats better than Charlie John Otto (Limp Bizkit) = 6 – Thanks for pointing out what band he’s in. I wouldn’t have kown who he was. Not a bad drummer but he just doesn’t do anything for me. Lars Ulrich = 7 – When I was a teenager, I thought he was great. Very innovative back then. The last time I saw Metallica, he couldn’t stay seated for a second. Mike Portnoy = 8 Tommy Lee = 10 – I was 15 when I bought Shout At The Devil. To say I was blown away is an understatement. Besides John Bonham, Tommy Lee is my favorite drummer. I’ve robbed so many licks from him! When we toured with them in 94, I watched him play every night. It’s too bad his personal life gets more attention than his playing & that he wants to be a rapper now. Joey Kramer = 8 – Old Aerosmith is incredible. Rocks is probably one of the best records of all time. He is one of the few people that knows where John Bonham is buried. (In case you were interested) 6. Who’s the most overrated band today and why? Maybe The Offspring. The hair on the back of my neck stands up every time I hear their songs on the radio. Then again the same thing happens every time I hear one of our songs but that usually isn’t on the radio though. 7. What’s the cruelest joke you’ve ever been apart of? My career as a musician. 8. How much was your biggest music releated check and what did you do with it? I’m not sure of the exact number but I wish that I had another one right now. I wrote a check to the IRS. 9. Of all the bands Type O Negative have played with, who were the biggest dicks? Puya. Not all of Puya, just their bass player. He suckered punched our soundman during our set on the last night of the tour together because he got his face kicked in for being a drunk moron a couple of weeks earlier. Too bad for the rest of the band. They have to live with that asshole. 10. Rate the following chicks on a scale of 1 to 10. 1 being a mess and 10 being a hottie. Rose McGowan = 2 – She would be a 3 or 4 if I had never seen one of her movies. Traci Lords = 8 back in the day. Jennifer Lopez = 8 Alyssa Milano = 6 – I can’t help but think of “Who’s the Boss” & that kind of kills it for me. Carmen Electra = 8 Angelina Jolie = 7 Gone in 60 Seconds sucked big time. Jenna Jameson = I don’t think that I’ve ever seen her. Drew Barrymore = 1 – She lives with Tom Green Mandy Moore = I don’t know who she is. Buffy The Vampire Slayer = 5 Too clean Elvira = I guess that I’m obligated to give her a 10 being that we’re both vampires 11. Would you kiss a chick after she just gave you a blowjob and swallowed your liquid kids? Sure. It’s better than giving her $50.00 12. If you could put any rock star on a boat, send that boat into the ocean, and blow it up, who would you put on that boat? Carson Daly 13. What’s the worst trend in music today? White, surburban, middle class kids trying to be ghetto, playing one note hanging out with Carson Daly. 14. Which do you prefer: Slipknot or Mushroom Head = Slipknot Columbus Day or Arbor Day = Columbus Day Carson Daly or Martha Quinn = Adam Curry Britney Spears or Christina Aquilera = Britney Quiet Riot or Slaughter = Quiet Riot Mariah Carey or Jim Carrey = Jim Carrey Alice Cooper or Kiss = Kiss Kid Rock or Chris Rock = Kid Rock Eminem or Vanilla Ice = Vanilla Ice Blow or pot = Mushrooms 15. Give us a tour memory about the following cities: Boston = The club that we play there, The Axis, has gay night after our show every time we’re playing there. Call it coincidence? New York = Watching my father talking with Joey Buttafucco during our set at the Nassau Coliseum Detroit = Being left by the bus @ Harpo’s Cincinnati = Doing laundry in a bar across the street from the venue Chicago = I got my “O Negative” tatoo there Dallas = Pantera’s hometown. Lots of drinking Tampa = Nothing worth noting has really happened here. Las Vegas = We had the biggest toilet paper fight with Pantera while they were onstage. Phoenix = Witnessing a full blown riot at the Desert Sky Pavillion right before we were supposed to go on stage. Our set was canceled. LA = LA was hit with an earthquake while I was drunk taking a leak on the bus . Pretty messy. 16. Why do people say Peter is a Nazi sympathizer? I think it’s the hat & boots he wears gives that impression. 17. What do you remember about the following years: 1984 = Played my first show, lost my virginity 1988 = Got a job as a mailman. 