EXODUS Guitarist GARY HOLT - “At This Stage Of The Game We Don't Know How Many More Records We Have In Us”
April 1, 2015, 9 years ago
Fuse.tv recently caught up with Exodus guitarist Gary Holt to talk about the group's most legendary album, April 1985's Bonded By Blood, also their first. An excerpt from the interview follows:
Q: It's a seminal record and it's your first. Bands aren't usually that great when writing their debut.
A: “When we wrote it we were just kids writing the kind of music we wanted to hear. We took all the influences from our own personal heroes and ran with it. We didn't have any way of knowing that we were making an album that was going to stand the test of time. We were just out of control, youth gone wild, to quote Skid Row. We were just a bunch of kids, pretty much out of our mind, playing music that everyone thought was out of its mind at the time.”
Q: What were you listening to?
A: “The whole new wave of British heavy metal: Venom, Diamond Head, Blitzkrieg, Angel Witch and of course Iron Maiden, [Judas] Priest and Motörhead and of course a lot of British hardcore punk like Discharge, GBH, Exploited and all that stuff.”
Q: What is it about Bonded by Blood that, as you said, made it stand the test of time?
A: “The songs! It all starts with having good songs and I think they still hold up today. They don't sound or feel dated. We play them live and they still sound extremely current.”
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Catch Exodus alongside Testament, and special guests Shattered Sun, on the Dark Roots Of Thrash II Tour; confirmed dates are as listed.
April
2 - House Of Blues - Hollywood, CA
3 - Livewire - Scottsdale, AZ
4 - Sunshine Theater - Albuquerque, NM
6 - Aztec Theater - San Antonio, TX
7 - House Of Blues - Houston, TX
8 - House Of Blues - Dallas, TX
10 - Pop’s - Sauget, IL
11 - Mojoes - Joliet, IL
12 - Harpo’s - Detroit, MI
13 - The Intersection - Grand Rapids, MI
15 - Phoenix Concert Theatre - Toronto, ON
16 - Rapids Theatre - Niagara Falls, NY
17 - Starland Ballroom - Sayreville, NJ
18 - The Palladium - Worcester, MA, New England Metal & Hardcore Festival
19 - The Paramount - Huntington, NY
21 - Mercury Ballroom - Louisville, KY
22 - Cannery Ballroom - Nashville, TN
23 - Masquerade - Atlanta, GA
24 - The International - Knoxville, TN
26 - Culture Room - Ft. Lauderdale, FL
28 - The Fillmore - Silver Spring, MD
29 - The Chance - Poughkeepsie, NY
30 - The Trocadero - Philadelphia, PA
May
Additional Testament / Exodus festival dates (no Shattered Sun):
April
May
3 - Charlotte Motor Speedway - Concord, NC (Carolina Rebellion 2015)
