Online Chat With Brian Slagel of Metal Blade Records

Online Chat Hosted By www.4horsemensite.com with Brian Slagel 6th May 2006People involved with this chat:Brian Slagel: Owner Of Metal Blade Records (USA).Whiteiris: Chapter Head of For Whom Metallica Tolls (Australia).Pharmer4: Chapter Head of For Whom Metallica Tolls (Australia).Janes79: From 4Horsemensite.com (Slovenia).Unkind: Member of For Whom Metallica Tolls (USA).Jaymz_H: (Sweden)The_Bell_Tolls1: EnglandSanitarium180: Member of For Whom Metallica Tolls (Ireland)Stitches: Member of For Whom Metallica Tolls (Estonia)Amy2: Member of For Whom Metallica Tolls (USA)Patton: (Spain)Tambourino: (unknown location)Guest6502: (USA). Pharmer4: Hello Brian!Brian Slagel: HelloThe_Bell_Tolls1: HioJaymz_H: Hello.Janez79: Hi Brian.Unkind: Hey Man.Brian: I am actually in sunny and warm Phoenix today.Pharmer4: Nice. I am in the middle of a storm!Whiteiris: How is the music industry going in your part of the world; I actually manage a music store myself.Brian Slagel: Pretty good actually. For us, Heavy Metal is having a very nice comeback here in USA so that part is going very well. I am very excited about all the young bands we have and right now the scene reminds me of the 80s again.Whiteiris: Thanks.Pharmer4: I have been checking out your site a lot recently (http://www.metalblade.com/content.html), and I noticed you have a lot of more extreme bands on the roster. Do you still sign “main stream” metal acts?Brian Slagel: Sure we do. We have the band “3”, which is the drummer for Coheed and Cambria’s brother’s band. We also signed an amazing new power metal band called Cellador. I actually want to sign more “singing” metal bands now, we have plenty of other stuff. I feel that scene will be coming around again.Pharmer4: Do you have any favourites at the moment?Brian Slagel: So much stuff. I love Coheed and Cambria, Dragonforce, The Sword, to name a few . . . Killswitch Engage, and all the Metal Blade Bands J.Pharmer4: I like the girl’s fashion store with the Cattle Decapitation T-Shirt in their add.Brian Slagel: Ha Ha, yeah, that was amazing. By the way, I spoke to Lars the other day and I have an update for you later . . .Pharmer4: http://www.metalblade.com/newsna2004.html - link to page for everyone with a photo of a girl’s fashion store with an extreme metal shirt in their add – halfway down the page.Jaymz_H: What is the difference between the Metal Blade bands today and the older Metal Blade bands?Brian Slagel: The bands today are very smart that really impresses me. A lot of the bands from the 80s were not nearly as business savvy as many of the bands today.Jaymz_H: Okey, thank you.Have you ever had any Swedish bands on Metal Blade? I'm from Sweden.Brian Slagel: Oh yeah, we have some now. Amon Amarth, The Crown, Impious.Jaymz_H: Nice, thanks.Whiteiris: Who has been the easiest band and the hardest band to deal with on your label?Brian Slagel: By far the easiest is Cannibal Corpse. They are amazing guys and always great to deal with. Luckily we do not have too many hard ones. I can’t really think of any that are really hard.Pharmer4: Have you always had Cannibal Corpse on the books? They’ve been about for ages.Brian Slagel: Yes, they have always been on Metal Blade.Sanitarium180: Armored Saint (great band) are playing here in Belfast at the end of June. Are they still as great live as they were back in the day?Brian Slagel: Of yes, I just saw them recently and I thought they were great. John Bush still has his amazing voice.Sanitarium180: Yeah, I'm expecting a killer gig. Thanks.Brian Slagel: Enjoy!Whiteiris: Are record contract negotiations getting harder to deal with compared to 25 years ago?Brian Slagel: Well, I think as long as you have a good relationship with the band, the contract always goes smoothly. These days everyone has a lawyer and that actually makes it a bit easier than the past when sometimes bands did not have lawyers, and they ended up getting them later.Whiteiris: Cool.Janez79: What’s the main difference between the Europe metal scene and the American metal scene; do bands have a different approach to making an album?Brian Slagel: As far as