1991 = Playing in 5 bands at the same time trying to be a rock star 1993 = Joined Type O Negative 1996 = Most of it was spent working on October Rust 1998 = I turned 30 2000 = Bloody Kisses certified Platinum 7 years after it’s release (haha!) 18. Is it hard writing the same song over and over again? It gets harder. As you become older, you can’t remember how you did the first time. 19. Yes or no, have you ever done any of the following: Snorted coke off a chick’s tit = No Shit on the tour bus = Yes Fucked two chicks in the same day = No Gone to a Warrant concert = Yes by default, they were opening for Motley Crue on the Dr. Feelgood tour. I wasn’t going to see Warrant, they just happened to be playing also. Touched a penis other than your own = No Had a finger in your ass = No Thought that Sebastian Bach was a douche bag = I know that you guys are big Sebastian fans but I met him once & it was really brief & he was cool to me. Had sex with an underage chick = If I can use the Rudy Sarzo guidelines, yes. Drove drunk = Yes Masturbated to Peter Steele’s Playgirl layout = No, but, if he was wearing thigh high boots, I might have considered it. 20. Time for Metal Sludge’s Word Association. We mention a name and you give us your thoughts. Erik Estrada = I once had a haircut like his. Fred Durst = I think he’s gone past his 15 minutes Poison = Maybelline Korn = I kind of missed the boat with this band. My 12 year old nephew loves them though. Phil Anselmo = One of the coolest guys. I think of how every night when we toured with them, he would be on the side of the stage pulling pranks on us. He would sometimes come onstage & sing Kill All The White People with us. That was always fun. Evan Seinfeld = I’ve known Evan for 18 years. I think of playing Judas Priest & Iron Maiden songs with him when we were 15 years old. Nikki Sixx = He was always cool to us when we toured with them. They gave us an opportunity when nobody would’ve considered it. When Kenny & I finished our beer every night, Nikki & Mick would always let us hit theirs Howard Stern = Very cool person. He really likes our cover of Cinnamon Girl Blackie Lawless = I met him last year & we spoke about Staten Island. I live there now & he grew up there. Gene Simmons = I think of the first concert that I ever went to. I saw Kiss at Madison Square Garden in 1979. I think that he’s an underrated bass player. Marilyn Manson = Great sense of humor & showman

So what are the band up to? On tour in the US with Danzig until sometime through August, since you asked. Chimaira are preparing new material which they have described as being í¢ä‰åñunpredictableí¢ä‰åŒ. Vocalist Mark Hunter also hailed the material as being more energetic, and while retaining the style the band forged on ‘Pass Out Of Existence’, that it will possess a twist. The last time we were in the world of Chimaira, the band was in the midst of a tour run across the U.S., with the likes of 36 Crazyfists and God Forbid in tow. Well, the band is back home in God’s country…no, not Wisconsin, but Ohio…and there is much to tell. On April 13th, whilst touring the west coast, the band made a stop off at M5 studios in San Francisco, CA to shoot a video for the song “Sp lit”, off their Pass Out Of Existence release. “Currently waiting for the final edit to be finished,” relays Chimaira vocalist Mark Hunter. “It’s turning out pretty bad ass, our friend did us a favor (shooting the video). His first time doing a video, our first time doing a video. Nothing hi-tech, just get to watch us jam and go crazy. It will hopefully be coming in the next couple weeks.” Chimaira’s schedule currently consists of rehearsals, 4-5 times per week, 7pm to 11pm. They are in the midst of writing new material, with seven songs in the bag thus far. What else is going on? Mark had the following to share with us on this gorgeous summer afternoon: Roadrunner: Average time you get up each day? Mark: 3:30, 4:00 each afternoon. Up a bit earlier today, but not by choice (damn dogs). Roadrunner: Average time hitting the sack? Mark: In bed by 6:00am. Roadrunner: On the agenda right this minute? Mark: Hmmm, probably watch a movie, Raising Arizona. Roadrunner: Return of the Side Projects, Part III. Joey Jordison with Murderdolls, Corey Taylor and Jim Root with Stone Sour, and now… Mark: Jim (bass) and I started a bit of a side project with some friends from high school, a really heavy rock ‘n’ roll band – Tool meets Crowbar. Actually, we’re finishing where we left off seven years ago. Roadrunner: No shit? Mark: We’re finishing what we started back in high school. Nothing serious (as in touring or what not), just pure enjoyment. Roadrunner: And damn if that ain’t what it’s all about. When can one look forward to hearing this? Mark: We should be recording some demos next month right before we record the upcoming Chimaira demos. Should be hearing something online soon. Roadrunner: Any last words? Mark: Ahhhh, smoke acid. Roadrunner: Any last words that I can write on this site? Mark: (laughing) If ever any last, final words, that’s my last comment. Rock. We thank Mark for his time, and look forward to the bounty we shall soon receive – “Sp lit” video, demos online from side project, and above all, new Chimaira music… Annual Cleveland Free Times Awards. Last year, our boys in Chimaira took home the award for Best Hardcore Band. Last night, they took home the award for the second year running. Chimaira closed the Awards show by playing a five song set, consisting of “Let Go”, “Sp lit”, “Painting The White To Grey”, “Dead Inside”, and “South Of Heaven”. Dwid from Integrity joined the band on stage with some vocals on “South Of Heaven”…and in case you were wondering, no streaks of nakedness in the city of