You included in that Rio set a couple of great and I’d say essential Fight tracks, “Into the Pit” in particular. With Fight there were some notable differences vocally from Priest and the energy of the music. For instance, there was I would say more a snotty, punk-ish attitude on “Nailed To The Gun.” So where did you get the influence to go that route with the Fight stuff, and the death metal-ish growls on War of Words?
I think it’s just determined by the music that you surround yourself with. … For the vocal work on the Fight stuff, particularly the first one, WofW, that just seemed very natural for me to do. I don’t think I really stretched that much to be quite honest. … I don’t think I was looking to be overly influenced by any other singers or anything like that. I was just enjoying writing the music for the first time because as you know, all the stuff from WofW came from myself. And that was just a very special moment for me because I wasn’t even aware I was capable of doing something like that because I’ve always written with other people. Wow. So, to actually kind of write that music as I did back in Phoenix around ’92, ’93, whenever it was, that was a fantastic feeling.
Now my next question has to do with Resurrection. Is this the same remaster that you released on iTunes in 2006, or is this a brand new remix of the album?
Yeah, it might have been buffed a bit, you know gone through the carwash one more time, but essentially it’s what was released digitally. … As you said Charlie, it’s a very complete package, the presentation, so it seemed to make more sense than ever to actually include it with the DVD, and the documentary and all the other goodies that are in there. Because it really just ties up that whole launch, that whole period of what I was doing, which has become quite a benchmark in my career.
Speaking of that whole period, you mentioned the newer tracks “Fetish” and “God Bringer of Death.” I’m wondering, when were they recorded? And part two of that question is: I hear there’s at least 9 more of those demos from the Resurrection sessions. Are any of them going to see the light of day?
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