Jeff Walker is such a cool guy to interview, he doesn't give you platitudes or crap, he either thinks of an honest answer or makes a joke, so no one gets uncomfortable.
People kinda like Swansong now, I think it's just a time thing mate, it does have probably their best guitar tone, really heavy n thick but the songs on it aren't they're strongest if I'm being honest, I love Necroticism, I think that album has the most influence on the death metal n goregrind bands, people say Heartwork n that is amazing to no doubt one of the all time best
"When we split up in the 90s nobody gave a f". Oh I did mate, I grew up on that stuff. They were just coming into their own at that point (that sure is an odd expression). To be Heartwork was peak Carcass.
Gosh, Jeff, sounds so cynical - to use his own word. There were hordes, hordes of people who lived and loved Carcass from the beginning to the end in the 90s. I loved every evolution and every single album! You were immensely appreciated by many - many!!! Better check your sources, Jeff 🙃🤘
Jeff is so self deprecating, I think just being British and so many years of dealing with the business and interpersonal stuff in bands wore him down but man, they literally defined a genre (if not a few) and were arguably at their peak when they did split which was so sad at the time. Like many older bands it's great to see them getting some of the recognition and respect they deserve now. In my top 5 bands of all time for sure. 🤘
@@MoCarcass So true. I remember back in time that a friend of mine made me discover Heartwork album, this was mindblowing. Love their stuff, Carcass rules ! Even Kirk Hammett from Metallica like this band.
I remember getting a metal magazine (remember those?) with a Carcass interview mentioned on the cover, when Surgical Steel came out. Good god did Jeff tell it like it was! He reminded everyone how Carcass and Napalm delivered grindcore, death metal, or whatever the nerds wanted to call it that week, to the world. He said that they showed the other bands how it was done, and had done it again with their new album. I loved his unflinching confidence. It was uncompromising and brutal, yet somehow beautiful and addictive. Suffer the Children was so epic. What a heavy riff. And then there was Necroticism. How could anything go beyond that. Then Heartwork came out. To this day, one of,if not the greatest hard rock, metal, death metal, melodic metal, albums of all time. So unique, poetic, insightful, and as the songs alluded, it sounded like the machinations of our modern world were chewing us up and spitting us out, and what was created was dark, intense, honest, and foreboding, reminding us not to repeat horrors of history, yet we were doing that everyday. Then Swansong, Wake Up, Surgical, and of course no one mentions Surplus Steel, with Zochrot and Livestock Marketplace, two of Carcass’ greatest songs, relegated to a forgotten EP. Just like Dispicable, with its final track, Slaughtered in SoHo being, to me, one of the most beautiful yet brutal songs ever written. Equal parts Bach and Sabbath. Awesome.
What's your favourite album then bud? I'd pick Necroticism over Heartwork, heresy haha I really dig Wake Up N Smell The Carcass to but their all great albums n I haven't forgot those EPs bro, they are sitting with the rest of the collection, got a lot of Carcass stuff, guitar picks, hand written letter from Bill from the 90s which a nice guy of eBay gave me for nothing along with a Reek t shirt from their North American Tour, he was pen pals with Bill
@@HyperboreanWandererXIV can you blame him for shaving it his hairline is half way up his head HAHA he looks like fucking cronos from venom in this interview lol
Jeff Walker is such a cool guy to interview, he doesn't give you platitudes or crap, he either thinks of an honest answer or makes a joke, so no one gets uncomfortable.
Always been in love with that band since Symphonies! 30 July 1990 Live Station, Dortmund - my first Carcass show!
holy shit jeff is hilarious lmao
It's crazy how Swansong happened and Carcass still made a comeback with ST and continued with Torn Arteries. 🤘
People kinda like Swansong now, I think it's just a time thing mate, it does have probably their best guitar tone, really heavy n thick but the songs on it aren't they're strongest if I'm being honest, I love Necroticism, I think that album has the most influence on the death metal n goregrind bands, people say Heartwork n that is amazing to no doubt one of the all time best
"When we split up in the 90s nobody gave a f".
Oh I did mate, I grew up on that stuff. They were just coming into their own at that point (that sure is an odd expression). To be Heartwork was peak Carcass.
Gosh, Jeff, sounds so cynical - to use his own word. There were hordes, hordes of people who lived and loved Carcass from the beginning to the end in the 90s. I loved every evolution and every single album! You were immensely appreciated by many - many!!! Better check your sources, Jeff 🙃🤘
Jeff is so self deprecating, I think just being British and so many years of dealing with the business and interpersonal stuff in bands wore him down but man, they literally defined a genre (if not a few) and were arguably at their peak when they did split which was so sad at the time.
Like many older bands it's great to see them getting some of the recognition and respect they deserve now.
In my top 5 bands of all time for sure. 🤘
@@MoCarcass So true. I remember back in time that a friend of mine made me discover Heartwork album, this was mindblowing. Love their stuff, Carcass rules ! Even Kirk Hammett from Metallica like this band.
@@satchsatch33 Yes. I remember when I first got Heartwork - and mind you, I already loved Carcass by then - it was still life-changing. What an album!
Many good bands split up in the 90's - Carcass, At the Gates, Gorefest...
I remember getting a metal magazine (remember those?) with a Carcass interview mentioned on the cover, when Surgical Steel came out. Good god did Jeff tell it like it was! He reminded everyone how Carcass and Napalm delivered grindcore, death metal, or whatever the nerds wanted to call it that week, to the world. He said that they showed the other bands how it was done, and had done it again with their new album. I loved his unflinching confidence. It was uncompromising and brutal, yet somehow beautiful and addictive. Suffer the Children was so epic. What a heavy riff. And then there was Necroticism. How could anything go beyond that. Then Heartwork came out. To this day, one of,if not the greatest hard rock, metal, death metal, melodic metal, albums of all time. So unique, poetic, insightful, and as the songs alluded, it sounded like the machinations of our modern world were chewing us up and spitting us out, and what was created was dark, intense, honest, and foreboding, reminding us not to repeat horrors of history, yet we were doing that everyday. Then Swansong, Wake Up, Surgical, and of course no one mentions Surplus Steel, with Zochrot and Livestock Marketplace, two of Carcass’ greatest songs, relegated to a forgotten EP. Just like Dispicable, with its final track, Slaughtered in SoHo being, to me, one of the most beautiful yet brutal songs ever written. Equal parts Bach and Sabbath. Awesome.
What's your favourite album then bud? I'd pick Necroticism over Heartwork, heresy haha I really dig Wake Up N Smell The Carcass to but their all great albums n I haven't forgot those EPs bro, they are sitting with the rest of the collection, got a lot of Carcass stuff, guitar picks, hand written letter from Bill from the 90s which a nice guy of eBay gave me for nothing along with a Reek t shirt from their North American Tour, he was pen pals with Bill
I love how Jeff always remembers to plug his friends' projects. ❤ What a sweetie!
Nice interview, Jeff shaved his head a couple days ago 😭
Good decision😅
@@DKJB3434 NO
@@HyperboreanWandererXIV can you blame him for shaving it his hairline is half way up his head HAHA he looks like fucking cronos from venom in this interview lol
@@Scvmdog Nah, Cronos has 2 Jeff's foreheads.
He looks not bad with the buzz cut, who gives a shit about long hair these days, it's a pain in the arse to look after, cut mine years ago
Great interview
9:50 - 😭😭😭
Bill left!?