Cleveland after the show (not enough booze served)… Chimaira, Congratulations on the award… Dateline – January 26th, 11:03 P.M. – As Chimaira finish playing their set during the last night of their tour run with Kittie and Ill Nino, former Chimaira guitarist and founding member Jason Hager becomes a father. At 11:03 p.m. the world said hello to Londyn Snow Hager for the first time. Weighing in at 9 pounds, 1 ounce and 21 inches, we wish all the best to Jason, wife Jamie, and son Londyn…actually it’s Mr. Hager now. Congratulations. “The Indianapolis fans got a little treat,” tells Chimaira vocalist Mark Hunter. What the hell is he talking about? Read on. Apparently Chimaira guitarist Rob Arnold got a new watch for Christmas…and apparently that watch doesn’t work. New Years Day Chimaira played the Emerson Theatre in Indianapolis, a show for which the band was to hit the stage at 8:20pm. Well, 8:20pm came and the band took the stage as scheduled…all except for Rob. Where was he? Back on the bus. According to his timing device, he still had 15 minutes before the 8:20pm call time. So, instead of Rob, Indianapolis fans got to check out Mark’s chops, as he filled in on axe duties during the first song of the set, “Let Go”. By the second song, the full band had been reunited, and no doubt all had a laugh at the end of the night…either that or a hazing session on Rob’s ass. Chimaira wish you all a happy Holiday Season, and want to let you know that the Amigo Claus did visit this year. The Amigo Claus? YES. Amigo Claus is “this jolly ol’ fella who brings you old and rare Chimaira songs around the holiday season”. What did he (or she…we should be politically correct) bring this year? Check out the goods on Chimaira’s MP3.com page. Happy Holidays Amigos.

A few words from Type O Negative’s drummer Johnny Kelly: We have just finished recording a track for the WWF titled “Out of the Fire,” which is the theme song for the wrestler Kane. It is a cover version of his intro song. I totally forgot who else is appearing on the CD, and I also have no idea when it is going to be released or on which label. I’ll find out and have Steve (TON webmaster) post the details on the site very soon. We are going to begin to record demos of the new songs we have written any day now. In between diaper changes and feedings, Josh is preparing his studio in his house at this very moment for the joyous occasion. Judging by what I’ve heard at rehearsals, some of the new songs are really good. I don’t think that the Type O faithful are going to be disappointed. The songs constantly change at this stage, so they could wind up sucking big time when they’re finished. I am excited (did I just type that?) about the new songs, and I can’t wait to hear them finished and perform them live. We aren’t expecting to have the new CD released until early 2002. We also don’t have any touring planned. We will probably go out for a small run of dates around Halloween as we do every year. As far as the website is concerned, Steve mentioned something about having another message board on the site, but that was sometime around January when he mentioned it. I hope that we will have something up soon. Steve and I have talked about revamping the entire website. I think that it needs a little bit of a facelift–kind of like the rest of the guys in the band. But, that’s another story altogether. Talk to you soon, Johnny. The band are currently working on material for the next studio album. “Writing in this band is like keeping 3 wives happy for 20 years. It isn’t easy, but it gives you a better perspective on death”, says Josh. Johnny adds, “The writing process has always been a slow one with the band. We’re getting together a few nights a week right now. It’s too early to tell where this record is going to go, but so far there are a few good titles.”

Peter Steele and his cohorts have released a Best of Type O Negative record which, per the band’s typical cynicism, is titled “The Least Worst Of Type O Negative”. ‘The Least Worst’ is available now for 퉌£12.99 from HMV, Virgin, V.Shops, Our Price, Andys, MVC, & all good indies. The tracklisting is: 1. The Misinterpretation Of Silence And Its Disastrous Consequences (Wombs and Tombs Mix) (:39) 2. Hedgeclipper/It’s Never Enough (7:20) *+ 3. Black No. 1 (4:34) 4. Everyone I Love Is Dead (4:39) 5. Love You To Death (4:49) 6. Black Sabbath (From The Satanic Perspective) (7:48) + 7. Christian Woman (New & Improved Version) (4:24) 8. 12 Black Rainbows (5:14) + 9. My Girlfriends Girlfriend (Cheese Organ Mix) (3:43) 10. Hey Pete (Pete’s Ego Trip Version) (5:24) * 11. Everything Dies (4:36) 12. Cinnamon Girl (Depressed Mode Mix) (3:54) 13. Unsuccessfully Coping With The Natural Beauty Of Infidelity (12:39) 14. Stay Out Of My Dreams (7:30) *+ * previously unreleased + lyrics to be included on the album packaging The band’s first 2 releases – ‘Slow, Deep, Hard’ (1991) & ‘Origin Of The Feces’ (1992) have both been reissued on mid-price. You can also see the band’s official website at http://www.typeonegative.net.

