HEATHEN - "On Lead Vocals...Paul Baloff?"
June 19, 2004, 19 years ago
In a recent interview with Electricbasement.com, guitarist Lee Altus of the recently reformed HEATHEN revealed that late EXODUS frontman Paul Baloff briefly replaced original vocalist Dave White at one point in time.
"Yeah, that was a very short moment of weakness. After the first album was out, our whole thing was Bay Area thrash and everybody liked more heavier singers, and in order to stand out, we thought, 'Hey we could do a lot more, we could stretch out, to decide to go into another direction or whatever.' But then, there was so much pressure from the fans around, 'We love your music, but Dave's gotta go, you gotta get a new lead singer.' So we finally gave in. It was a big internal thing in the band, and Paul, he was just kicked out of Exodus, and we thought, okay, we'll give it a shot with Paul, the legend who cannot sing.We tried it, and it was obvious that it just was not for us. He was great with Exodus, but he just wasn't for Heathen. So we went, tail between our legs, to Dave and asked him to come back. I'm glad we were able to work it out."
Read the entire exclusive interview at Electricbasement.com