making albums I think it is somewhat the same. More bands over here in the US are using pro-tools and all the new technology than in Europe, where many still use “old fashioned” studios. But musically, and how they get ready, I think is pretty much the same everywhere.Whiteiris: “Old Fashioned” Studios – I like that.Pharmer4: Do you like pro-tools, or the old fashioned way?Brian Slagel: Well, both have the advantages. I like pro-tools if it is not used to make it easier for the bands to perform. I like the older style where you get a more live feel.Janes79: Thanks Brian.Brian Slagel: I wanted to know where everyone here is from.Sanitarium180: Northern Ireland.Amy2: Bellingham, Washington.Jaymz_H: Sweden.Pharmer4: Australia.Janez79: Slovenia.Patton: Spain.Whiteiris: Australia.Unkind: USA.Stitches: Estonia.The_Bell_Tollz1: England.Brian Slagel: Cool, worldwide! Thanks.Pharmer4: Alright, let’s crack Brian’s skill and pick through the juicy bits – you spoke to Lars recently – any interesting scoops for us?Brian Slagel: Well, he loves The Sword and Wolfmother – 2 new bands here in the US. The sword sounds like very old Black Sabbath. He also said they are making a “heavy metal album”. So I have high hopes for the new one.Patton: That’s good.Jaymz_H: I like that.Pharmer4: Wolfmother is cool, they are from Australia.Brian Slagel: They are getting big here in the US.Pharmer4: I'm glad to see that are getting success. Did Lars let you listen to any?Brian Slagel: No I have not heard any of the new stuff yet. I am planning on making a trip up to see them sometime this summer.Pharmer4: Can you mention us?Brian Slagel: Sure Thing.Patton: Will you come to Europe to see Metallica live?Brian Slagel: You know, I really want to, but I am not sure if I can due to my schedule. I am actually In Europe the end of next week.Patton: OK, thanks.Jaymz_H: Nice.Pharmer4: 3 weeks too early to see them!Brian Slagel: Exactly.Pharmer4: Do you get to hook up with them much these days?Brian Slagel: Not as much as I would like. They were doing their family things for a while recently and my schedule is crazy. Now they are making the record and touring I should see them a bit more.Whiteiris: When you see Metallica merchandise these days, what do you think of all the strange items like the dog food bowls and baby shirts?Brian Slagel: Ha! That stuff is pretty funny. I hope they don’t do caskets like Kiss . . .Whiteiris: That would be killer.Brian Slagel: But people want all those crazy things, so why not?Stitches: You know, before St Anger, Metallica also said that they’re making a heavy metal album. It was heavy, but far from excellent. Do you have high hopes for the new album?Brian Slagel: Well, as you saw in the movie, there was a lot going on around them while making that album. It was a good first step, but honestly I think they were sidetracked with all the drama etc. Also now with Rick Rubin producing that will get them back on track as well with someone outside their camp giving them more direction.Sanitarium180: Just leading on from what Whiteiris was saying about the merchandise, do the band have much say about what gets sold with the band logo on it?Brian Slagel: They have all the say in it. I don’t think anything gets made without the band approval.Patton: After 15 years with Bob Rock, do you think that Metallica must need a new producer? What do you think about the Bob/Rick exchange?Brian Slagel: Personally, I think it is great. He has great engineers and Rick has a way with getting bands to make great albums. I love Bob Rock, he is a great guy and did some amazing work with Metallica. He did come from a much more pop background and I think that influence had a lot to do with the direction of those albums.Patton: I agree.Pharmer4: On the other hand, Rick comes from a Hip Hop background originally.Brian Slagel: Yeah, but he has done Slayer, System Of A Down, AC/DC . . . He always was a big metal fan. That is why he went after Slayer.Pharmer4: True – have you done any production?Brian Slagel: I did tons in the early days. Slayer, Omen, Trouble, and then I have done some Six Feet Under stuff recently. I just do not have the time