METAL INQUISITION INTERVIEWS, SHITS ALL OVER BILLY MILANO
Friday, June 19th, 2009 at 3:00pm by Axl Rosenberg
As an interviewer, you quickly learn that you have very little control how an interview goes. Of course, you can show up well prepared and ready to chat all day long, but if the person you’re interviewing turns out to be a diva/an imbecile/hungover/whatever, there’s really nothing you can do but try to get through it as quickly and painlessly as possible and hope it translates in way that is at least semi-interesting way for the eventual reader.
Of course, in the case of
You were in SOD and then MOD. Do you ever talk to Dave Mustaine about how he should have named Megadeth “Netallica” instead? What do you think of “Slayer 2″?
Never cared to ask Dave about that shit, Slayer 2? I actually think there was a band called slayer from Texas or somewhere and Slayer in LA was a band at that time. That is something you need to check on.
[I seriously think he missed the point of this question. I know he is not going to be in MENSA anytime soon but honestly... it's kind of sad to see a human being who is this dense!]An argument has been made by some that the cost of medical care for illegal immigrants is not as costly to the US economy as caring for the medical needs of the overweight Americans. Do you care to comment?
Yes this is true, I have read that argument and it has valid points but let me embellish. No illegal immigrant should be given FREE health care or GOVERNMENT sponsored health care when American citizens who do NOT have health care can and are denied.
[I think he also missed the point of this question. Hint: we were calling you fat, Billy the Hut]
Now, under normal circumstances, I imagine that Metal Inquisition would be fielding angry phone calls and e-mails from some butthurt publicist right about now. Luckily for them, I’m fairly certain no publicist in the world gives two shits about Billy Milano at this point.
You MUST read the rest of this interview. And props to
Kind of funny, considering Sergeant D took his name from an S.O.D song.
He’s like the equivalent of a trophy wife…except completely not one at all. Usually its all looks no brains, but he takes the cake with no looks and no brains. A double whammy. I hope he has money because otherwise his ability to mate is non-existent.
Metal Inquisition asked some idiotic questions. I met Billy Milano after a show he did in Des Moines, IA a couple months back in support of M.O.D’s new album and he was actually a class act.
After the show, he sat down at a table and signed albums, posters and anything else with fans and posed for pictures. He seemed happy to do it and hung around the venue longer than I did. Milano put on a high energy live show and he can be a funny dude at times (although right-wing and racist occasionally, yes).
This guy does what he does because he loves to play metal music. At this point in the game he can’t be making all that much money and yet he still plays shows and is happy doing it. And that is something to respect.
Imagine this, you are in Milano’s place. You agree to take the time to do an interview and then you get all of this questions that are basically designed to piss you off or make you look like an idiot. How would you respond? He probably answered these questions in a few minutes and hit send thinking the guys at Metal Inquisition were amateurs at best (sort of true).
S.O.D. is a legendary thrash/punk/hardcore band and Billy Milano was a huge part of its sound, like it or not.
Hey fuckwit. Metal’s not serious.
Metal Inquisition always does tongue-in-cheek interviews. It’s one of the D’s things that he does.
This guy was one of the few dumbfucks who totally let it go over his head.
Yeah, maybe he’s the fucking nicest guy in the world, but Seargeant D doesn’t hate the guy. He was just having some fun at his expense.
I didn’t mean to say all metal is serious. I was just saying some of their questions weren’t all that funny at all or worded too poorly for them to be at least.
Have you ever seen any of the SOD DVDs? Milano is the least serious of the bunch, always playing pranks and telling jokes.
I guess he should be happy someone, anyone wants to interview him. You deserve respect because you are out there playing music you love? Doesn’t every band do that. That doesn’t demand respect. To the contrary, if that’s what you are doing, you need to defend that shit, if you can. If you are too stupid to do so, then defend yourself (against smart ass interviewers).
I agree that Milano’s politica are troglodytic at best, but Randy’s right, he’s a class act in person. He manages a club here in Austin and treats everyone with due respect regardless of who they are. I was similarly repelled when I first found out he was living here, but soon learned that he’s way more bark than bite.
But I don’t agree that anyone deserves respect simply because they or their band was great. While few can match thier musical acumen, it doesn’t make the Bad Brains (for example) any less douche-ey for being the religious twits they are.
Honestly, this interview was dumb, and while Milano may not be the brightest, it’s easy to see people’s disdain for him come largely from political disagreements. Of course, Axl and Vince’s only determination of someone’s intelligence is agreement with their pet political views.
Yup, pretty much.
Sergeant D is coming and you’re on his list! Better than Waking the Cadaverous Vagina for sure.
Amway Rules!!!
This is priceless
I’m blinded by his nasty ass so I couldn’t read the interview………. No seriously when are these guys going to realize that we help promote their stuff and deserve respect. No one is that fuckin stupid he was just being a prick.
He intervened with a club as a soundman and got my band payed when they tried to stiff us. He had no obligation to help at all but stayed late to help us out.
Sgt D should get his own show on Fuse TV.
Billy Milano is one of those people that doesn’t agree with the majority, so he is ostracized. Granted, his music hasn’t been too good aside from SOD stuff, but from what I know about him he’s a class act, so stop shitting on him and focus on some people that are actually tools like Maynard James Keenan for example (no pun intended, seriously). Chances are he knew that those questions were shots at him and he took the mature approach and answered them with class rather than falling for the bait.
Correct
‘falling for the bait’? If he knew they were ‘traps’, then he could have seized the moment to make some funny. funny isn’t mutually exclusive to classy.
There is nothing classy about this guy.
why should he be fucked to make some geeks website interesting?
because he owes it to the fans…they downloaded his music ffs!!!
dicks
Seriously?? I tried to “get” the “wit” in this interview & almost felt sorry until I realized that Sgt.D was just being a fucking douche bag. Granted, Billy Milano is far from being an intellect and you may disagree with his politics but give the guy some fucking credit & respect. He’s tried to earn a living doing what he loves and in the process help create two of the best Hardcore/Thrash albums. He also gave the time of day to your fucking useless blog where,maybe, just a few people would waste their day reading all of your blathering bullshit.
BTW, stop sucking off Scott Ian! Why?? Because Anthrax hasn’t released anything worth listening to since “Among the Living”…
Well, maybe, “State of Euphoria” was alright….
*Oops* I meant Metal Inquisition’s blog…Sorry.
The interview was poorly done. Just because Billy didn’t get the gist of the questions doesn’t mean they were worth asking.
that cunt looks like me from the back…SHAAAAARRRRON.
Never in the course of my life have I envisioned feeling sorry for Billy Milano. Yet…here I am…
I can’t stand Billy Milano, as a singer or a person, but this interview was just stupid. Sarge really was just trying to be a douchebag and I think Milano wasn’t going to give him the satisfaction.
This interview is full of fail. Such a letdown after the glorious pwning of the stangry singer of Waking the Cadaver’s Mom or something
The interview wasn’t half as funny as it thought it was – and no, not in the same league as the antics with Donald and his energy drinks.
did you just call vinnie labella from exhorder an aids victim??? that dude will gut you.