PAUL MAZURKIEWICZ Takes A Diplomatic Strategy To CANNIBAL CORPSE Altering Vocalists In 1995

In a latest interview with the Pod Scum podcast, Cannibal Corpse drummer Paul Mazurkiewicz took a barely extra nuanced method to the band’s vocalist change in 1995.

Mazurkiewicz mentioned within the interview that he feels present vocalist George “Corpsegrinder” Fisher is the higher vocalist and that his presence has elevated the band, however that former vocalist Chris Barnes definitely has his place in Cannibal Corpse historical past. So principally not your normal “Chris Barnes sucks” rhetoric. Which is honest – the man is part of loss of life steel historical past regardless of his emotions on the trendy day scene.

“And right here we’re greater than ever. It is a robust to drag off. The early period, the ‘Barnes period’, what I assume everybody calls it, that is the start of the band; that is what clearly began us out and the way we received going and all. And we had been doing pretty effectively. We’re up the ladder right here. We’re transferring. We’re a power to be reckoned with now. So to alter a singer in the course of that appears a bit of loopy, however it needed to occur.

“You look again now, and all of us clearly really feel we have bettered the band; George is only a higher vocalist total. And we have moved ahead. And right here we’re — Jeez, Barnes has been out of the band how lengthy now? 25 years or so. However each eras, they imply one thing, after all. That is the start of the band, so that you’re gonna get these purists which might be gonna go, ‘I really like that period extra as a result of…’ Okay — no matter. I’ve received no downside with that. It’s what it’s. He was part of the band and we did do effectively; it wasn’t like he was nothing or nothing was occurring with that point… It was a giant factor to take care of, and fortunately we had been capable of persevere and get by that and to be greater than ever.

“It is at all times gonna be debated, I assume; there’s gonna be individuals speaking about it. However that is the historical past of the band. Whether or not you prefer it or not, or whether or not we prefer it or not, it would not matter. He is part of the historical past of Cannibal, and any member that was within the band is. If it wasn’t for him, I assume, the 5 unique members, effectively, then the band would have by no means possibly existed.

“So it was an vital period and it will possibly’t be ignored and the importance of the unique band and the beginnings of Cannibal Corpse. It is cool to have the ability to speak about it — a cool story that possibly a number of bands would not be capable of survive. And fortuitously now we have been capable of survive and, like I mentioned, do higher than we ever thought we might have, I assume, by having George within the band.”