Igor Cavalera paljastaa Bill Wardin olevan rumpusankarinsa

Sepulturan entinen rumpali Igor ”Iggor” Cavalera kertoi Modern Drummerin haastattelussa häntä inspiroineista rumpusankareista. Ykköseksi nousi Black Sabbathin Bill Ward, jolta Cavalera kertoo saaneensa bandanan, jota pitää aarteenaan.
Cavalera kertoo:

”My main drum hero has always been Bill Ward from  Sabbath… He’s my man. I have many drum heroes, but if I have to pick one person that defines for me all those things that I’m talking about — being creative in a studio, performing live with such energy… I got to see him many times live, and I have one of his bandanas that he gave it to me after he performed with Sabbath. So I keep that as a treasure for all my life. I had the pleasure to watch him play towards the end of his career, of course, and he’s just such a creative force. And he was doing things that inspire us as Brazilians, like doing congas, doing overdubs with percussion with Sabbath. People say, like, ’Oh, you pretty much created this whole tribal thing [mixed with metal],’ and I’m, like, ’No, there’s many other people doing things that led me to that path,’ and Bill Ward is definitely one of those guys. He was super open minded. You can hear heavy, you can hear jazz, you can hear Latin things with him. So he’s my man.”

Toinen Cavaleraa inspiroinut rumpali on The Police -yhtyeen Stewart Copeland:

”I have a big list. Of course Stewart Copeland is a huge influence as well. As a Latin, I grew up playing samba and all those rhythms, and to see someone like him bringing that into pop world — we’re talking someone that had a number one hit — and doing crazy stuff on his drums, mixing up Jamaican styles and things like that, with a punk attitude. So he’s also another innovator, in my view, that really influenced me in many ways.”