Live music and touring have been on lockdown and fans as well as artists are going through withdrawals. We wanted to come up with something fun to help bridge that distance between fans and artists right now. What we came up with is something called The Lockdown Lowdown and it’s a Q&A session with fun questions for artists to answer. They’re not your typical interview questions, so it gives you a peek inside of the artists themselves. We’re big music nerds here at I’m Music Magazine and we love learning things like this about the artists that we love. We’re pretty sure that you’ll get a kick out of these, so we hope you’ll take the time to read them. In this installment, we sat down for a fun Q&A session with Madzilla.
1. How have you been doing during the pandemic and how are you spending your time?
– It’s been tough not being able to play shows, since it’s what we like most. We really miss interacting with our fans, and all the adrenaline that comes with performing live. It has however given us a chance to practice more and write new stuff. We have also been able to record and produce new music, and new videos!!
2. Have you been working on new music?
– Yes, absolutely!! We have so much in store, and are currently releasing awesome new music!!
3. 5 albums that changed your life
– Metallica’s …And Justice For All
– Pantera’ Cowboys From Hell
– Megadeth’s Rust In Peace
– Sepultura’ Arise
– Iron Maiden’s The Number of the Beast
4. 5 artists that influenced you as a musician.
Zakk Wylde, Metallica, Megadeth, Iron Maiden, Sepultura
5. Your 5 favorite live albums
– Metallica – S&M,
– Iron Maiden – 2002 Rock in Rio,
– Pantera – Monsters of Rock 1991
– Ozzy Osbourne – Live and Loud
– Metallica – Live Shit (the Seattle show from the And Justice For All Tour)
6. Life on the road; 5 of the craziest/funniest/scariest tour stories
– Falling on stage after too much head banging
– Kind of left a surprise smell for Max Cavalera in the venue’s toilet after Soundcheck haha
– Using boot laces to create a last minute guitar strap right before the show
– A tropical storm came out of nowhere and canceled the show
– Really the scariest one was when we had Max Cavalera standing in the audience, watching our show!!
7. 5 favorite movies
– RockStar
– The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
– Back to the Future
– The Dark Knight
– Mad Max
8. Best and worst advice you ever heard.
– Best: To never give up on your dreams, no matter what!
– Worst: That’s how everyone else does it, just do it like that.
9. Strangest thing you ever autographed
– Someone else’s merch
10. If music was over today and you had to go into professional wrestling, what would your wrestling name be?
– Destiny!
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