Brooklyn’s “Drab Four” aka Type O Negative released a DVD version of their ‘After Dark’ video on Sept 18 last year. What does it contain? – over 60 minutes of music – rare concert footage and interviews from the band’s personal archives – an interactive feature that includes bonus tracks, discography, web links, phot gallery and more! – videos for: “Everything Dies”, “My Girlfriend’s Girlfriend”, “Love You To Death (uncensored)”, “Cinnamon Girl (live at the Dynamo Festival)”, “Christian Woman” and “Black No. 1” the band’s own unreleased and uncensored version of “Christian Woman” – see an on stage food fight with Pantera! – watch Phil Anselmo get caught in the cross fires of a classic Type O toilet papering in front of thousands of fans – special interview footage created just for this package also features rare European TV performances

And so, the final installment of our on the road with Slayer writeups from Geoff… without further ado, over to Geoff… Hey Gang……..Def Gef 666 (4AM)…(identity crisis much?)…with the latest and last installment of the much-coveted, but ill-fated CHIMAIRA run with SLAAAAAAAYER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Operative word being ILL……………………….Mark Hunter, vocalist for CHIAMIRA has had to cancel the last few dates of the SLAYER tour due to a broken tooth which has resulted in a major infection. He has received immediate medical attention and should back in the game in less than a fortnight. Any goodwill tidings would be appreciated……feel free to write Chimaira ….and tell him to get off his ass and Jam !!!! >: P Mon Dec 3/01 Seattle, WA @ Showbox Theatre Finds us rather weary and worn out from 1333 mile drive from Denver, Colorado to Seattle , Washington…..all the snow and ice and 60 mile -an-hour-winds-kicking your ass you could possibly want. Drama for sure. But of course, we are TRIUMPHANT !! and not only that…I met the Psychedelic Furs while the boys wondered off after there set to check DEICIDE, MORBID ANGEL, SOILENT GREEN and ZYKLON at a nearby venue. the ride to Portland was 90% picking style and being blown away by the drummers. Something like a Black Metal Conference. >: P I missed that show because I was loading out band gear and such, but when I returned to our “backstage ” area…merely a part of the hallway near the MENS toilet, sectioned off by a sheer curtain. We should have taken the lampshade off of the light and done shadow dancing for the good it did….BUT I DIGRESS…..on my way back…..I find a very drunk, and ranting, Sean Kinney of ALICE IN CHAINS….warbling on about how women shouldn’t be on the Road blah blah blah……..don’t know the whole story…….but it looked as if Cam from AMERICAN HEAD CHARGE’s girlfriend was about to trade a a few blows with mister Kinney. I believe the majority of us back there were anticipating that very thing……..and truthfully….my money would have been on Her. Tue Dec 4/01 Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater A frenzied crowd all the way around and a night of pain. One geezer found his way over the balcony and into the Parting of the Red Sea……which included a trip to the Hospital with a complimentary broken neck……..jesus. Many folks found their way onstage in attempts to dive, but those dreams were quickly dashed …..and not by security…..but by us …..and the SLAYER crew. Club security was a bit lax. But even through our efforts, we still managed to not get everyone who tried to get onstage for their 15 seconds of glory…..one such bugger managed to trip up Mark from CHIMAIRA,resulting in his tooth being broken. We try to keep people off the stage for a reason….!!!!!!! That’s what meet and greets are for. But the most of people who get onstage and try to interfere with the band are always the ones who find themselves kicked out of the show before the headliner is anywhere near to coming on. These jackasses are the Eternal Losers who are drunk and puking well before the show has even started or end up being the prat who launches a full beer into the soundboard and brings the show to a grinding halt like the jackass in New York did. Good thing you bought those tickets in advance, eh? Bitter much? Thu 12/06/01 Universal City, CA @ Universal Amphitheatre I will need some volunteers to help me pick up all the names I may drop in the next few lines…. Ah….LA…..Home to some of the most jaded peeps on the planet. Crowd was dead….what little there were, considering how slowly they were being filtered through the metal detectors, but it was an Industry Night more than anything…all the Label peeps on this side of the world where there and you name a band and they were there that night. I ran into Tairrie B, Zach de la Rocha, Paul from Slipknot, Norwood from Fishbone, ManMadeGod, Roy from Soulfly, 311 was hanging out, Tommy, Mike and Rob from SPINESHANK….hell yea…….some of my favourite alchoholics and a few hundred others. Not the best night for band onstage, but at least it didn’t have the mishaps that AMERICAN HEAD CHARGE did when they started their set only to find that their drummer was missing for the the first 6 minutes of the set !!!!!!!! He was found in the CHIMAIRA Drum Warm-up room…warming up….nobody told him they were going on. DOH !!!! Incidentally…I have to add that today found the CHIMAIRA guitar heroes, Matt and Rob, getting a cuppla new guitars from ESP as they are so kinetic on stage and a bit dangerous, that they had BOTH broken the headstocks of their guitars while jumping and swinging about. Hell yea !! Fri 12/07/01 San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield This would be the last show for CHIMAIRA…on the next day, Mark would wake up and feel a little off kilter. This SLAYER show was being videoed for DVD release, I believe….cameras everywhere…onstage, above stage, backstage….footage footage footage…as well as another celebrity revue backstage. Les Claypool of Primus and Oysterhead, Lars Fredericksen from Rancid, SKINLAB was hanging out..