![]() “At the time, Alex and I thought we’d done something new with the phone chorus. I was screaming my guts out down the phone, while all these ‘normal’ people, like chefs, were wandering past. So, Alex suggested what seemed to us to be a novel solution – that I sang the stuff down the phone! It was a crazy idea, but it worked. Now, this was in the time before MP3s and emails really existed. He called me up, and asked when I could do it, but I wasn’t due to go back home for a while. ![]() Alex was in Phoenix doing the Nailbomb record, when he realised that he needed me to do the chorus for the song. “I was in Wales working on the mixes for the Chaos AD record with Andy Wallace. Newport also came up with something of a surprise approach for the chorus to the song Sum Of Your Achievements. We got the live feel sorted, and Alex also got to put in those samples. That’s the reason we got in Igor and Andreas from Sepultura, plus Dino Cazares of Fear Factory and Ritchie Bujnowski, the guitarist with a band called Wicked Death. So, we came to the understanding that there would be a mix of both on the album. I was into the hardcore of bands like Discharge, and I could never imagine them being ruled by machines. “To me, it should have had a live feel in the studio. “Alex was more into samples than I was,” says Max. But there were distinct differences in the way the two men involved approached music. Principle influences on Nailbomb were bands like Ministry and Godflesh. Nailbomb: Sepultura’s Max Cavalera and Fudge Tunnel’s Alex Newport (Image credit: Roadrunner) Alex wasn’t impressed – and complained to Gloria.” One day, I’d gone through a whole bottle of rum by 4pm. In fact, there were times when I was so drunk that I don’t actually remember doing things. What did I do? Fuck shit up, and get real drunk. He was the knob twiddler, the real producer. I guess that Alex and I took different views on the record. But back in 1994, it was all very different. “That may sound a bit odd when anywhere can be turned into a studio. “We were genuinely excited by the thought of going into the studio,” explains the guitarist. Suddenly, what was just a bit of fun between two musicians who shared a similar love of underground sounds, took on a more serious air. I always maintain that Gloria was the brains behind what we did then.” “But he was the one who pushed the two of us into turning this into a record, and got us the deal with Roadrunner. ![]() "For Fucks Sake" contains samples of GG Allin's last TV appearance on The Jane Whitney Show before his death in June 1993.“She’s one of the big surprises in all of this, because I never thought Gloria would have any interest in what we were doing,” says Max. "Cockroaches" contains a sample from the movie Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer. ![]() "Guerrillas" contains a sample of "Procreation of the Wicked" by Celtic Frost and a sample from the movie Salvador. " Police Truck" (live East Bay Ray, Jello Biafra) ![]() Cavalera's son Zyon performed Newport's vocal and keyboard parts for the tour.Īll tracks written by Max Cavalera and Alex Newport unless noted. However, Alex Newport was not part of these performances due to his busy schedule. The album was played live in its entirety for the first time ever in 2017 by Max Cavalera with his band Soulfly, more than 20 years after the release of the album and the band's break up. The album cover is a female Vietnamese civilian with a U.S. The first track "Wasting Away" appears in the 1995 film To Die For. The side project Nailbomb was started by Max Cavalera and Alex Newport in the mid-1990s. Point Blank is the only studio album by heavy metal band Nailbomb, released on March 8, 1994, by Roadrunner Records. ![]()
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