to do the whole record anymore. But I am in the studio with a lot of our bands for a bit during their recording.Whiteiris: Omen and Trouble are awesome bands.Brian Slagel: Thanks.Pharmer4: Did you get to hang out with Metallica a lot in the early days, in places such as the Metalli-Mansion etc?Brian Slagel: Oh yeah, I have been in all those places many times. I was even in Lars’ infamous elevator with the Metallica elevator music.Pharmer4: Never heard of the elevator, can you explain that?Amy2: Never heard of the elevator either.Sanitarium: The Nothing Else Matters elevator music, you mean?Brian Slagel: Lars had a huge mansion on the side of a hill in San Francisco. You needed an elevator to get up to it. He had Metallica music made into elevator music to play in it. Hysterical.Paton: He he.Sanitarium180: Ha ha, nice.Jaymz_H: Laughs Out LoudPharmer4: Normal Metallica music, or muzak versions?Brian Slagel: Muzak versions.Tambourino: That reminds me of Pat Boone’s version of Enter Sandman.Pharmer4: Which tracks?Brian Slagel: I think it was For Whom The Bell Tolls and one or two others. He also had a jukebox filled with only NWOBHM vinyl singles.Pharmer4: The Jukebox would have been cool.Brian Slagel: By the way, they are still pretty down to earth good guys after all these years.Pharmer4: Who else is dying to get those Elevator tracks – bootleg heaven (not to sell, to have and to trade!)Jaymz_H: I am.Brian Slagel: I am kind of surprised they never made it out.Whiteiris: When did you see that Metallica would be as huge as they are today?Brian Slagel: I think when they opened for Ozzy on the Puppets album. That was when I really though they were going to be huge. Then when Lars played me the Black album before it came out. You just knew then it was going to get really huge. Really really huge.Pharmer4: How far in advance did you hear the Black album?Brian Slagel: Oh man, probably a month or so. Just after it was done.Pharmer4: I’d hate to have to sit on that secret, knowing what was about to explode.Patton: What’s you’re favourite Metallica album and why?Brian Slagel: Ride The Lightning . . . I think that was the perfect combo of a young hungry heavy band and one that was getting really good at their craft. Plus James really started to be a good singer on that album.Patton: Ride is my favourite album, after the black album, he he, thanks.Brian Slagel: Oh wait, I mean Reload J - Just kidding of course.Pharmer4: Nice, I like that you didn’t go for Master Of Puppets, which is the traditional opinion. In my opinion, Ride The Lightning is one of their strongest, and is often my favourite (it changes for me).Brian Slagel: Yeah, Master Of Puppets is amazing too, but I still love Ride The Lightning even today more than when it came out.Amy2: Ride The Lightning is my favourite too, but I find myself listening to Load a lot sometimes, lol.Brian Slagel: I really like Load actually.Pharmer4: I have read stories about how when you and Lars and your buddies when record shopping, he was always the first out of the car so he could get the rare records before everyone else. Did you ever manage to get one he wanted, but could not get (at least for a little while).Brian Slagel: Yeah, there were a few times I got something he wanted. Usually that is when I went to the record stores by myself.Pharmer4: Was he cool with that, or was he competitive with it?Brian Slagel: There was some competition, but it was mostly just because we loved the music so muchPharmer4: Cool.Sanitarium180: Have you heard any sniff of a rough release date for the new album?Brian Slagel: I am pretty sure it will be next year sometime. If I had to guess I would say right before summer. About a year from now. But with those guys you never really know.Stitches: There’s rumours it’ll be this year.Pharmer4: That is what Billboard is reporting.Brian: I know they want it to be this year.Sanitarium180: I think we all want it to be this year.Brian Slagel: But with all these shows that may put it back a bit. Like I said, with them you never know. They could get it done quick.Guest6502: It will be out in November. My local radio station has been saying this a lot, so