(.good ol’ Steev…handing out some rough mixes of their latest efforts.), Jodi Durst of 187CALM….and soon to be new guitar god. Dave Madix. Sun Dec 9/01 Fresno, CA @ Rainbow Ballroom Mon Dec 10/01 Las Vegas, NV @ House of Blues Tue Dec 11/01 Phoenix, AZ Sadly the rest of these shows didn’t happen for CHIMAIRA…….but it ain’t over yet and I don’t see no fat lady getting up to sing . In the meantime….as Tom Araya would say…..Take care of yourselves……send Mark and the Boys a little e-love and let ’em know they are wanted in the UK/Europe. Lets hope the New Year will be a mostly sane one and full of American Bands drinking in a pub near you!!! later… ~ Def Gef 666 ~

And it’s time for another installment on the Slayer tour from our good tech friend Geoff… crazy nicknames… read on. Howzit, Peeps? Def Gef 666 (4AM )…here. I have been renamed as have some of the CHIMAIRA boyz by SLAYER themselves. Collectively, they are known as CHIMARIQUAI, complete with a picture of O-TOWN with the CHIMAIRA faces morphed onto O-TOWN hair-dos. I will try to get a copy of it for the site….provided they let it go public. MATT, is known as “Trent” or “McGuire”…named after a cuppla American NFL players that his red hair reminds Kerry King of. He has also become their bartender if Kerry isn’t up for making shots. ANDY, is known as the “Star-Bellied Sneech”, as named by the SLAYER crew. Something to do with the way he wears his hat and does his Ministry Of Silly Walks walk. Get him to do this for you if you can..its rather goofy and he will do it sober !!! Look for it on their home DVD, that is currently being filmed on a semi-daily basis, as we find anyone who will become a willing participant. Ya know…this whole monologue thing is making me feel like Johnny Carson or something..but on a closing note…I just have to say that..I met Richard Butler today. Who tha *&^$ is that you say? Well kiddies..he is a rather prominent vocalist for a rather prominent UK pop band from the 80’s… The Psychedelic Furs. Made my day..although they had played the night before and I met them as they were leaving as we were checking in. C’est la Vie…… PS…..sorry…one more thing..this report reads more like a who’s-who of venues…some interesting history in some of these buildings, with the US being the New Kids on the Block…just let me have my moment..I know the UK and Europe are full of history. >: P Wed 11/21/01 Chicago, IL @ Aragon Theatre A beautiful ballroom from back in the Chicago Gangster daze…before they learned to scratch and rap. This was Al Capone’s old hang, it turns out. His balcony seat was our catering room. I belive, he is the one who funded its grandiose interior design, with its court-jester like effigies and swirling hardwood floor than spirals all the way to the center. Feng Shui aside…the show REEAAALLY out of control and rather violent….we counted 6 or 7 pits running through each other and then oddly separating into their own spaces. A natural phenomenon. Fri 11/23/01 Detroit, MI @ Harpo’s Set in the Detroit ghetto…with its 9 foot (3 meter) high stage..this place gets wicked !!! I was happy to see a barricade this time as the last time I was there, I was running interference for Dino from FEAR FACTORY and got pulled off the stage as the song was ending. Which means that I was falling in PITCH BLACKNESS, with no clue as to when the floor was coming. Lemme just say that pain hurts. Brutal crowd…..but, of course, there were CHIMAIRA fans ready to show support with a few banners, which always makes the bands day. NOTE : Banners are a good way to get yer-self on to their website !! (….and to meet them as well) Sat 11/24/01 Milwaukee, WI @ Eagles Ballroom Not only does this place have more up-down stairways and rooms to play in than the ASTORIA…but it kitty corner from Jeffrey Dahmer’s apartment. FREAKY. It isn’t advertised this way…its just common knowledge. This was one show where the Paramedics were busier than the stage crew!! One right after the other…BRUTALITY at its finest. Sun 11/25/01 Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue This is the club where “PURPLE RAIN” was filmed and also American Head Charges hometown..so they didn’t play..????? Yep, they didn’t…they have a New Years show coming up…so they decided to sit this one out…which was fine as this crowd was just waaaaaaaay to impatient. Once again..this hardcore SLAYER crowd was won over by the unexpected Wall-O-Chunk that is Chimaira. Their short, but sweet set was well received by the maniacs in the crowd that were headbanging to the WALK-IN MUSIC !! There were a cuppla guys at the merch counter