Exclusive Interview with Necro

Heeee, this guy’s mom is a dosit.

Check out the Jewschool Necro interview here.

This interview was done by Bela Nagy of www.salatamagazin.com.

MI: I can imagine that you and your brother, ILL BiLL as kids listened to Rakim and Celtic Frost, Public Enemy and Metallica etc. It was a natural thing in your neighborhood to influenced by hiphop AND metal at the same time?

NECRO: YEAH, WE HAD A STATION CALLED U068 THAT PLAYED VIDEOS FROM BOTH GENRES. I DON’T KNOW, IT’S JUST HOW IT WAS. IN THE PROJECTS YOU HAD HIPHOP DUDES AND METAL DUDES AND EVERYONE INTERACTED EITHER THROUGH DRAMA OR TELLING JOKES, WE WAS ALL POOR, AND POOR DONT CARE WHAT MUSIC U LISTEN TO.

MI: You worked with a lot of metal legends like John Tardy, Igor Cavalera, Away, Dan Lilker, etc. How did you feel about it personally? Was it was like a dream come true to work with musicians you liked since childhood?

NECRO: YEAH IT WAS SICK. I JUST GOT OFF THE PHONE WITH IGOR. WE GONNA DO MORE SHIT, IT WAS A SICK RUSH WHEN IGOR FIRST CONTACTED ME, I COULDN’T BELIEVE IT. RECENTLY JEFF FROM POSSESSED SENT ME A MESSAGE AND WE HAVE BECOME FRIENDS, IT’S A REAL HONOR. LIKE RAKIM OR G RAP HOLLERING AT ME, HOW SICK IS IT THAT NONE OF MY RAP IDOLS EVER SHOW ME LOVE, BUT ALL MY METAL LEGENDS LOVE ME. IT’S REAL SICK. THATS WHY I WILL NEVER TURN MY BACK ON METAL, METAL IS THE FOUNDATION.

MI: Back in the day, with Bill, you had a death metal band called Injustice. I know that right now you concentrate 100% to hiphop, but someday do you plan to reborn Injustice?

NECRO: NO, BUT IM WORKING ON A FULL METAL BAND NOW WITH IGOR FROM SEPULTURA AND ALEX FROM TESTAMENT, SO YOU WILL BE HEARING ABOUT IT SOON AS WE HAVE OUR FIRST SONGS DONE. I’LL BE DOING RHYTHM GUITAR AND VOCALS AND BASS UNTIL WE FIND OUR CLIFF BURTON.

MI: You can play a few instruments very well. For example I’m really into your guitar solo on the metal version of “Chasing The Dragon”. Please tell us who are your favourite guitar players, who influenced you the most?

NECRO: I LOVE KIRK HAMMETT, HIS SOLOS ARE GODLY, I LOVE DAVE MUSTAINE, HE IS GODLY, JAMES HETFIELD ON RYTHYM IS A HUGE INSPIRATION, SEPULTURA AS A WHOLE OF COURSE, OBITUARY, BUT AS FAR AS SOLOS I REALLY LOVE THE METALLICA SOLOS FROM SONGS LIKE SANITARIUM OR DAMAGE INC OR ON KILL EM ALL, AND DAVE’S WORK ON PEACE SELLS WAS THE SICKEST. ALEX SKOLNICK IS A GENIUS. I’M INFLUENCED BY ALL METAL BANDS FROM POSSESSED TO DEATH TO SLAYER, IN SOME WAY THEY HAVE ALL IMPLANTED SOME KIND OF INFLUENCE, MY GOAL IS TO BE AS SICK AS ALL OF THEM. I GOT A LOT OF COMPETITION.

MI: When I listen to the Circle Of Tyrants album I feel that you, Bill, Gore and Hyde show to the people what real brutality and violence are all about. What do you think about that? This was the main conception?

NECRO: I MEAN THAT RECORD WAS JUST US DOING OUR OWN THING, LIKE STEPPING UP TO BAT AS A TEAM AND EACH MAN GETS HIS CHANCE. IN THE END, I CREATED THAT ENVIRONMENT, I MADE IT HAPPEN, I DECIDED THIS IS HOW IT’S GONNA BE AND EVERYONE WENT ALONG WITH IT AND DID THEIR THING. IT’S AS UNNATURAL AS NATURAL.

MI: On COT you got a song called “South Of Heaven”….besides the fact that it’s a kickass track, what in this album of Slayer represents you?

WELL, THE FLOW IS IN THE SOUTHERN STYLE, LIKE WHEN YOU RAP WITH FAST LYRICS THEY SAY ITS A DOWN SOUTH FLOW, SO I FIGURED DOWN SOUTH, SOUTH OF HEAVEN, THE FLOW IS EVIL AND SOUTH, IT WORKED CONCEPT WISE. WE LOVE INTERPOLATING METAL SHIT. WE ARE THE ONLY ONES THAT CAN DO IT. WE UNDERSTAND TRUE METAL.

