CAULDRON Frontman JASON DECAY - "It All Started With METALLICA Blaring From My Neighbor’s Backyard"
April 27, 2009, 15 years ago
Jimmy Astleford at Thrasher Magazine recently spoke with CAULDRON frontman Jason Decay about the band's new album, Chained To The Nite. An excerpt is available below.
Q: Aside from growing up in the ‘80s, what influenced you to get into thrash metal?
Decay: "It all started with METALLICA blaring from my neighbor’s backyard. These guys were a bit older than me, but I really looked up to them. Everything they did was cool. They’d always have MEGADETH or Metallica crankin’ in their stereo and they’d always be working on building this halfpipe or sanding down a Flying V or something cool. It just made sense. I always wanted to be a part of it but I was a bit too young, maybe 8-years-old then. Then came high school. It seemed like skateboarding had taken a different turn in the ‘90s, at least in the Ottawa Valley (near Ottawa). People began wearing baggy pants and there was more of a hip hop influence. There was less of a thrash vibe going on. I hated it because I was a metal head and I wanted metal to be a part of skateboarding too. It was pretty lame for me. Nowadays, I’m hyped to see the people that were influential to me when I was young bring it back and give that aspect of skateboarding to the kids. Skateboarding is a thrash type of scene."
Click here for the complete interview.
