Empire State Bastard on their heavy metal supergroup with Dave Lombardo

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Simon Neil (Biffy Clyro) and Mike Vennart (Biffy live guitarist and formerly Oceansize) sat down with NME to tell NME about putting together their art-metal supergroup Empire State Bastard with the "marvellous" Naomi Macleoud of Bitch Falcon and "hero" Dave Lombardo of Slayer (who they also took to Greggs and Lidl). Here they also tell us what to expect from their debut album, what the future holds, and those long-awaited albums from Marmaduke Duke and Tippie Toes
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@pwhitaker569 11 ай бұрын

I love Mike Vennert cos he's a Yorkshireman and he wrote Effloresce

@cactus-mcjacktus 7 ай бұрын

Effloresce is an incredible record

@ins1demanwhitaker527 7 ай бұрын

I read the comment and knew it was you our kid 😂

@pwhitaker569 7 ай бұрын

@@ins1demanwhitaker527 🤣🤣🤣

@scotteverett7834 Жыл бұрын

After seeing Simon listen to Converge before doing one of his Covid sessions and listening to them myself I can see where this band is coming from. And yeah, Dave Lombardo, that's worth the price of admission alone. Can't wait for the full album

@daysofgrandeur Жыл бұрын

So looking forward to the album! The two songs I've heard so far are cracking 🤙

@montlejohnbojangles8937 11 ай бұрын

I'm just so excited to see Mike and Simon still playing and making some new music. Fabulous.

@wellyftw 9 ай бұрын

Really good interview. Saw Empire State Bastard at ArcTangent last month and while I'm pretty familiar with Oceansize, don't really know much about Biffy Clyro although I've heard of them. So wasn't sure what to expect. But they were absolutely brilliant and this was a good insight into how the band came about and what they're aiming to achieve. I'll be keeping a close eye on ESB and hopefully catch them in Manchester. Good interview, NME.

@Man_Ray78 10 ай бұрын

This Ad popped on my facebook ,with this grotesque album cover would be comming out 1 september and here i am going trough it all. It's very good music, guys!

@rschnabel6282 Жыл бұрын

Legends ❤

@jbsvinylcassettes8585 8 ай бұрын

I have their debut album on vinyl. It is a great pressing…and the music is brutal. Love it!!

@mattfleming2287 5 ай бұрын

This is the most Important album of the times. It’s real. It’s 2023. Good job, lads.

@angusthunder3152 Жыл бұрын

Omg yes

@aliwalker5378 15 күн бұрын

Strong Naboo vibes here

@Snoopdave2000 10 ай бұрын

One of them got the saline

@ChrisDN 9 ай бұрын

Kinda wish they weren't being described as 'heavy metal' tbh. These guys ain't metal IMO. That genre-attribution absolutely turns me off checking a band out. Only discovered them because of Mike being on TPS this week; the album is glorious!

@yandan7010 9 ай бұрын

'Labels'. Fuck them.

@cactus-mcjacktus 7 ай бұрын

It’s more like a grindcore album. Whatever it is it’s incredible

@humbug4478 7 ай бұрын

Yet they love Metal! As they so eloquently stated Metal sorts the heads from the haircuts

@chizzulwinduh1941 9 ай бұрын

I bought the album. It's basically a close interpretation of Mike Patten's various musical outings over the years, from Mr Bumble to present. Nothing unique here.

@mattfleming2287 5 ай бұрын

I also bought the album. I respectfully disagree. I understand your comparison, but there’s a vibe throughout this album that’s real. Simon isn’t Patton. Vennart isn’t Buzzo. When you have Lombardo on drums, there will be similarities especially as both are heavy, dynamic music. These are more songs than pieces. It’s unique for many reasons, least of which is it’s a reaction to modern times. It’s current.This will forever be a time stamp of 2023, the angst, the desperation, the anger…I think it’s brilliant.