MI: Tom Araya told in an interview that a lot of people misunderstand Slayer. But they can give a lot energy to the people, they got emails from places like Iraq from soldiers who listen to Slayer and Slayer gives them strength. Do you get that kind of feedback too?

NECRO: YES I DO, ACTUALLY I GET THE SAME EXACT SHIT DAILY. A LOT OF KIDS FROM THE ARMY SEND ME MESSAGES AND SAY NECRO GETS THEM THROUGH, I THINK NECRO’S ENERGY LIVE AND MUSICALLY IS VERY SIMILAIR TO SLAYER, AND I ALSO FEEL I’M MISUNDERSTOOD. EVENTUALLY I WILL TOUR WITH SLAYER, BRINGING BOTH GENRES TOGETHER TO THE MASSES. JUST WATCH AND SEE.

MI: I talked with people who told like “ooohh Necro is too violent, too brutal”… I always answered to these people that the world we live in is brutal and this reflects in Necro’s music. Necro’s music pumps me up cuz of the great amount of energy behind the music…just like Slayer. What do you think about this?

NECRO: I KNOW, I HEAR THIS ALL THE TIME. I’M GLAD THATS WHY I HAVENT BLOWN UP YET BECAUSE FEEL IM TOO BRUTAL, IT WOULD SUCK IF IT WAS BECAUSE I WASN’T BRUTAL ENOUGH OR NOT GOOD ENOUGH, FINE, U DONT LIKE ME CUZ IM TOO BRUTAL? >says something not very nice that the Chofetz Chaim wouldn’t like, then again, most of his albums are chock full of that stuff< , SOON I WILL HAVE 20 MILLION AND WHEN I DO U CAN’T FKN STOP ME. SOON I’M COMING FOR YOUR THROAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

MI: I don’t want to label you, cuz I don’t really like to classify music. I like to enjoy music. But I must say you are a real innovator in the death metal/hiphop combination. When you came out with this what were the main reactions you got from the hip-hop kids? They were open-minded at first or not?

NECRO: IT WAS 50/50. SOME KIDS HATE IT SOME LOVE IT, BUT I NEVER PUT OUT A RECORD AND JUST MAKE IT METAL/HIPHOP SO THERE WAS MORE THAN ENOUGH HIPHOP TRACKS ON ALL THE RECORDS. SO KIDS THAT TALK SHIT ARE JUST BEING HATERS. IT’S NOT LIKE I SHORTENED THE STRICTLY HIPHOP CONTENT, THEY STILL GOT THEIR FIX. I GUESS THEY SAID THEY FELT IT RUINED THE EXPERIENCE FROM START TO FINISH BECAUSE THEY HATE METAL. BUT I CAN’T NOT INCLUDE MY METAL ROOTS. ON MY ALBUMS, THE ONLY REASON IN THE PAST I NEVER DID THIS WAS I DIDN’T KNOW HOW TO DO IT RIGHT. THEN ONCE I FIGURED IT OUT I DID IT. SOMETIMES IT MIGHT TAKE ME 5 YEARS TO FIGURE SOME SHIT OUT BUT WHEN I FIGURE IT OUT I’LL BE THE BEST AT IT. I’M A WINNER IN MY HEART BUT SOMETIMES U NEED TO LOSE FOR A YEAR OR TWO BEFORE U CAN GET TO THE WINNING SPOT.

MI: You made songs with two of hardcore living legends Lord Ezec and Jamey Jasta… when you grew up did you listen to hardcore bands like Agnostic Front, Cro-Mags or Biohazard?

NECRO: I DEFINTELY LISTENED TO BIOHAZARD BECAUSE WE LIVED IN THE SAME HOOD AND I SEEN THEM COME UP FROM THEIR DEMO DAYS. I USED TO REHEARSE IN THE STUDIO BILLY WOULD MANAGE SO WE HAVE TIES FROM BACK IN THE DAYS. AS FAR AS NYHC, I WAS MORE INTO THRASH, METAL, DEATH METAL, THAN A HARDCORE HEAD. BUT WE WERE DOWN WITH ALL THOSE CATS, DMS, MY FIRST SINGER IN MY BAND WAS JORGE FROM MERAUDER, SO WE WERE ALWAYS IN THAT SCENE AT LAMOUR’S. KEEP IN MIND I WAS YOUNGER TOO, I WAS LIKE 11. SO I ROCKED WHAT MY BROTHER ROCKED, IT TOOK A FEW YEARS LATER TO BECOME MY OWN INDIVIDUAL. I THEN BECAME A THUG IN MY TEENS AND BECAME SUPER HARDCORE ON SOME STREET SHIT, DRAMA, DRUGS, WEAPONS, ETC. LIVING SHIT BEFORE RAPPING ABOUT IT, SO BY THE TIME I COULD RAP ABOUT IT REAL GOOD I HAD ALREADY LIVED A LOT OF DRAMA.