I rang them to ask about their information, and they said they got it direct from the Record Company Reps.Pharmer4: OK, cause James was quoted as saying next Spring.Guest6502: That was an old interview, from before the South Africa Gigs.Pharmer4: True.Brian Slagel: Most likely it will be out next year as I said before.Whiteiris: I always thought it would be out for out Christmas stockings.Brian Slagel: Yeah, that is a great time for big bands to release big albums.Patton: I agree with Whiteiris, but who knows.Pharmer4: Brian, you will have to be our snoop on this, and get us the inside scoop.Brian Slagel: OK, will do. Last time we talked about it Lars wanted the record out this year.Guest6502: It will be there pushing along this month before they go and do the next set of shows and then they’ll come back with Rick Rubin and finish it.Brian Slagel: I am sure they will say something on these upcoming dates.Pharmer4: I’d prefer next year, if it means a more complete effort. Sure they should have some pressure to keep them working, but not so much that they are not happy.Guest6502: they’ve had 3 years already. It can’t be more complete than that unless they are lazy.Pharmer4: That 3 years did involve touring tooPatton: They have not been writing that much until this year.Guest6502: Yes true, but at least or almost 2 years off? That’s a long time.Brian Slagel: They have familiesAmy: Yup.Janez79: Yea, and their own time for themselves.Patton: People never remember the family thing.Whiteiris: Yes, their family time is very important.Guest6502: I know but still they seem to take forever between every record, I don’t know why.Sanitarium180: Also, it would take them a long time to sort through the riff tapesPharmer4: For a band who has toured as much as them, I’d understand a 2 year break, especially after the movie and having kids.Patton: And really it’s not 2 years off, it’s only 2004 basically.Brian Slagel: Yeah, they really wanted to spend time with their families. That is a big priority for them.Guest6502: Oh well I just hope it’s not a St Anger part 2.Tambourino: Or The Unforgiven III!Brian Slagel: I am pretty sure that will not happen.Guest6502: I hope not.Pharmer4: I think it won’t be anything like St Anger. The production will be different, the writing is different, and they are not dealing with rehab, therapy, and the camera crew.Guest6502: I'm glad that Bob is gone, not that I did not like him, but I'm glad he’s not there, that should help.Pharmer4: Exactly, their heads are in a really good place right now. They are seeing this new movement and that is exciting them.Janez79: Yeah, and they are rehearsing their songs, not doing them with Pro-tools; that makes a difference, and then all the other things, so I'm sure it won’t be the same as St Anger.Patton: Has Lars said any more detail to you other than it will be a “Heavy Metal Album”?Brian Slagel: You will have to see . . .Whiteiris: When Load and Reload came out a lot of people thought those albums were bad, what was your opinion.Pharmer4: In my opinion, they have not released a bad album.Amy2: Same here, I’ve always enjoyed what they’ve done. Some more than others, but yeah, you know what I mean.Whiteiris: I really like those two albums.Brian Slagel: I love Load. I think that is a great record. I was around when they recorded those albums and they were influenced by 70s metal. Thin Lizzy, Blue Öyster Cult, etc. So the records had that type of feel to them. I think Reload is the weaker of the two, but Fuel is one of their best songs ever I think.Pharmer4: Were those recording sessions stressful amongst the band, because they took forever to write again. . .Brian Slagel: The Load sessions? Not when I was up there. Everything seemed very cool. They are perfectionists and that is one reason it took so long. I actually wrote about those sessions for NHL.comPharmer4: Got a link?Brian Slagel: Here is the link – http://www.hl.com.blogcentral/slagel_apr.html.Stitches: Have you ever seen any of them really, like, crying? It’s a weird question, but it interests me a bit. You know, seen them break down? Because they had, and still have this real macho image.Brian