Chris Reifert Quotes

#1. When I was a kid, before there were VCRt, my parents had a movie projector, and we'd watch Frankenstein and Dracula. I just always though that stuff was cool - creepy comics and monsters and horrific stuff. Music lends itself to that whole theme.

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#2. I'm always interested in new things. I don't go seeking out every band I can hear because there are too many, especially now with the Internet. There's no way you can collect everything.

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#3. You can see it in people's faces, when they're into a metal band. It's cool to see that being passed on.

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#4. If it entertains you, cool - read it, listen to it, watch it. But if it horrifies or disgusts you or scares you, then don't listen to it.

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#5. I can safely say that any band with a sentence for a name, 6 members or more and carefully combed to the side hairdos are not metal no matter what distortion pedal they have for their guitars.

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#6. Soccer matches in Europe have riot police. Metal is just people sloshing around drunk and sloppy and having fun, and there's nothing wrong with that. It is a great outlet for aggression.

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#7. That's what metal means to me, feeling that feeling when you hear something that totally turns you on.

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#8. I've got friends in bands who seem like they're always on tour, even still. It may be in some people's blood. I'm sure some bands do it just to earn a living or for the experience.

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#9. I like whatever's good. Metal, rock, new or old - I don't care, as long as it does something to my brain.

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#10. People get so upset about lyrics, and they're probably totally cool with horror movies. That doesn't really make sense.

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