Slayer vs Killswitch Engage

29 July 2009 | 2:23 pm | Staff Writer
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Slayer guitarist Kerry King has blasted Killswitch Engage in a recent interview with MusicRadar. King answered some questions from fans, including one about Slayer kicking Killswitch Engage off one of their tours...

Slayer guitarist Kerry King has blasted Killswitch Engage in a recent interview with MusicRadar. King answered some questions from fans, including one about Slayer kicking Killswitch Engage off one of their tours...


"We actually didn't get able to. I tried. Because I'd never seen 'em live, and then I saw them live at some, I don't know, maybe at Kerrang! Awards over in Europe. And I'm just offended by the silliness that goes on on stage [on the part of] the guitar player [Adam Dutkiewicz]. He puts his foot in his mouth all the time and he says stupid shit, and I just didn't think that side show should be on my stage. So I pulled the plug on the spot, but on that particular Jägermeister tour, we didn't have any product and they did, so Jäger kind of insisted, and I went... They're all friends of mine, so I said, 'Ok, I'll deal with it.' Still don't like it."


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This isn't the first time KSE have copped a beating, Sepultura/Soulfly guitarist Max Cavalera said in the February 2008 issue of Sweden's Close-Up magazine...


"I went to see Lamb of God in the States and they were alright, but Killswitch Engage opened and it was the gayest show I've ever seen. I was like, 'I'm not part of this scene, it's fucking gay.' They were acting like they were U2 and I was like, 'Hmm…' The attitude was so ridiculous. I don't know these guys, they're on my label [Roadrunner] and all, but it was completely disappointing and gay. Like really lame, such a lame band live, everything about the whole attitude. Lamb of God came out and destroyed them and I don't even like Lamb of God that much, but they were so much better coming after Killswitch Engage. I was like, 'If that's what the scene is about, hey fuck it, it ain't got nothing to do with me.' "