Interview with Shane Embury (Napalm Death and many other great bands) pre-Australian tour-excellent long form chat about the band, Shane's book and much more.

 

Interview with Shane Embury (Napalm Death and many other great bands) pre-Australian tour-excellent long-form chat about the band, Shane's book and much more.

Shane is a brilliant creator of music and his list of epic bands is overwhelming, like Napalm Death, Unseen Terror, Brujeria, Venomous Concept, Blood from the Soul, Meathook Seed, Tronos and Dark Sky Burial to name a few.

He is a huge lover of music, and its creation and absolutely loves playing live. Most importantly he is a relaxed guy who loves a chat about all things Napalm Death and otherwise:

-Working out how many times Napalm Death have been to Australia(we decided x5, we think)

-Shane’s neverending amount of bands/projects

-His creative processes for these bands, always reverting to the experimental and not overthinking it all or making it complicated

-Life?...and Napalm Death his new book that drops in October and some of its very varied content, some more personal, some band history, stories including how his family shaped him and heaps more

-How he attempts to balance out life/fatherhood/bands/musical creation and how the love and passion of music attack him like a great itch

-How he has been lucky to have so many amazing collaborations with sensational artists and how some of these came about

-The intriguing history of Napalm Death

-How he gets an idea and saves it for later and what makes a decent song

-How the extreme and eclectic drives the music of Napalm Death, including bashing the fuck out of oil cans and recording it, how pushing the boundaries is key

-His long and varied career and how he is so grateful for it and his reflections on it

-The Mermaid pub in Birmingham and its significance from DIY gigs and a platform for extreme bands

(Early 1985 picture of Napalm Death-Justin, Nic and Mick at The Mermaid)

-how Nic Bullen(ND original member) is still excited about what Napalm Death is still creating

And more!

Enjoy:

Find Shane (and links for his book) here:

 https://www.shaneembury.com/

Find Napalm Death here:

https://www.facebook.com/officialnapalmdeath

And their upcoming Australian tour:

Melbourne is sold out with many more shows close to sold out!.

Tix here:

https://www.swdpresents.com/post/napalm-death-campaign-for-musical-destruction-australian-nz-tour-sept-5th-17th-with-wormrot