that were banging their hair the ENTIRE night !! Amazing what you can do with so very few brain cells. Fri 11/30/01 Denver, CO @ Fillmore Auditorium A sister club to the FILLMORE in San Francisco, CA…and with just as much history. Tonite finds our boys…Matt,Rob, Jim and guitar tech, Ryan reeling from a night out on the town with Kerry King, Paul Bostaph and Kerry’s tech,Fluffy. No one and I mean NO ONE remembers much after the first…..uh 5 rounds!! There is a lesson to be learned, people. DON’T TRY TO KEEP UP WITH KERRY KING !!! I, myself, was short of funds, so I opted to hang out at the hotel and do my laundry….what a rager, eh? I am so out of control. But..it was all for the better as we were about to embark on a 1,333 mile journey from Denver through Utah and Oregon to get to Seattle, WA were we are now. Mind numbing is the word. I drove first so Ryan could get some rest, which turned into him driving for 14 hours!! Maniac. Having made it safely through 60 mile -an-hour winds blowing us all over a road full of ice and a snowstorm in our face…we have arrived a day early..HELL YEA….so we are making the best of it by prowling the streets of Seattle tonite, hoping to run into the ZYKLON guys or MORBID ANGEL..as they will be playing tommorow night as well. On that note…….I’m out. Peace to all a yaz !! ~ Def Gef ~

Lots more tour reports from our good friend Geoff, out on the road with Chimaira as tech on the Slayer tour.. thanks for the gossip Geoff!! Hey..how youz doin’ ova hea?? Hola UK..Geoff (4AM) once again to update the goings on of the CHIMAIRA run with SLAYER…(hell yea !!) Sorry for the gaping chasm of time in between…things got real busy for awhile and I just couldn’t get it together….so enuff of this rhetoric…on with the biz… Wed 11/07/01 Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club This day started out with us rolling by the Pentagon on our way into town…its right next to the freeway…and seeing the gaping hole left by the airliner that was parked illegally a cuppla months back…you may have heard something about that…little blurb just before you hit page 3. If you aren’t familiar with the 9:30 club, its a semi-legendary punk-rock club from the early 80’s having been the stomping grounds for Bad Brains, Minor Threat and Black Flag …to name a few of the bands to come from this area..but they do likes their metal. As has been the norm lately, pulling up to the venue with die-hards waiting, for god knows how long to meet the bands…this day was no different…and it is not uncommon for them to start chanting, “SLAYER….SLAYER…SLAYER” outside @ 2 in the afternoon while we are loading in. Cam from American Headcharge has been starting the SLAYER chant during their set sometimes, becuz it is just inevitable that it will happen…so why not beat ’em to the punch. The show…sold-out…found CHIMAIRA becoming new favourites to alot of the DC crowd…I don’t think alot of these people have ANY idea what is about to happen when CHIMAIRA get on stage….and then BAM!!…they are in your face and all over the place. I love to watch peoples faces when they are instantly blown away by the instant fury of the set. Seriously…for lack of a better word. Fri 11/09/01 Toronto, ON @ Warehouse and Sat 11/10/01 Montreal, QC @ Metropolis This would the bands first dip to the outside of the US and Montreal would be their first glimpse into what touring overseas would be like. They are more than ready to get it on. CHIMAIRA was well received by Canada and will find themselves welcome anytime after their performances there. Montreal is a metal town….and they likes them CHIMAIRA. This has the flavour of world domination, me thinks. > ) Sun 11/11/01 Portland, ME @ State Theatre Ah…nothing like loading in and out in the freezing cold..surprised it didn’t snow!!! This night was the night that myself and the guitar tech, Ryan, were both bit by out drum riser as we were packing it away….bit him in the ankle and it just about broke my foot. We have recovered at this time, but you know what they say…”once bitten, twice shy”…we get the stage hands to deal with that beast. Wed 11/14/01 Boston, MA @ Avalon We pull up to find that there are try-outs for the latest “Real World” on MTV next door. HA !! Hilarious….as Dave from AHC finds this an opportunity to show the crowd his birthday suit..(which, incidentally, got him arrested on the PLEDGE tour in New Jersey), while shouting..”Welcome to the REAL WORLD!!” Mixed reaction…for about 2 seconds and then the crowd went back to its cell phones and MTV starlet psycho-babble, that we so rudely interrupted with a sense of humour. what were we thinking? Boston is a hardcore town…and they are brutally frank and damn picky. CHIMAIRA has proven themselves time and again and tonite was no different. Thu 11/15/01 Philadelphia, PA @ Electric Factory The show that almost wasn’t. As we are leaving Boston, we find ourselves in some of the most horrendous traffic this side of LA. We reach the George Washington Bridge in NEw York and there is an estimated 3 and a half hour wait to even get on the bridge. Once over the bridge ..its still another 2 and half hours to get to the club. We are being patient…but the uncertainty of making the gig is messing with our day. No one is wanting to take the day off..so we