MI: On “The Pre-Fix for Death” you got Slipknot’s DJ Starscream too…do you follow the newer bands of the metal scene like Slipknot, Chimaira or The Haunted?

NECRO: AT FIRST I DIDNT, WHEN SID HOLLERED AT ME AS A NECRO FAN I HAD NEVER HEARD A SLIPKNOT SONG BEFORE, I REMEMBER SEEING AN INSTORE FOR THEM WHERE KIDS WERE DOWN THE BLOCK BUT I SLEPT. I SEEN THE KID FROM SOPRANOS ROCKING THEIR SHIRT, THEN I GOT AN EMAIL FROM SID INVITING ME TO SEE THEM AT JONES BEACH AND I WAS LIKE YEAH RIGHT. THEY PLATINUM, NO PLATINUM BAND EVER SHOWED ME LOVE. BUT HE WAS FOR REAL AND WE CHILLED BACKSTAGE AT JONES BEACH AND HE GAVE ME CDS AND I LISTENED AND I LIKED IT. IT WAS SUPER BRUTAL. I REALLY DIDNT KNOW THEY WERE THAT BRUTAL. CUZ IM AN OLDSCHOOL HEAD, I LISTENED TO EVERYTHING FROM THE 80’S TO THE EARLY 90’S AND THAT’S IT. AND OF COURSE 70’S SHIT LIKE SABBATH, BUT ALL THE SLIPKNOT DUDES LOVE OBITUARY AND SEPULTURA, CUZ THOSE ARE THE INFLUENCES FOR ANYONE. THAT’S DOPE NOW.

MI: How do you feel about the real die-hard fans who really understand what Psycho+Logical records is all about and really support you?

NECRO: I LOVE EM, THEY R LIKE MY FAMILY, THEY R ALL I HAVE ACTUALLY, AS LONG AS THEY R REAL, BESIDES MY LITTLE FAMILY I HAVE WHICH IS LIKE 2 PEOPLE AND MY CREW, THE FANS SHOW ME LOVE LIKE FAMILY, THEIR ARE A LOT OF HATERS AND HALFWAY FANS AND I DONT LIKE HALF WAY FANS, CUZ THEY R NOT TRUE TO ME, BUT REAL FANS ARE MY LIFE, THEY R WHO I MAKE IT FOR, WE ARE EQUALS.

MI: As I see you and P+L, no one can stop you. What is your philosophy of life? What gives you the strength every day to move forward?

NECRO: I READ A LOT, AND I KNOW THE STORIES OF MOST THAT BLEW UP AND THEY ALL WENT THROUGH HELL AND MOST WERE HATED ON BY EVERYONE. THERE ARE A LOT OF LOSERS IN LIFE, A LOT OF NOBODIES AND THEY DONT WANNA SEE SOMEONE SUCCEED. GUYS LIKE ME HELP PEOPLE GET THEIR DREAMS. I DON’T HATE ON MOTHERFUCKERS BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT IT IS ABOUT TO GRIND, BUT DOOSHBAGS THEY DON’T GET IT SO THEY DO ANYTHING POSSIBLE TO STOP ME. NEVER TO MY FACE BUT BEHIND THE SCENES. BUT IT’S ALL GOOD. THE BEATLES, JAY Z, U NAME IT. ALL COULDN’T GET SIGNED.

MI: You are one of the hardest working persons in the music business right now. I only can compare Jamey Jasta with you. Do you plan to tour this year?

NECRO: YES I’M PLANNING A TOUR NOW FOR THE WORLD. MY GOAL IS TO TOUR THE WORLD 4 TIMES IN A ROW, IT SOUNDS INSANE BUT I’M SERIOUS.

MI: I know that you have other plans for now…could you share with us some of your future plans this year or all is top secret for now?

NECRO: FOR NOW ITS SECRET TIL I KNOW SOMETHING IS 100%, ITS ALL GOOD CUZ IM MAKING MOVES, I’M ITCHING TO DROP SHIT AND DO NEW THINGS. AND I DON’T FEEL ANYONE IS FUCKING WITH WHAT I DO SO OF COURSE I WANNA ANNOUNCE SHIT BUT NOT UNTIL EVERYTHING IS READY.

MI: Necro, thank you for the interview.

NECRO: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO THANK YOU SHABBAT SHALOM MONYOCK!!
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