Interview: Soulfly

Wer kennt sie nicht, die Cavalera-Brüder aus Brasilien? Mit Bands wie Soulfly, Sepultura, Cavalera Conspiracy oder Nailbomb, haben die beiden die brasilianische Metalszene auf ein internationales Parket hieven können. Und was kennt man sonst so an Metalbands aus dem Land des Samba und des Karnevals? Gewiss nicht viele … Wie wir schon beim Wacken Open Air 2011 im Gespräch mit Castor von Torture Squad erfahren haben, ist es um die Südamerikanische Musikszene bei weitem nicht so gut bestellt, wie es in Europa oder dem Norden des Amerikanischen Kontinents der Fall ist. Es fehlt an Labeln, an essentieller Infrastruktur und an Manpower. Aber das merkt man den Musikern an ihrer Laune und Spielfreude gewiss nicht an, wie die Jungs von Soulfly bei ihrer aktuellen Tour, bei der sie auch in Aschaffenburg Halt machten, überzeugend beweisen konnten. Um ein bisschen über die aktuelle Lage bei Soulfly zu sprechen und mal einen Blick hinter die Kulissen der aktuellen Ereignisse der Musikwelt zu werfen, trafen wir uns kurz vor dem Konzert mit Bassist Tony Campos, der seit 2011 für die Truppe den 4-Saiter zupft. Dabei berichtet er uns unter Anderem, wie brasilianisch Soulfly sich selbst sehen und von seiner ominösen Vergangenheit als Schafhirte. Viel Spaß beim Lesen!

The Interview:

Tony Campos: Thanks man, I'm fine. Tony Campos: Oh yeah, we had some amazing shows in the last few weeks. A couple of days ago we've been to Lübeck, the crowd there was absolutely great. I hope it will be similar tonight! The only really exhausting thing is the fuckin' jetlag. Everytime it fucks me up. I take some sleep and it's about midnight, really disturbing. Tony Campos: No, I hate that kind of stuff. I also hate coffee, I don't like it's taste. Everyone in my family drinks coffee, but I don't like it at all. So there's no way to provide it ... Tony Campos: Actually we've finished the album yet. It only took two weeks to record it which is by far the shortest time I ever heared of. Tony Campos: Well, Max and his son Zyon – who is our new drummer – wrote the songs and started recording it. The only thing I had to do was to play the bass track upon it. Max recorded so many albums in his career, so he knows how to do it. Tony Campos: Yeah, definitely! He's a talented guy and plays lot's of technical stuff, I'm sure you will all like it. Tony Campos: For me, Soulfly isn't a brazilian band! Max lives in Arizona for a long time now and so do the other members. His children were born there, so for me it's an american band. Back to the question: I know Max for a very long time now. When their bass player quit´he asked me whether I wanted to join. I wanted and so now I'm here with them. (both laugh) Tony Campos: Well, now I'm excited! (laughs) Tony Campos: A what? (laughs) Tony Campos: Well, I was born in LA, there lives no fuckin' sheep in about 100 miles! (laughs) I guess somebody made a joke. Tony Campos: Yeah, that is true. I had nothing to do, because we were not touring that much, so I did some records, especially around christmas I was really busy... Tony Campos: For that I'm sure! Tony Campos: Actually it was a friend of mine who played in a band yet. Their bass player quit, so I filled in. Tony Campos: I always wanted to play my riffs like Kerry King and Jeff Hanneman from Slayer, for that I play really fast. I also use a pick because of that. Tony Campos: This was really a bummer. No one of us even thought this would happen. He was such a nice guy, down to the ground. Really a sad story ... Tony Campos: The guy who apparently hired a killer? Yeah I heared of that, what a crazy story. I mean if it is true, we don't know that yet. We'll have to wait to see if it's true. I don't know As I Lay Dying that much, but it's an interesting story. Tony Campos: Amazing record, I think they did a really great job with that, especially after such a long time. The fans also appreciate it. It still sells really well even after one month. Tony Campos: What means prefer? Actually that are two different bands. Black Sabbath with Ozzy is more a blues band. With Dio, they were Heavy Metal. But yeah, I like them better with Ozzy! Tony Campos: Well, we finish this leg of our tour very soon, then we'll go back over to America and continue touring there until February next year. At the end of the year we will release our next album, I'm really looking forward to that, and then we will see. Tony Campos: Thank you, too!
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