Transcript of an interview I recorded with Phil Rind of SACRED REICH - 20200201. Full article here. MAL-
Talking to Phil from SACRED REICH. Phil, thanks for taking my call. PHIL- Oh, my pleasure. MAL- You guys have been around since the mid 80s except for a short hiatus. Starting in Phoenix. What can you tell me about the scene back in Phoenix back in the day? PHIL- You know I was a pretty healthy, tons of bands, like our big brother band was was always FLOTSAM AND JETSAM, so they kind of paved the way for us. Jason when he was back in the band before he joined Metallica was like a big, huge supporter and a big help and really kind of pointed us in the right direction, as far as getting things done. MAL- You took a hiatus from 2000 to 2006. So what happened there? Why was that? Did you split up or did you just become jaded for something? PHIL- Yeah, we just felt like everything had kind of run its course at the time and we didn't have any new material and it seemed like it was time to do something else. So we stopped playing music and then around 2006-07, we started working on some reissue stuff. And it was fun to do SACRED REICH stuff. And we thought, Man, maybe, you know, I wonder if anyone would care if we want to do some shows. And there was interest and we started playing again in 2007. MAL- So back to active again, how active? Are you full time you're touring? PHIL- Yeah, I mean, now we we put out our first record in 23 years, came out in August, and we've been touring. We did some touring in May and then in June and then we just did once the record came out, we did a big tour in the US with GWAR for two months, and then we went over and did a headlining tour in Europe. And then obviously we get ready to come over to Australia. We have a couple shows in Japan, New Zealand. Then we're going to come back and tour the US with SEPULTURA. MAL- Now you mentioned your first album in 20 something years. What was it like going back into the studio after that long a break? Was it was it a daunting experience? PHIL- No, it was a really awesome experience actually, you know, the first day that we were in the studio again, we almost had to pinch ourselves, didn't even feel real and then the studio's a super fun place that you can be creative and just, you know, hear all your work come to fruition and really a great and very positive experience for us. MAL- Now, you mentioned coming to Australia, this will be insane, late February, you're doing Canberra, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and finishing up here in Adelaide, bringing your old friends VIO-LENCE that'll be just an insane tour. PHIL- Yeah, it's gonna be great and we haven't been there I think. I think last year there was 1993 or 94 with SEPULTURA, which was totally out of control. So, really looking forward to it, we've had we had a lovely time then and I expect to have a great time again. I think Australia is super fun and the people are wonderful. And I think you know, with everything has been going on. I think people need to go out and have some fun. MAL- They certainly do. I remember that SEPULTURA tour that you were on. What a crazy night that was. PHIL- Yeah, it was a lot of fun and was a really great first impression of Australia for us. MAL- How do you enjoy the long flights or how..? Hang on I'll rephrase it. We're a long way away a lot of band have had Can't even take it the right way to say the question so I won't even bother. Look, it'll be great to have you down here again. What? I can't think of the right way to word it, man, I'm just gonna F it up. PHIL- I mean who likes sitting on a plane for 14 hours? Nobody, but there's obviously much worse things to do. You know, so it's just how it is. I mean, shit, how hard is just sitting there? It's not that hard. Oftentimes, you know, people talk about travel being difficult and, you know, mostly the plane does all the work. So I don't think it's that uncomfortable a job. MAL- I went to the US with my wife two years ago, and we didn't do too many flights. But I said to her a number of times, how do these bands do it? Playing in a new place every day. I mean, sure, it's exciting. You get to see new places and that but the to and from the airport, living out of a suitcase, man, it must be a drag. PHIL- It's not the worst thing in the world. And you know, getting to play music is such a gift. And we're so fortunate to be able to do it. It's, it's fairly hard to complain about having to go to the airport. I mean, there's obviously more fun things to do with your life than standing in line and waiting around and sitting on flights, but you know, my wife's a nurse. She has a really hard job you know, she deals with things that are very difficult. She works 12 hour shifts. It's very physically demanding and mentally demanding. So you know, every time I think about if I have a tough or I want to complain, I just shut the hell up. I remember Adelaide last time because weed was legal there I think. That was the thing. I remember that weed was legal or at least decriminalised or something. Everyone had weed there. MAL- I don't do the stuff. But it's it's decriminalised, I think, is the right term, and we are known as, yeah, the weed capital. PHIL- Everyone brought weed. Everyone had weed and everyone brought weed, and said 'hey, you want some weed?' Everyone was growing their own weed. I was like, This place is really cool. I don't really smoke very much, very, very occasionally these days. I just remember that. MAL- Hey Phil, from SACRED REICH. Thanks so much for taking my call, and look forward to you playing here with VIO-LENCE at the end of February, and in Adelaide on the first of March. Thanks so much for taking the call and we'll see you then. PHIL- All right man, thanks so much. We really look forward to coming down there. Comments are closed.
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