BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE frontman Matt Tuck is featured in a new interview with Hosking Industries. An excerpt from the discussion is available below.

Q: You cited bands like METALLICA as major influences. What was it like playing with your heroes on tour?

Tuck: "It was a very unforgettable, surreal experience. I don’t know man, it still blows our minds to this day that we got to meet those guys and play with them and hang out and get drunk and just be boys; you know what I mean? It’s been one of the highlights of my entire life and I’m very, very honoured to be part of the Metallica family now. It’s fucking amazing!"

Q: So they looked after you guys well, then?

Tuck: "Yeah, it helped that they were fans of the band – which just sounds weird for me to even say. We were sitting in our dressing room on the first night and there’s a knock on the door and in comes Lars saying, 'Hey guys. What’s up? I just wanted to introduce myself. Welcome to the tour.' I’m like, 'Holy shit!' The next thing you know we’re talking about the making of Master Of Puppets and all this fucking crazy shit that you just don’t imagine would ever happen to you in your life; especially being the huge fans that we were. They treated us like complete human beings; which is all you could ask for, really. They just talked to us and hung out and were really polite and respectful. It was great -- an amazing experience."

Q: Did you ever think you’d come as far as you have when you were starting out?

Tuck: "No. We always knew that we had the potential to do something if a label picked us up; but we never envisaged that it would become as big as it has. We’ve become a million-selling, global rock band, you know. That’s not something that we anticipated when we first started. It was certainly something that we always dreamed of. Like most bands, that’s the ultimate goal – to become a rock star, you know what I mean? To tour the world and have a laugh with your friends; which is what we do now. It’s such an amazing experience and we never take it for granted. We work super hard to make sure we don’t lose it. It can happen at the drop of a hat and it’s something that we try really hard to keep."

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