seriously. He's just a right kind of person. He's prepared to put the work
into it to learn the stuff because some
of is kind of quirky, it is synchronistic.
IE: Now that a few months have
passed since the release of the new
album, how do you view it in the
grand scheme of things?
BS: Well, we played a lot of the songs
IE: Chicago audiences really took to
Carcass from your first appearance
with Death at Medusa's back in 1990.
Are you looking forward to playing in
the Windy City again?
BS: Yeah! I mean that's always a big
one for us. It's a great town anyway.
Musically, Chicago's always been very
strong for us. When we got to play
with Macabre a little while ago, that
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live already. There are three tunes that
we play a lot, and there are few other
tracks that we tried a few times. All I
can say is that the energy level increases when we play these tunes. I don't
know why, maybe because it's fresher
material, but it's been interesting
observing the audience reaction. I was
expecting some kind of different energy, and it just hasn't happened. So
that's a very healthy sign. It seems to
flow very nicely from the older material that we play. So far so good.
IE: Do you think your brand of metal
is finding more acceptance and recognition since you first appeared on the
scene?
BS: Oh, completely! It's impossible to
compare because this group is much
more popular now than it ever was in
the original phase.
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was a great show. We're just excited,
we're looking forward to getting over
there.
IE: Is the band back for good now?
Will there be more albums in the
future?
BS: We don't have a long term plan
because we never have. We're just
planning for the next few months, just
playing out live a lot. And then I'm
hoping towards the end of the year,
we'll have some time off to write the
new material because we're all in
agreement that we would like to try
another album. As far as we're concerned there is a future.
Mark Kadzielawa
Bill Steer