Hard rock for me is AC/DC, Def Leppard, Tesla, Kiss. Metal tends to be louder, ruder, darker, like Judas Priest, Slayer, Iron Maiden.
Back in 1994 there was no Judas Priest.
I played in a death-metal band. People either loved us or hated us. Or they thought we were OK.
A lot of people when they try to sing Skid Row songs, they're screaming and yelling too much. It's more singing than screaming.
As a vocalist, I can scream, and I've got a really good singing voice, but I can't do the really heavy vocals.
Heavy metal drives me bonkers, it makes me want to vomit, heavy metal really is a pile of puke.
I'm not a big punk fan, but I love a good, solid screamer.
I guess I'm not really into female vocals that sound masculine, I guess. A lot of times, the heavy female vocalists always end up sounding like they're screaming or whatever.
I actually had a bunch of songs that I worked on with Jamey Jasta from Hatebreed, but they were too heavy for me because my voice sounds good when I sing clean. It sounds good dirty too, but when I hear my voice sing really clean, that's a special sound.
I loathe and detest heavy metal.
