CANNIBAL CORPSE Drummer Paul Mazurkiewicz - "We're Playing Better Live Than We Ever Have"
February 9, 2009, 15 years ago
About.com Heavy Metal Guide's Chad Bowar reports:
"20 years after their humble beginnings in Buffalo, New York, CANNIBAL CORPSE has become one of the most successful death metal bands in the world. Their current lineup of George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher (vocals), Rob Barrett (guitar), Pat O'Brien (guitar), Alex Webster (bass) and Paul Mazurkiewicz (drums) continues to unleash music that's as brutal and extreme as ever. The band's latest effort is Evisceration Plague, once again produced by HATE ETERNAL's Erik Rutan.Their songs are violent and intense, but the guys in Cannibal Corpse are as friendly and as down to earth as anyone you’ll ever meet. I always enjoy interviewing them, and my chat with drummer Paul Mazurkiewicz was no exception."
The following is an excerpt from the interview:
Q: As you get older it is difficult to maintain the brutality and extremity in your music?
A: "More physically than anything. Just playing it. We’re not getting any younger, and the songs aren’t getting any easier. When it comes to the edge, I believe that we’ve been doing it long enough and we are set in our style of how we write and how we play. When we have to write, everyone gets busy and it starts flowing. It’s something internal at this point. But the older we get the harder it is going to be to maintain stamina and that kind of thing. Knock on wood we’ve been fortunate that everyone’s been relatively healthy. Nobody’s had major issues. Luckily none of that has happened. We’ve got to use our maturity and brain more and use that to your advantage. We have to be physical. It’s what we do and that’s the way we play. But you learn how to use your muscles properly, learn stamina. We’re playing better live than we ever have."
Read the full interview at About.com Heavy Metal.