re-route ourselves as surgically as possible though some backstreets and haul ass on another freeway…only to find that this traffic thing is EVERYWHERE!! All squeezed into ONE FREEKIN LANE !! TIME IS TICKING. By the time it would have been our usual load-in..we were still 5 hours away from the club. Needless to say…we just barely made by doors. Doors were at 7pm, we show up at 6:50…unloaded as fast as possible , set-up and even did a minor sound check….as doors have been held back a bit..7:30. Ok…time to breathe and pat ourselves on the back…? Hell no…I have to go move our vehicle …mind you..at this time…the band is about to go on in 15 minutes or so…and I’m doing circles around the block trying to park an Rv with a trailer as fast and safely as possible before I am late to un-mute the monitors and be in position. I was a bit freaked as I was trying to squeeze this monstrousity thru all the people trying to park and get to the show as I’m thinking to myself..”YEA..I gotta get in there too, ya know?!?!?” But , of course, during all this madness William Orbit’s Strange Cargo 3 is playing and I am dealing with the situation..like it ain’t no thang. yea… As I’m leaving the Rv…running inside…3 minutes to spare…I can’t help but laugh at how SPINAL TAP the days events are. C’est la vie…. A very appreciative crowd in Philly….great place, lousy PA…crowd was as loony as they get. Fri 11/16/01 New York, NY @ Roseland Hmmm…is this a running theme? We find ourselves not far from Ground Zero, where the World Trade Center once stood. It is rather bizarre to stand in the midst of these tall buildings in Manhattan and picture them in flames with 737’s sticking out of them, collapsing on top of you. It is a surreal, Felliniesque moment and I have to go inside and not think about it. Somewhere along the 3 song of SLAYERS set..some dingleberry thinks its a damn good idea to throw a perfectly good, FULL, beer in to the front of house console…which causes the delicate electronics to freak a bit and go into auto-mute. This is bad. Unaware that the FOH console is temporarily shut down, SLAYER doesn’t miss a beat, until they are informed of whats going on. The board is till freekin out, shutting on and off at will…while their Sound guy, Leonard, Chimaira’s FOH and myself are doing all we can to fix the board, all the while we are in the middle of a New York metal crowd and they aren’t taking it too well. Chants of “BULLSHIT… BULLLSHIT…. BULLSHIT” were swelling around us as we are doing our best to avoid a riot. A sold out room, surprised, of about 3500 people. That could hurt. BUT!!!….A little ingenuity from all parties and the show is up and running in less than 15 minutes. * PHEW!!* Not quite ready to leave this Earth having been dismembered and eaten by a pissed off SLAYER crowd. 11/17/01 Cleveland, OH @ Agora Theatre T his is CHIMAIRA’s home town…and the boys are a little nervous. A pounding show, nonetheless and all systems go…literally, with an aftershow party played by Matt’s former band, Ringworm. We have a day off after an 11 show run…and what better place to have a day off that in your hometown. Heres hoping to get back to you a little sooner next time. Peace… ~ g ~

This past weekend Chimaira and Slayer and American Head Charge (on the God Hates The World Tour) played Canada. Speaking with Chimaira’s vocalist earlier, “it was fuckin amazing. Toronto and Montreal were fuckin sick…” To all of you in Canada, we salute you. Did You Know? – during one of the shows this past weekend, Mark almost slipped up and instead of saying “Canada” was about to say “Canadia” when addressing the audience. See, it all comes from some inside joke regarding our good friend Geoff mentioned previously (Spineshank’s drum tech), whom is from there. Not sure what the joke exactly is, but word is the bands always jest “Let’s go back to Canadia Land.” Maybe Geoff will shed some light on this for us, or maybe not. Anyway, Chimaira left Portland, Maine on Nov 11 for the lovely drive to New Jersey – the scene of the crime for Nov 12’s show. Figuring an average speed of 60 mph, this simple 275 mile trek should really take no more than 6 hours max, yes? Well, instead of arriving in the Garden State at 7:00am as originally anticipated, they got there at 3:30pm instead. Turns out the driver was getting his ‘nap on’ and someone made a grievous wrong turn along the way. Mark tells the morning was spent with him screaming at the top of his lungs. I know you know that Chimaira are currently pounding stages across the US with Slayer, right? Well, one of their crew is our good friend Geoff. Geoff was part of the Spineshank crew over here not all that long ago! He gets around… Anyway, Geoff was kind enough to take some time out and send us some words on how this immense tour is going… (watch out for more updates as the tour continues) Whassup all you UK wakkos!?!?!?! Geoff(4AM) here…I am out with Chimaira on the Slayer run in the States…and doing my best to send some updates from this trip when I can…so here goes…. Mon 10/29/01 New Orleans, LA @ House Of Blues This day finds Chimaira newly finished with the Fear Factory, Machine Head tour and hooking up with their heroes…SLAYER !! Hell yea…I think we all are looking forward to this trip. By the way, all the