Interview with mike ix williams of eyehategod 7182017. Gold vinyl, available only at eyehategod shows 100 hand numbered copies on clear vinyl with handscreened mirror covers, a 5 embroidered patch and download code. Music on the brain all the time interview mike ix williams with eyehategod in seattle. After receiving a liver transplant late last year, mike ix williams is back and. Nov 23, 2016 eyehategod frontman mike ix williams needs a liver transplant and his wife is asking fans to help pay for the lifesaving treatment. The band played a set at the 2006 mardi gras festival, the first since the disaster. Eyehategods singer mike williams said that the day felt like an. Its been great, weve done a lot of shows with our new drummer so those have been good obviously, but besides that our new albums coming out in may on a few different record labels. Oo%,guilt of,and all his other projects, has 314 members. Interview with mike ix williams of eyehategod 7182017 youtube.
Eyehategods mike williams interviewed on metal hammer. Williams was invited to join eyehategod by jimmy bower in 1988. As williams states below though, he could still use any help with the costs for various activities and medication related to his ongoing recovery. Eyehategod play to their ferociously metallic strengths while never compromising their identity as swampy sludgerockers, and the result is an album thats equally impressive as it is brutal. In an interview with the void with christina, williams said the record was.
Mike ix williams vocals eyehategod also known as ehg is an american band from new orleans, founded by jimmy bower and a different line up in 1988. Be sure to check out the new releases by both bands which are. Williams spent 91 days in the morgan city jail, and kicked his heroin habit. Phil anselmo filling in for mike williams with eyehategod at. An interview with eyehategods mike ix metal addicts.
As of lately weve changed our sound to more grateful dead worship, he teased, and we will most likely sit on beanbags and smoke from a communal pipe. Mike ix williams on his health and returning to eyehategod clrvynt. Mike williams trademark tortured screams and very raw production. Have a 2cd tribute album titled for the sick released on emetic records with cover songs from bands like brutal truth, sourvein, minsk, lair of the minotaur, alabama. Eyehategod discuss new 7inch and upcoming studio album. After a liver transplant, mike ix williams returns to the stage with eyehategod. Eyehategods mike williams on his bands return to cmj, illicit chemicals, and what hes saving for his next book. Eyehategods mike ix williams gives update on his health.
Since then, all eyehategod albums have featured his vocals which have been described as tortured laryngitis screams, an indecipherable ranting and the utmost sickening, pukeridden audio atrocities that could actually prove deadly if taken in large doses. Mike ix williams returns to the stage with eyehategod. Interview with mike ix williams from eyehategod in. I bought cancer as a social activity almost a year after i purchased my first eyehategod record. During all this activity, eyehategod found time to compile and release their live album 10 years of abuse and still broke which was mainly released due to a contractual obligation with century media, and record and release yet more split records and 7 inches. In amongothers second episode, he discusses support from his wife and fans. Michael is a very private person, and i respected that. Mike ix from the band eyehategod was kind enough to sit down with me. Phil anselmo played guitar for a show at cbgbs replacing brian patton and has also appeared live with eyehategod numerous times.
Oct 03, 2016 fronted by mike williams, the band is known for their very slow yet punky sound as well as always producing quality output. The interview took place just before they hit the stage in indianapolis, indiana on thursday night, june. Jan 08, 2014 an interview with eyehategod s mike ix williams. Tshirtslayer is the worlds largest community of heavy metal merchandise collectors and battlejacket builders. Eyehategod 99 miles of bad road 2004, vinyl discogs.
I have an affinity for old 70 80s punk like the testors, disorder, violent apathy, the fix, uk subs, pil, germs, dead boys, dri. Great, fantastic, glad to be back on tour but were always on tour, this year. It isnt long before that old friend rears its ugly, squalid head either. Eyehategod also known as ehg is an american band from new orleans, founded by jimmy bower and a different line up in 1988. It is not presently clear if there are still any charges pending against williams, who was said to be on probation when he got busted, according to the groups guitarist, jimmy bower also of down and.
Apr 10, 2017 eyehategod vocalist mike williams says it was totally strange seeing phil anselmo and randy blythe guest on the bands live dates while he recovered from a liver transplant. Feb 10, 2015 mike ix williams and jimmy bower discuss the latest eyehategod record, pecan pie, new material, their fan base and more. Jimmy bower on recording a new album, touring, roadburn and more jimmy bower is a good dude. As the vocalist for the infamous new orleans outfit eyehategod. The years of hard living have taken their toll on eyehategod frontman mike ix williams it would seem. In this interview, mike talks about the bands upcoming us tour dates, the set list, the halloween shows with quintron, the. As soon as my phone begins ringing, i would be talking with mike ix williams. Interview with mike ix williams from eyehategod in metal. The singer had been sidelined from the band for quite some time as he has been in the. It was crazy to watch totally strange to watch somebody in my spot. Jimmy bower and joey lacaze founded the band on april 20, 1988 420, and they recruited mike williams, brian. We have the worlds largest collection of heavy metaldeath metaldoom metalglam metalrocketc tshirts, patches and more.
