DevilDriverin Dez Fafara puolustaa nu metal -genreä: ”Se on taiteellisinta paskaa tällä planeetalla.”

Coal Chamber – ja DevilDriver -yhtyeistä tuttu Dez Fafara on avannut sanaisen arkkunsa nu metal -genren puolestapuhujana. Hiljattain antamassaan haastattelussa Coal Chamber -bändinsä kuopannut Fafara kertoo, kuinka yhtye oli kyseisessä genressä ensimmäisten joukossa ja kuinka hän auttoi yhteitä kuten Static-X saamaan levydiilin.

Ote Metal Insiderin haastattelusta:

The term nu metal, because at that time when it came out, it wasn’t fucking Poison, it wasn’t hair metal. The term, nu metal. It is some of the most artistic shit on the planet, look at the bands now that are the biggest bands on the planet, they are nu metal. Slipknot, KoRn, Deftones, System of a Down, Disturbed, should I go on?

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Here’s what I will say, proud that Coal Chamber was literally the first one on the scene. Coal Chamber was going to the Whiskey and the Roxy with that scene, starting that scene. ‘We got shows, you want to play with us?’ I found Static-X, at the Coconut Teaser with 25 people, turned them on to somebody and they got a record deal. There was something happening in that scene, it was bad ass.

Here’s a fact, how many bands now that are coming up, kids that are 18-25, that are going, oh yeah, that’s my music. KoRn and Linkin Park are my band, Coal Chamber was my band. You can’t negate a scene if it’s good because some purist said the word “nu” is not good, because i’m going to listen to that mother fucker’s record collection and say, this shit is fucking trash. Even though you think your black metal is amazing, this band here is fucking horrible. There’s always something to be judged, good or bad. Bottom line, it’s all art that is put out there, there’s art to be used for the radio, art to be used in the popular culture, there’s real art. I respect real art. You can tell the difference between and just made in the studio, no balls, no feeling, just going through the motions, phony in their order.