Slagel: Crying . . . I do not think so. But we were drinking a lot at that time so who knows. . .Stitches: OK.Jaymz_H: Ha ha.Stitches: I can’t get over this old and boring subject, but it’s kind of interesting to know: with all the hatred they got from the Napster stuff, have you got any friends who dislike Metallica because of this whole situation?Brian Slagel: I think when it first happened sure. Now that people have seen how much that has hurt the music business I think it is a bit different. But there are still people who think he was complaining about Metallica losing money. That was just not the case.Stitches: have you had the occasion where you had to defend Metallica on the Napster subject?Brian Slagel: Many times I have.Stitches: And did you manage to get people to their senses?Brian Slagel: Once you explain it to people they usually understand.Whiteiris: We have all seen Some Kind Of Monster, I know they say thins got bad; how good or bad was the relationships in the early days with all the members including Dave and Ron?Brian Slagel: Well, Dave was a maniac. We all drank back then, but Dave would drink to the extreme! So there was always some tension there. Ron was a good guy and got along well with the band. they just felt he was not moving forward as a musician as much as they were. Lars, James and Kirk always got along well from what I saw. The only real tension was in the studio at times.Pharmer4: There are conflicting stories over Lars’ role with Motorhead in the US – some people say he was the head of their fan club, while I have read a quote from him saying he wasn’t. you were there, was he or not?Brian Slagel: He was not as far as I knew. He was a huge can and knew them well though.Pharmer4: Another urban legend debunked.Brian Slagel: Sorry . . .Pharmer4: No, it’s good!Pharmer4: Do you remember what you were doing when you heard about the bus accident and cliff?Brian Slagel: Yeah, I was at home in LA. I had heard something had happened, and actually read about it in the morning newspaper. Just a horrible thing.Pharmer4: And did Jason come through you to get the audition – I know Flotsam And Jetsam was on Metal Blade . . .Brian Slagel: Actually what happened was Lars called me a couple of weeks later. He said they needed a bass player. I said that Joey Vera of Armored Saint was the perfect choice. He agreed, but Joey had turned them down. That is when I mentioned Jason as the next perfect choice. I sent them the Flotsam and Jetsam record, talked to Jason and the rest is history.Pharmer4: Cool, but 50 applied, right?Brian Slagel: Yeah, there were quite a few guys they looked at.Pharmer4: I bet Jason Shat himself when you mentioned he was being talked about.Brian Slagel: When I first spoke to Jason about Metallica he did not believe me.Whiteiris: Do you remain in contact with Jason; how busy is he keeping with all his little projects?Brian Slagel: Yeah I just talked to him recently. The new Voi Vod is amazing and we are doing a reissue of the first Flotsam And Jetsam Record. He is finally getting over all his surgery.Whiteiris: He is one fucking busy boy!Brian Slagel: Well, I'm not sure how much involvement he will have (with the re-issue). He is doing that TV show and Voi Vod.Whiteiris: Surgery?Brian Slagel: He had rotator cuff surgery twice this year.Jaymz_H: What’s a rotator cuff?Pharmer4: Rotator Cuff injuries suck. The rotator cuff is a muscle, very small, but it stabilises the shoulder joint. If it goes, mega pain!Amy2: I heard about that TV show. I don’t know about it, but I’ll sit down and watch it.Patton: Knowing all the members of Metallica and talking now about the future, can you imagine them playing in 50 years Seek And Destroy or Master Of Puppets; what is you opinion of their future?Brian Slagel: I think Metallica will be playing for a long time to come. They may take breaks here and there, but like the Rolling Stones, I think they will be around for a long time.Pharmer4: I hope so.Stitches: There was a question lying around in the Metclub forums: there was a rumour that Metallica made a music video for Ride The Lightning (or For Whom The Bell Tolls), but they didn’t like