GOJIRA Frontman JOE DUPLANTIER - "I Just Want To Thank METALLICA For What They Did For The Metal Community All Over The World"
October 16, 2008, 15 years ago
KNAC.com recently spoke with GOJIRA frontman Joe Duplantier. The following is an excerpt from the interview.
KNAC.com: Since everyone else seems to be chiming in on the new METALLICA album (Death Magnetic), have you heard it and what did you think about it?
Duplantier: "Actually, I didn't hear it yet because I was doing promotion in Paris for four days, so I was not available to listen to music and stuff. But I'm really looking forward to hearing this album. To me, Metallica changed after 'the black album' in a way that I really respect. They have their logical evolution. But for me, the Metallica I like is the first part, between Kill Em All and 'the black album.'
I'm not expecting anything from them. I just want to thank them for what they did for the metal community all over the world. I would say they even saved my life when I was in high school and I felt from another planet, felt really on my own.
I was into SEPULTURA and IRON MAIDEN, but Metallica to me was really like a life-saver. I could walk to high school with Metallica on my Walkman and not feel so alone, so alien. I knew there were other people who felt the same way I did, that I could relate to. And that was very inspiring to me when I started playing music myself."
Go to this location for the complete interview.