It also welcomes forth parish motel sickness, which wouldnt be out of place on what many people would deem the definitive album of the bands back catalogue, take as needed for pain. Its been fourteen years since eyehategod put out a new albumwhats the biggest step the band has taken with regards to fine tuning its already dominant songwriting skills. Mike williams is a musician and poetwriter from new orleans, louisiana. Williams, the volatile frontman for nola sludge pioneers eyehategod, asks. Mike ix williams onstage at the acheron in brooklyn in november. With the help of his eyehategod bandmates and supporters such as phil anselmo, williams was released from jail on december 2, 2005.
May 27, 2017 eyehategod new orleans is the new vietnam mike ix returns shreveport, louisiana. Jun 17, 2014 photo by caroline harrison eyehategod are an american institution. Eyehategod merch collection tshirts, battlejackets and. The record the vocalist and wildeyed wordsmith behind the revered new orleans sludge metal band says the musicians didnt consider giving up. Godfathers of sludge eyehategod return to australia for a run of shows this month, with vocalist mike williams in a typically jovial mood when asked what we can expect from the band. Raph gordon this interview was taken from sex before suicide hi. Jun 04, 2014 vocalist mike ix williams is my guest today in 7 questions. As much as he hates the idea of asking for help, he needs your support now more than ever and has realized that his friends, family and fans deserve to know exactly what is going on with him and his health. For example, when i talked to the eyehategod guitarist for the following interview, it was may 25, just before the band played a show supporting pentagram as they both headed to the maryland deathfest.
Andy photo by andy the expression when one door shuts, another one opens couldnt be more true when applied to the life of mike ix williams, raging vocalist for eyehategod. I cant damage myself too much anymore or i might wake up unconscious forever. Currently a fourpiece comprised of vocalist mike ix williams, guitarist jimmy bower, bassist gary mader, and drummer aaron hill, ehg continue to decimate on album and stage both. Eyehategod bassist talks frontmans health and current. I was hoping for the same nihilistic, obscene bitterness that i had come to expect from mike williams and his band of merry mauraders, but was surprised to find something a little more elegant than a treatsie on wasted life. We have known for a while something was going on with mike as he stepped back from performing with eyehategod this year, but his absence wasnt really explained. Frank, uncensored interview with mike ix of eyehategod youtube. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options.
Eyehategod frontman, mike ix williams has successfully undergone a liver transplant, with his new liver producing bile almost right away, an extremely good. We regret to have to cancel both our australian and mexican dates until further notice. Eyehategod is the fifth studio album by american sludge metal band eyehategod which was released on may 26, 2014 in north america through housecore records and may 27, 2014 in europe through century media records. Soon after the group formed, mike ix williams became the 2nd vocalist and joe lacaze became the 2nd drummer, followed by brian patton on guitar. Seth putnam, a friend of the band, did vocals for one eyehategod show while mike was in prison. The record the vocalist and wildeyed wordsmith behind the revered new orleans sludge metal band says the. The embattled frontman is going on almost 30 years. The band recently cancelled a planned australian tour and postponed a mexican trek. May 23, 2014 with lacazes drum tracks on the record, eyehategod is a fitting tribute, but also signifies a new beginning for this band that just dont quit. Eyehategod frontman mike ix williams needs liver transplant. We sat down with eyehategod frontman mike williams to talk about hurricane katrina, phil anselmo and his new sideproject shares ahead of the release of eyehategod s selftitled fifth album, we fired some questions at the frontman of the sludge metal pioneers. Metal hammer editor alexander milas recently conducted an interview with eyehategod frontman mike williams for the metal hammer radio show on.
Eyehategod bassist talks frontmans health and current music scene. God probably isnt too fond of them either music feature. Eyehategod member leaves group 07112018 eyehategod frontman mike williams revealed in an interview conducted during hellfest that longtime guitarist brian patton has left the group for family. May 21, 2014 eyehategods new selftitled record is one born out of tribulation.
Mike ix williams and jimmy bower interview by metal mark. Pulling it together to pen a new record 14 years after the release of its predecessor confederacy of ruined lives, the incumbent kings of drugaddled sludge metal miserablism have gone through a litany of troubles, including poverty, drug withdrawal, prison time and an apocalyptic natural disaster. Interview eyehategod, home featured, mike ix, mike williams, new orleans, politics, senator jason rapert, sludge metal. Mike williams singer michael ix williams is the singer of american sludge metal band eyehategod and the former associate editor of metal maniacs. Redirected from disappearance of jerry michael williams jump to navigation jump to search. I just have to ignore em and wait for someone to tell me on the spot, your flights at 2. With a discography that goes back to 1992 and a reputation as the builders of the subgenre known by many as sludge metal more on that later, eyehategod are one of those rare bands that are often imitated but never duplicated. God probably isnt too fond of them either eyehategod s mike ix williams on two decades of broken glass, naked fans, addictive drugs, and blowing off the evil steam. They have addressed that with the following statement. Decibels entire exclusive interview with eyehategod frontman mike williams is available in the magazines february 2006 issue, on sale now. Phil anselmo filling in for mike williams with eyehategod at gwarbq.