it, so it never got exposed. Can you confirm this as true or false?Sanitarium180: The rumour was For Whom The Bell Tolls, and it was rumoured to start with Cliff playing under a giant bell.Brian Slagel: I am not sure about that one. I don’t think they did.Sanitarium180: Yeah, I think it was just wishful thinking.Brian Slagel: If they did I am sure it would be out by now.Stitches: Alright.Pharmer4: have you been to most of the album recordings when in the US, i.e. Garage Days, Garage Inc, St Anger?Brian Slagel: I was not around for Ride The Lightning or Master Of Puppets. I saw them on those tours a million times though . . .Pharmer4: I figured that, unless you had tix to Denmark!Brian Slagel: Let’s see, I was around for the Black Album, since they did that in LA. The Load sessions, St Anger, Garage Days Revisited, and the demos for the first album.Pharmer4: Revisited would have been cool, you could have seen how Jason was working out.Whiteiris: That would be some great memories.Brian Slagel: Yeah, at the time they were having a good time on Revisited, I think it showed in the performances.Pharmer4: Were you disappointed with the bass mix on . . . And Justice For All, seeing you helped out with getting Jason in the band?Brian Slagel: I really like . . . And Justice For All a lot. The bass did not bother me that much, honestly.Patton: What kind of things do you think that Rob Trujillo can put into Metallica that Jason can’t (in the studio).Brian Slagel: I think Rob plays a lot like Cliff did. Seeing them live now reminds me a but of how they sounded with Cliff. In the studio, I think you will see that as well.Janez79: Brian, you saw Metallica a lot of times live. Which is your favourite show of the ones you saw? What has changed?Brian Slagel: I really liked the Black Album tour. The snake pit, etc. I think I saw about 20 shows on that tour. It was awesome. I remember seeing them in Denver for three shows and I though by the 3rd show I may not see the whole thing since I had see it so many times. I still watched ever minute of it. I still think they are great live now.Janez79: Yeah, that is what I think too. Thanks for the answer.Sanitarium180: On the subject of music videos, what were you’re thoughts when the guys said they would never make a music video, and then them making their video for “One”, also what would be your favourite Metallica video?Brian Slagel: I like the stand they took in not making a video. It was time for them to do it and I thin One was the right song. That one is probably my favourite one actually because it was so different at the time.Sanitarium180: Yeah, those are my thoughts on is as well, cheers.Pharmer4: It is a classic. I can’t believe people were pissed off, I guess it is like Napster, they see the thing that pisses them off, and can’t get past it to see the facts.Brian Slagel: Yeah, I remember when Ride The Lightning came out. The Die Hard fans called it Ride The Lightbulb, because they thought it was not heavy enough.Pharmer4: I guess they want it to be more like early Slayer, i.e. not much growth for a few albums.Whiteiris: Lightbulb, he he.Sanitarium180: That’s crazy, especially with tracks like Fight Fire With Fire.Pharmer4: Do you like escape, and do you know why they don’t play it, because it is one of my favourites form that album, along with Trapped Under Ice.Patton: Escape is under-rated, I like this song.Sanitarium180: James hates it from what I heard.Brian Slagel: the song is ok, but they hate that song. That is why they do not play it.Pharmer4: I wish I knew why they hate it.Brian Slagel: Because they were somewhat pressured into writing it by the record company at the time. A radio song. In hindsight it was not Metallica at the time.Pharmer4: Really, I never knew that.Brian Slagel: They even felt let down by that song.Sanitarium180: Interesting, I love it because it sounds very raw.Tambourino: It sounds like a pop song with metal production basically, unlike the rest of the songs on that album.Brian Slagel: It is very out of place on that album, I think.Janes79: If you wanted to introduce Metallica music to some guy, what song would you play for that guy?Brian