In the long corridor at Dave Grohl’s Studio 606 in Los Angeles, Corrosion Of Conformity drummer Reed Mullin is quietly losing his shit, unsure what to say. At the other end of the corridor stands 64-year-old American punk rock legend , happily recalling the time that his band Fear were banned for life from . “Dude!” beams Reed, as if we haven’t noticed.
“It’s Lee Ving!” Behind us, ’s Matt Skiba is taking selfies with My Ruin’s and Mick Murphy, while Fireball Ministry’s Jim Rota chats to Samhain drummer London May. In all, there are about 15 band members here, all gathered for a photoshoot and to hear the final mix of their new album, , which is blasting from the studio. Currently, we’re listening to ’s blistering rendition of the John Cleese poem .
And it’s not every day you get to hear Monty Python-approved punk rock! Make no mistake, this is no ordinary album playback, where you’ll be stuffed into a joyless room with some humourless journalists, or, worse still, have to listen to the record in front of the band, hoping to nod in all the right places. Instead, Reed hands out beers and there’s a general mingling about, and not a little confusion about who’s actually in the band, as some of them have never actually met before. This is no ordinary band, either.
In all, there are 35 members (and counting), including some of the biggest names in rock, such as , Corey Taylor, Randy Blythe, Neil Fallon, Doyle Von Frankenstein and Nick Oliveri. The ba.