Fronted by mike williams, the band is known for their very slow yet punky sound as well as always producing quality output. Jun 19, 2006 a series of buzzing, lurching dirges steeped in feedback and contempt, take as needed for pain was released in 1993, spawning countless imitators as vocalist mike williams, drummer joey lacaze, guitarist jimmy bower also of down and superjoint ritual, guitarist brian patton also of soilent green, and thenbassist marc schultz lashed a. Eyehategod bassist talks frontmans health and current music. Eyehategods mike williams interview at hellfest 2018 youtube. Mike williams also founded outlaw order and arson anthem. An interesting 2008 mike ix williams eyehategod interview. Williams a postjail interview with eyehategods frontman. But in detroit, there was some rock and roll to warm up the air as black label society made a stop on their tour o doom tour, with special guest corrosion of conformity and eyehategod. Eyehategod take the hardcore aesthetic and mix in that amazing louisiana doom giving us the hardcore style vocals of mike williams and ultra heavy guitar riffing that dont bother with solos and settle instead for absolutely crushing slow fury that is somewhat akin to getting run over by a mack truck and then having the driver back up and hit. When youve lost your family as a child, lived in a boys home and on the streets, you know pain. Venomous intent with eyehategod heavy magazine music. January 5th, 2018 my first concert of the new year, and what a frigid day it was. Since you bring up white nigger, besides being a shock statement it is about the destruction and deterioration of racial relations and not to mention a nod to patti smith lyrics, the great writer lester bangs tshirt comments and a rip off of sf punk band the avengers song title as well.
Eyehategod frontman mike ix williams has provided a new update on his health and recover after having undergone a liver transplant this past december. Eyehategod 99 miles of bad road encyclopaedia metallum. Mike ix williams returns to the stage with eyehategod duration. Eyehategod take as needed for pain decibel magazine. He is most known as the vocalist for the nola sludge metal band, eyehategod. Eyehategod s show at vinos in little rock, arkansas would have been just another stop on their neverending tour schedule, except that. In a recent interview, williams explains that the band dont want to. In 2005, he released a book of poems and lyrics entitled cancer as a social activity. Eyehategod frontman mike ix williams was the latest guest on full metal jackies weekend radio program. Mike williams spoke to us at hellfest 2018 about how his life has changed since his liver transplant, the progression of their new album, and. In a recent interview, williams explains that the band dont want to stray too far from their. Vocalist mike williams needed and received a new liver in 2016.
Check out this interview with kirk windstein of crowbar and mike willams of eyehategod talking about their favourite vinyl releases. Williams best known as the vocalist and wildeyed wordsmith behind revered sludge metal gods eyehategod has had a rough life, one stained by addiction, poverty, incarceration, depression and katrinas flood waters, but 20 brought with it an unexpected, nearly crippling blow. Comes with cover and insert liner notes done by singer michael williams as well as a patch. Interview with mike ix williams from eyehategod on their 20th anniversary, the nola underground, and music and the internet posted oct 15, 2008 at 3. Intellectual convulsion was a french label that pressed 15002000 copies of the album in the year 1990, the label shut down shortly thereafter. Interview with mike williams from eyehategod by metalassault. May 27, 2014 eyehategod take the hardcore aesthetic and mix in that amazing louisiana doom giving us the hardcore style vocals of mike williams and ultra heavy guitar riffing that dont bother with solos and settle instead for absolutely crushing slow fury that is somewhat akin to getting run over by a mack truck and then having the driver back up and hit. Jun 17, 2010 god probably isnt too fond of them either eyehategods mike ix williams on two decades of broken glass, naked fans, addictive drugs, and blowing off the evil steam.
With over three decades of activity under their collective belts, eyehategod is just as severely savage in 2018 as they were at their start back in 1988. This interview was done in july 2008 for a past fanzine ive done for a few years called expired no hope. Check out an interview and some photos from the book, some of whiich. Beginning of a dialog window, including tabbed navigation to register an account or sign in to an existing account. Feedback as a weapon has pretty much always been the mantra of eyehategod. Crust punk stoner rock patch design thrash metal death metal southern style black metal cool bands sick. Jul 18, 2017 interview with mike ix williams of eyehategod 7182017 donate to mikes medical costs check out eyehategod a. Give mike ix williams a pen, or a microphone, and he can distill and project his anguish like nobody else. Ahead of the release of eyehategods selftitled fifth album, we fired some questions at the frontman of the sludge metal pioneers hey mike williams, hows it going. If youve ever had a crippling substance addiction, had all your wordly posessions burned during hurricane katrina, and been locked up in a hicktown parrish jail, withdrawing from opiates while wondering if anyone knows you are alive, you know pain. Photo by caroline harrison eyehategod are an american institution.
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