Devin Townsend on The MetalSucks Podcast #159

We have wanted to talk to Devin Townsend for quite some time now,
and we finally got our chance! He has been a guest on your
favorite metal podcast before, but Axl and Vince had the
opportunity to do the interview and now we run him through our own
ringer. You gotta love this guy! To call him a singer or a
guitarist would be selling his talents short, and although he hates
to be complimented, Devin is one of the most prolific and inspiring
musician of the last two decades. Whether you loved Strapping Young
Lad, Ziltoid, the Devin Townsend Project or any of his guest
appearances or records he produced, his talent is undeniable.
We consider ourselves lucky to have such a candid chat about
psychosis, the different ways he sees music as opposed to just
hearing it, the progression from one style or influence to the
next, how his wife deals with his eccentric nature and the debut of
Fun Sponge (you’ll get it when you listen). We also discuss the Dio
hologram that took Wacken 2016 by storm. You thought Dio had died,
but his visage has been resurrected via technology to adore and
shock fans at this year’s festival. Hell, he even took the time to
wave a Wacken banner on stage before leading a chant of "We Rock."
But is it the right thing to do? Obviously those in control of
his estate, and the Dio Disciples, think a hologram does justice to
the metal legend. But, more importantly, do we? His music should
always live on, but are we setting ourselves up for something more
perverted and disappointing by not letting our passed heroes lie?
Or are we introducing a new generation to the greatness of the
legends that only old metal dudes and dudettes got the chance to
experience? Songs: Devin Townsend Project – "Failure" Dio – "Evil
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