BW&BK Exclusive - DANKO JONES - "If You Had Told Me I Was Going To Be On An ANNIHILATOR Track Two Years Ago I Would Have Freaked; I'm Still Freaking"
February 25, 2007, 17 years ago
In a recent interview with BW&BK; scribe Carl Begai, Canadian vocalist/guitarist Danko Jones revealed how he ended up cutting guest vocals for the upcoming ANNIHILATOR album, Metal. Danko appears on the track 'Couple Suicide' with ARCH ENEMY vocalist Angela Gossow and Annihilator singer Dave Padden:
“We were opening for Nickelback across Canada and that’s actually how I got to meet Jeff," Danko reveals. "The last show of the tour was in Ottawa, Nickelback was about to go on and Jeff was just hanging out backstage talking to them, and I just freaked. I got the Nickelback guys to introduce me to him, and it turned out Jeff knew of our band and had kept up with us, and we just kept in touch from there. He just came back to me one day and said ‘I’ve got this song, I don’t know if it’ll be on the record or not, but maybe you’d be interested in doing something for it…’ We’re always on tour, but fortunately I was able to get to his studio and lay down some vocals. And lo and behold, Angela from Arch Enemy – who I’m a huge fan of as well – laid vocals down on it, too. I was really flattered that Angela would agree to it and that Jeff kept my performance."
"If you had told me I was going to be on an Annihilator track two years ago I would have freaked," he adds. "I’m still freaking out because it’s pretty cool, and I never thought these worlds would meet. I’ve been an Annihilator fan since Alice In Hell, and Never Neverland is my favourite Annihilator record, so I’ve always been aware of what Jeff has been up to."Watch the Features section on the main page for the full story.
