Krass Judgement speak to D-Day
As stated in an earlier editorial, we here at D-Day's Revenge are not only dedicated to bringing you the latest news, reviews and interviews concerning your favorite "big name" bands, but we also want to possibly introduce you to some of the hardworking folks out there keeping the spirit of Heavy Metal alive and hopefully see them on the road and making waves in the industry soon. While it's still a mystery why our interview with Cockfarm hasn't yet helped to garner them a Grammy award nomination, we will keep pounding the pavement to find bands that deserve more attention. Enter the band Krass Judgement.
These guys definitely have some potential and I hope you'll all take some time here to get to know them. They've already shared the stage with some heavyweights and seem to be serious about their craft. Ray was kind enough to take some time to answer a few questions for us.
Enjoy...
D-Day: Thank you for speaking with The Revenge. Give us a general description of your overall sound / style of music.
Ray: I would say we’re a loud in your face thrash band, you know I mean old school, thrash, real thrash metal.
D-Day: What musical offerings do you have for us to hear, and how can we get it?
Ray: We have two cd’s out, You Got This? and We Bring It. You can get both at any of our shows. You can also listen to some of our songs from both cd’s at www.Krassjudgement.com.
D-Day: I see you are scheduled to open for Obituary
at Jaxx in Springfield, VA. How cool is that, and do
you have some other shows in the near future to
tell us about?
Ray: Man, it’s too fuckin kool. I’ve been a big fan since
the early 90’s. We had to beat out a lot of bands to
get the spot. We are the only local band on the bill.
We do have some shows coming up. Friday the 5th
of August at 6:00pm at Signal Hill Park, 9300 Signal
View Dr., Manassas Park, VA and on Thursday the 11th
at 11:00pm at Alley Katz in Richmond, and of course
you know about Thursday the 1st of September, with
Obituary.
D-Day: What other signed bands have you opened for and how was the experience?
Ray: Man it’s been a lot, Nuclear Assault, Overkill ,Deicide, Goat Whore, Testament, Metal Church, Brand New Sin and Kreator just to name a few. The experience with all of them was kick ass. Some of these bands we’ve played with multiple times.
D-Day: We've all read various stories about Blackie Lawless extending his pre-show preparations to purposely knock the local support off the bill as well as acting like a "primadonna", such as not wanting them around when he's in the general area, etc. Have you experienced anything like this in your time or heard stories from other bands like this? Fill us in.
Ray: No, I’ve never had a problem with any of the national acts we’ve played with they were all really cool, sorry I don’t have any stories about that shit for you.
D-Day: If you could choose any 3 bands to hit the road with on a major tour, who would that be and why?
Ray: Slayer, Exodus, and "Old" Metalica. These three bands were the start of thrash metal.
D-Day: Have you ever ran into another general area band called Cockfarm, and are they as goofy as they seem?
Ray: No, I’ve never met them, but I have heard of them.
D-Day: Which of these examples could fit as the main reason that you joined a band:
a) Music is my life and I've always wanted to perform.
b) It's been a dream to actually release an album on a major label.
c) Playing in front of a huge crowd is a rush.
d) It's much easier to get laid this way and sometimes people buy me drinks.
Ray : All of the above
D-Day: Do you guys have groupies yet?
Ray: Yeh, we do and they’re all very nice ladies.
D-Day: What albums seem to spend the most
time in your stereo?
Ray: Exodus, The Tempo of the Damned.
D-Day: What's been your most memorable experience
so far? Any crazy shit happen while performing?
Asshole promotors? Broken bones? Someone
shit their pants? You get the point.
Ray: Yeh, one time we where playing at this small
club in Manassas (red neck) and this dude that was
running the show was all up our ass, like "you
dudes rock", "it’s about time a thrash band came in
here and rocked this place". You know that kind of shit. So he gets up on stage and introduces us, and when we get on stage he pulls me aside and says "dude, a lot of people out there don’t like thrash metal". I said, "cool we’ll still rock’em out and maybe win some new fans in the process". He walked away. And we started to play. It was good for the first three songs. I mean, there was a couple of assholes out there yelling "play some Skynard man," but not to bad. We kept jamming on our fourth song and this dumb fuck gets scared I guess, because of the two dudes yelling,so he unplugged us and said we where to loud and took up to much power, so we would have to go. Then when we were done packing up, he came out and said "you guys are the best, I’ll have another show for you in a week or so". He got hit, I think. But, like we told the cops, we didn’t see anything. We never played there again. And it’s not there anymore.
D-Day: What's the main goal for Krass Judgement?
Ray: Do this for a living. This is what we fuckin love, This is our life, we love to play music.
D-Day: Any final words for the fans out there?
Ray: If you guys get a chance to see Krass Judgement play don’t miss it or you’ll miss it. It’s a good show, real metal at it’s best.
D-Day: Thank you, Krass Judgement!
Ray: Thank you, We appreciate the interest in Krass Judgement.
All photo's courtesy of Krass Judgement. Song Samples are available at their
website. Click Logo to get there.
8/03/05