Slayer cats are waaaaay kool….crew and all, this is a great way to end the year. This show was well anticipated..sold out to be exact. Fri 11/02/01 Myrtle Beach, SC @ House Of Blues We are joined by American Head Charge, an eclectic group of bombastic lunatics!! The show is quite a spectcle at this point…musically and visually. Most of this day consisted of an alligator farm next to the venue…albino and every other kind of alligator you can think of. There is footage and , most likely, it will end up on a home vid somewhere down the line. Show is off the hook as usual. Sat 11/03/01 Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle This place is an old Southern Baptist church in the heart of the Bible Belt in the SOUTH!! How freekin fiting ! Looks like it has bit of the old-school New Orleans voodoo in the paintings and adornments. Wicked wicked crowd…….Chimaira, being fairly new on the scene, are being WELL recieved …there is a bit of a buzz and lots of anticipation for them…..looks like it can only get better at this point. Sun 11/04/01 Norfolk, VA @ The NorVa We are joined by none other than the boys from SYSTEM OF A DOWN and a few of the Slipknot tech’s for a night of mayhem and debauchery as we have the next 2 days off…so the partying was in full effect this night. Mild rumours that we may join System at their show at the Boathouse here in Virginia tomorrow, if not we will be there showing full support anyway….then we will be off to hook up with Slayer and AHC in Washington, DC…our nations capitol. I will get back to you lot as soon as possible….see ya soon. Geoff (4AM)

This past weekend Chimaira and Slayer and American Head Charge (on the God Hates The World Tour) played Canada. Speaking with Chimaira’s vocalist earlier, “it was fuckin amazing. Toronto and Montreal were fuckin sick…” To all of you in Canada, we salute you. Did You Know? – during one of the shows this past weekend, Mark almost slipped up and instead of saying “Canada” was about to say “Canadia” when addressing the audience. See, it all comes from some inside joke regarding our good friend Geoff mentioned previously (Spineshank’s drum tech), whom is from there. Not sure what the joke exactly is, but word is the bands always jest “Let’s go back to Canadia Land.” Maybe Geoff will shed some light on this for us, or maybe not. Anyway, Chimaira left Portland, Maine on Nov 11 for the lovely drive to New Jersey – the scene of the crime for Nov 12’s show. Figuring an average speed of 60 mph, this simple 275 mile trek should really take no more than 6 hours max, yes? Well, instead of arriving in the Garden State at 7:00am as originally anticipated, they got there at 3:30pm instead. Turns out the driver was getting his ‘nap on’ and someone made a grievous wrong turn along the way. Mark tells the morning was spent with him screaming at the top of his lungs. I know you know that Chimaira are currently pounding stages across the US with Slayer, right? Well, one of their crew is our good friend Geoff. Geoff was part of the Spineshank crew over here not all that long ago! He gets around… Anyway, Geoff was kind enough to take some time out and send us some words on how this immense tour is going… (watch out for more updates as the tour continues) Whassup all you UK wakkos!?!?!?! Geoff(4AM) here…I am out with Chimaira on the Slayer run in the States…and doing my best to send some updates from this trip when I can…so here goes…. Mon 10/29/01 New Orleans, LA @ House Of Blues This day finds Chimaira newly finished with the Fear Factory, Machine Head tour and hooking up with their heroes…SLAYER !! Hell yea…I think we all are looking forward to this trip. By the way, all the Slayer cats are waaaaay kool….crew and all, this is a great way to end the year. This show was well anticipated..sold out to be exact. Fri 11/02/01 Myrtle Beach, SC @ House Of Blues We are joined by American Head Charge, an eclectic group of bombastic lunatics!! The show is quite a spectcle at this point…musically and visually. Most of this day consisted of an alligator farm next to the venue…albino and every other kind of alligator you can think of. There is footage and , most likely, it will end up on a home vid somewhere down the line. Show is off the hook as usual. Sat 11/03/01 Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle This place is an old Southern Baptist church in the heart of the Bible Belt in the SOUTH!! How freekin fiting ! Looks like it has bit of the old-school New Orleans voodoo in the paintings and adornments. Wicked wicked crowd…….Chimaira, being fairly new on the scene, are being WELL recieved …there is a bit of a buzz and lots of anticipation for them…..looks like it can only get better at this point. Sun 11/04/01 Norfolk, VA @ The NorVa We are joined by none other than the boys from SYSTEM OF A DOWN and a few of the Slipknot tech’s for a night of mayhem and debauchery as we have the next 2 days off…so the partying was in full effect this night. Mild rumours that we may join System at their show at the Boathouse here in Virginia tomorrow, if not we will be there showing full support anyway….then we will be off to hook up with Slayer and AHC in Washington, DC…our nations capitol. I will get back to you lot as soon as possible….see ya soon. Geoff (4AM)