CANNIBAL CORPSE's Alex Webster Talks 25th Anniversary Celebrations - "I Don't See Us Ever Officially Breaking Up"
November 27, 2013, 10 years ago
CANNIBAL CORPSE will be wrapping up their 25th anniversary celebrations for 2013 with a pair of shows in Florida, which has served as the band's base of operations since relocating to Tampa from Buffalo, NY in 1994. The shows are scheduled for November 29th in Ft. Lauderdale, FL at the Culture Room and November 30th in Tampa, FL at the Brass Mug.
Founding member and bassist Alex Webster spoke with Tampabay.com about hitting the 25-year milestone.
"It's an opportunity for us to stop and look at what we've done. You're just trying to live your life day by day, and you're not thinking in terms of years. … But we had a lot of people around us saying, "This is a really big milestone and you should celebrate it," and that got us thinking about it. I've spent more than half of my life in this band. It's at this point where you realize, Wow, this band is my life. Twenty-five years — it's not a passing thing. It is something worth celebrating, I think, that we've been able to spend a quarter of a century playing our favorite kind of music and actually making a career out of it."
Do you think there's any chance you'll still be doing this 25 years from now?
Webster: "Whew. Honestly, I do think there will be a presence of our band in 25 years. It just won't be what it is now. In 25 years — let me do the math real quick — I'll be pushing 70. … I don't see us ever officially breaking up, but I could see us being gradually becoming less and less active. It's normal. Sixty-eight years and still playing extreme death metal? Check back in with me in 25 years and we'll see if that actually pans out. (laughs)"
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