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SNFC: so where do Filter and the ladies come in?
Hetfield: it was actually FF's touring keyboardist that got Filter's attention about this. U2 had apparently wanted in, 'cuz Adam [Clayton] is apparently a fan, but couldn't make it because they were touring, so Richard goes and asks Bono over the phone if he could cover a U2 song, so he obliged. As for Jan and Kirsty, well Jan was already the vocalist for the song Paul wanted to parody, but she was working on something with Kirsty at the time, so it was either a package deal or no deal. Not that we minded or anything. Hell, at the time, we barely knew who they were so we didn't give a rat's ass!
Hammett: but then of course, we met them!
Hawkshaw/Johnston: awww!
Hetfield: Then Paul gets on the horn to this guy named Liam...
Howlett: That would be me.
Hetfield: ... who had said he was interested and had left a message on Paul's cell phone, to give him the details. I must say, some of the collaborations that resulted were f*cked up, man!
Ulrich: You can say that again! Having you having to tune your guitar down to B to be the lead guitarist for Weird Al's little number and then have Steve [Gillis, Filter's drummer] and Byron complete the band.
Burton: and what about an actual SNFC player on keyboards for our tunes using Paul's sounds... and even one of his own?
Power: So that's why he left the stadium when he was subbed off! *laughs* Yes, I'm kidding.
DC76: playing keyboard with one of my favourite bands? How could I possibly refuse? Besides, what SNFC record would be complete without a cameo from someone who plays for them?
SNFC: what other combinations manifested?
DC76: well you had PvD chipping in sounds for Filter, Kirsty and Jan deciding to back-up sing for Juliette on "Dimitar B...."
Lewis: Yeah, that was fun!
DC76: I think the most notable one was Kirk playing the solos in "Too Good For Conference," in the place of the ones Kerry King played in "Final Prayer."
Flint: What about you and Metallica?
Ulrich: Yeah, what about that?
DC76: it was that good?
Ulrich: Dude, "One" sounded like S&M all over again!
SNFC: I'd noticed, it was in E key again.
Hetfield: Yeah, that was Bob's idea - he figured it sounded better that way, so we tuned up to E and hoped I didn't blow my vocal cords out again.
Hammett: And fortunately, you didn't.
SNFC: so about the lyrics...
Everyone: *laughs*
Hetfield: F*ck man, I didn't think we were capable of anything that kooky! "Now the D is gone, there's just Rob, oh God help me, hold my breath as I wait for Rob to put the ball past me?" "Network is taking us down, grinding us up, swallowing us whole, scoring more goals, stopping more shots, kicking our ass, leaving us here in hell?"
Burton: kooky doesn't even begin to describe it, man!
Hawkshaw: When I first looked at the lyrics, I'd wondered if Paul had gone completely mad! But then I realised what he was doing. Never a bad thing to do something "just for fun" once in a while!
Burton: F*ckin right! The guys had a blast! You could tell DC was enjoying it, too! He was f*ckin head bangin when he was hitting the fake ivories! And how about Kirk busting out solos in every song he played, including the parody of "Closure?" I remember one of the guys from Chevelle having heard this and going like, "woah, what the f*ck? Why didn't we think of that?"
Jasta: We had to force him to stop because he kept trying to outdo himself after he'd already outdone Kerry's "Final Prayer" contribution!
Patrick: We, as in Filter, were a little more serious because we didn't want to mess up a song by U2. But the guys here said our little parody was pretty cool, so, maybe we should have loosened up a little.
Burton: I swear, you could tell Richard was high-strung in the first week or so. So I was like, "BUDDY! Cool the f*ck down! Have some fun!" And once they figured out that this was about just that, fun, then they started to loosen up, and everything just fell into place.
DC76: I'm sure Lyubo's gonna love it.
SNFC: Last question, who is on board for the original-works project?
Rock: All of us (except Bill) for starters. We have two more people producing - Johnny Vicious, a trance DJ, and Rhys Fulber. Weird Al isn't going to be on this record. I think there were more people interested in this aspect - we tentatively have thirty tracks for this thing.
Jasta: Nothing short of a f*ckin monster!
Rock: As I Lay Dying, both big Fulber/Leeb projects, Chevelle, Basement Jaxx, Parva, um... who else?...
Hetfield: Machine Head.
DC76: Machine f*ckin Head??? SWEET!!
Rock: Thanks, that reminded me. Machine Head, Arch Enemy, Children of Bodom, Ferry Corsten, Jet Set Satellite, Bloc Party, Broken Social Scene, Stereophonics, Deftones, Twista, and I think U2 said they could actually make it for this one. Wasn't this indie ambient group supposed to be involved too?
DC76: Mythos was going to be but pulled out, I think. Pity, really.
SNFC: Thank you all for showing up.
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So the tentative list of artists involved in the Tunes To Play Football By (working title) project is:
Metallica, System Of A Down, Filter, Finger Eleven, Hatebreed, Paul van Dyk, F-Used, Fear Factory, Prodigy, As I Lay Dying, Delerium, Front Line Assembly, Chevelle, Basement Jaxx, Parva, Jet Set Satellite, Machine Head, Arch Enemy, Children of Bodom, Ferry Corsten, Broken Social Scene, Stereophonics, Deftones, Twista, U2
and added after interview time:
Wyclef Jean, Incubus, The Payola$, Trapt, The London Symphony Orchestra (conducted by John Williams).
DC76's agent said he's unlikely to be on anything to do with this record before mid-April.
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