PHIL ANSELMO Talks Rock Stars - "Come Back Down To Earth, You Fuckhead" (Video)
July 5, 2016, 8 years ago
Decibel Geek has posted footage of former Pantera frontman Phil Anselmo discussing "Ozzyidis" and explains why he hates rock stars. Check out the clip below.
Anselmo: ""This is why I say I fucking hate rock stars, because when I see some asshole rock star walking around, strutting around like they wrote a song or something… It's like, 'Asshole, motherfuckers write songs in their bedroom. What makes you different? You cannot walk ten feet in someone else's goddamn fucking shoes. Come back down to earth, you fuckhead. If any motherfucker in a band ever struts past you [with an attitude], give 'em the old fucking bird finger from The Kid."
In a recent interview with RollingStone.com, Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian discussed Phil Anselmo’s recent racism scandal. An excerpt follows:
RS: Former Pantera frontman Phil Anselmo, whom you are friends with, recently made a Nazi salute onstage and shouted "white power." You posted to Instagram that you'd like him to make a donation to the Simon Wiesenthal Center. What went through your mind when you saw him do that?
Scott Ian: “There was a lot of screaming in my brain: "Oh no. Please don't let this be real!" First and foremost, we are friends. I love Phil Anselmo like a brother. He's family to me. We've known each other for 30 years almost. This isn't something like where I'm just like, "Fuck this guy!" I know deep down, truly that he's not that person. But I had to say something publicly about it, because to me, silence is being complicit.
“Phil is taking a deep hard look at himself and his life, and he is going to do what he needs to do to fix things. Kids who listen to this type of music shouldn't think that this is OK. I've seen so much rhetoric out there saying, "What's the big deal?" Ugh. I don't think I need to explain history to tell you what the big deal is. I've even seen a comment as stupid as, "Well, why does Scott ask for a donation to the Simon Wiesenthal Center? That's a Jewish thing. White Power has nothing to do with the Jews." So that's the stupidity that's out there. This is a big fucking deal and everybody needs to know that. Education needs to happen.”
Read more at RollingStone.com.