Slagel: One song or a few?Janez79: Let’s take one song to be more interesting, which would be the ultimate song?Pharmer4: In my opinion, you should play Diamond Head’s version of Am I Evil?, and then Metallica’s.Brian Slagel: Hmmmm. Well, I guess it depends on who I was. If it was someone who kind of liked metal I would say Creeping Death because it is amazing. Otherwise Enter Sandman is their signature song, so if it was someone not into heavy music, I would go with that.Janez79: Yeah I meant for a guy that is not that into metal, but for a real metal fan I would play Creeping Death too, or Master of Puppets.Sanitarium180: OK, are there any up and coming bands that you could see being as big as Metallica, or even “talking Metallica’s place” so to speak?Brian Slagel: Interesting that you ask that, we have all been talking about that in the scene today.Pharmer4: Please don’t say Avenged Seven Fold. They are interesting, but over-rated in my opinion.Amy2: Agree.Guest6502: They suck.Pharmr4: But Trivium or Mastodon are OK.Patton: Do you think that Metallica should play new stuff in the upcoming European tour, allowing us to know their new direction, or is it better to keep it in secret if the new album is not going to be out until next year?Brian Slagel: They very well might play a new song.Patton: Has Lars said this to you?Guest6502: Actually I heard it would be two new songs but it wasn’t for sure.Brian Slagel: No, he did not say anything, but they have done it in the past.Patton: Like in 95?Tambourino: 2x4 and Devil’s Dance.Sanitarium180: No one will know until the gigs!Brian Slagel: It would not surprise me if they did.Patton: Thanks Brian.Pharmer4: I'm betting one of the shows on the Escape From The Studio tour will have a new song.Have you spoken to James since his time in rehab, how has he changed?Brian Slagel: Honestly he is pretty much the same guy. I think he is much happier now for sure. Before you could tell he was not truly happy sometimes. Now he really seems happy.Pharmer4: Torben said that the new album is BREATHING rather than frantic. Interesting analogy . . .Brian Slagel: I would look to the new System Of A Down records, The Sword, and Wolfmother for a bit of what they are listening to now. That stuff always finds a way into their sound at the time.Patton: I love System Of A Down.Brian Slagel: yeah, specifically Mesmerise and Hypnotise.Patton: Excellent albums, but I prefer Toxicity.Guest6502: They are kind of breaking up for a while after Ozzfest from what I heard.Brian Slagel: Yeah, that is true. But they have broken up before.Guest6502: Yeah but what I heard it is going to be a long time before we see another album from them.Brian Slagel: Could be.Pharmer4: Oh man, Wolfmother influence on Metallica. Crazy. Song titles may include Jump In The Fire Of Trolls, or Blackened Unicorn JBrian Slagel: I meant musically more than lyrically!Pharmer4: I know, but the idea though, hilarious.Brian Slagel: Lol.Pharmer4: Master Of Gnomes, LOL.Patton: Who are Wolfmother?Pharmer4: Wolfmother are a great Aussie band, check them out ASAP.Guest6502: Does anyone know what their old producer is doing now? I forgot his name.Pharmer4: Flemming?Guest6502: Yeah.Pharmer4: check out our site www.forwhommetallicatolls.org.ru there is an interview and chat with him in there.Guest6502: Does he still work in music?Tambourino: He’s still a producer.Guest6502: Ok.Brian Slagel: Flemming is living in Denmark counting his money JGuest6502: I heard a rumour that on the next set of gigs this summer they would be playing Master Of Puppets from start to finish, probably not true.Brian Slagel: That would be cool.Pharmer4: Brian, thanks heaps for you time. I will be in contact with you with a transcript etc.Brian Slagel: Cool, thanks everyone.Amy2: Yeah, thanks for coming Brian.Sanitarium180: Yeah, thanks Brian, great chat.Patton: Has been a pleasure Brian, thanks.Janez79: Thanks Brian, great chat!Pharmer4: This was the longest chat we have had Brian. I really appreciate the time you have spared for us.Whiteiris: Thanks heaps for your time Brian.Brian Slagel: Bye Everyone!

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