Founding Vio-Lence guitarist Phil Demmel stop the band earlier this 12 months. Demmel has since discovered success with Kerry King‘s solo band and his new group Class 7, and continues to be the on-call dude for each steel band beneath the solar that wants a stay guitarist.
However why did Demmel stop the band he helped present in 1985? In a brand new interview with 107.7 The Bone, Demmel mentioned the band’s turnover charge made it not the identical band it as soon as was. For these unaware, Vio-Lence is at present longtime vocalist Sean Killian and bassist Christian Olde Wolbers, who joined in 2020, alongside a bunch of stay members.
“The Vio-Lence factor simply turned… [Drummer] Perry [Strickland] left, or Perry‘s not within the band, and it simply turned — and I like Christian — it simply turned one thing not acquainted anymore. And it hit me once we performed the Whisky [in February 2023] and it was Adrian [Aguilar], the drummer’s first present. And we had been having this child Miles Dimitri Baker, who performs in Ice Nine Kills proper now, come down, and he was gonna be my fill-in [for some dates]. And so he was gonna play on a track or two.
“And I present as much as the present and I stroll backstage and, man, there was 50 folks backstage and I knew possibly [the guys in] the band and a few different folks. It was simply, like, ‘Man, this is not my house anymore. This does not really feel like house.’ And no slight in opposition to the dudes, ‘trigger I beloved taking part in with Adrian, I beloved taking part in with Christian, and Ira [Black, ex-Vio-Lence guitarist] actually labored exhausting for the band and was an enormous — he was an enormous fighter for the band. He labored exhausting. He cared so much. Ira was a really productive member of Vio-Lence.
“However with the whole lot that was occurring, it was simply time for me to go… The Kerry [King] factor was firing up, the Class 7 factor was firing up, and [I] simply [did] not [want to] let that be a distraction from [the other stuff I was doing].”
Demmel added: “I beloved the [2022] Vio-Lence EP [Let The World Burn] that I wrote, and me and Sean wrote and we recorded with the dudes. And I am tremendous pleased with these songs and the best way that the recording got here out. [Producer and engineer] Juan [Urteaga] did an incredible job.”
In a later remark, Demmel solidified his opinion saying “it simply wasn’t the factor that I began in highschool, and the songs which means the identical.” Which is sensible – for those who’re not gonna be glad within the band you are in, why proceed to do it?”
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