Kerrang! – June 28, 2019

KERRANG! 59

JACOBY

SHADDIX

(VOCALS)

How was the show for you?

“Oh, it was fucking top-notch. I

knew it was going to be a good

one when I stepped onstage and

after the start of the first song

I was just pouring sweat. I was

like, ‘Oh, it’s going to be one of

//these/ shows!’ It was insanely

hot, and by the end of the gig I

think we wore the crowd out!”

Do you still look forward to

getting on stage?

“Oh yeah. About two hours

before we go on I always hit

this low point. But then an hour

before, when I’ve got my gig

clothes on and got my head

right, it’s like I’ve hit a switch and

I’m ready to rage. No matter

how I feel or what’s going on in

my life, it’s freedom up there - it

just puts me in the moment.”

Are people buzzing off the new

songs?

“People are <loving> the new

songs. It’s the first time we’ve

played them in the UK and

people are really feeling it. It

adds a dynamic and an ebb and

flow to the set, because I love

playing the classics, but I really

love playing new stuff. Playing

new material is like standing

naked in front of a few thousand

people – it’s uncomfortably

awesome! For us, it’s always

about trying that new thing.”

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as far as we can.”

this up. But trust me, we push it

somewhere else you can’t blow

the pyro laws are one way, but

tour of this scale – in one place

tech things about a European

“There are some logistical or

production like this throw up?

What problems does a

from going on auto-pilot.”

about 15 years now. It keeps us

haven’t played the same set for

it keeps us on our toes. We

is game for mixing it up, and

than it was last time. Everybody

you get a different experience

Metallica come to your city,

really important is every time

did last time... To me, what’s

cities that we’re in, what we

things. It’s balancing the

“It’s balancing all these different

together for each gig?

in the set. How do you put it

There’s a few surprise choices

‘bother’ with the word ‘fan’.”

but I don’t associate the word

who kept talking about football,

I got bothered by my friend

Did I get bothered by fans?

the time, which is pretty high.

arrives on time 88 per cent of

The Manchester Piccadilly one

of the trains arriving on time.

you can see the percentages

Trains website there’s a place

Googling it,and on the Virgin

I did a risk assessment by

it was going to run on time.

“My biggest fear was whether

a bit of a risk?

your Manchester show. Isn’t that

You took the train from London to

(DRUMS)

ULRICH

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