Down: Philip Anselmo, Jimmy Bower Look Back on 'NOLA,' Early Days, Favorite Songs
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- Опубліковано 7 чер 2024
- Last year, Down's crucial debut LP, 'NOLA,' turned 25, an anniversary that the band didn't get to celebrate properly due to the pandemic, which threw off the sludge supergroup's live plans. However, the band - featuring Pantera's Philip Anselmo, Corrosion of Conformity's Pepper Keenan, Crowbar's Kirk Windstein and Eyehategod's Jimmy Bower - did reunite in 2020 to play a livestream show, dubbed the "Quarter Century Throwdown," an event they followed up this year with July's "NOLA Town Throwdown" virtual concert. Ahead of the group's long-awaited return to in-person performance, at Psycho Las Vegas 2021, REVOLVER talked to Anselmo and Bower to get a look back at Down's origins, word-of-mouth hype and, of course, the making and legacy of 'NOLA.'
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"Instant gratification comes with a price and that price tag is fucking appreciation" - Damn. Well said, Phil
Quote on point 🤘🏽
seriously
Damn. Had to hear him say it twice and read it 3 times. I appreciate this quote 🙏
I'm the same age as these two gentlemen, and I 100% agree 🤘👊
Strong Jack Burton vibes when he said that. He's not wrong though lol
Every single part of every single song on NOLA is amazing.
Not many albums I can listen too start to finish. Every song on NOLA was a hit. Started with temptation wings.. godammmm unreal
The first album was magic,even better than a couple of Pantera albums.But I could never get into the 2nd or 3rd albums they never came close to the original
@@ronaldclayton8347 Down II had great songs but the production was way too polished compared to the perfect 'jam room style' recording of Nola. Both my brother and I agree that Nola is a perfect album start to finish (we bought it when it the summer of 1996). Matt Brown (guitarist of Crowbar at the time) did such an awesome job with Nola...even when the studio got completely flooded!! We are so lucky the master tapes for Nola didn't get ruined. Matt Brown also helped record Crowbar 'Time Heals Nothing' (1995)...another personal favorite album of mine!!
Nola is just the perfect groove/stoner experience
I was never a big down fan, always more into pantera even during their 80s era they had some nice melodic riffs back than. But I do like their sludge ish raw heavy slow burn out sound. I specially love their song called jail because as a ex heroin junkie myself I used to be in and out of jail
That song hits hard
Can we just take a moment to appreciate how goddamn cozy Phil always looks when he's being interviewed on his home turf? I mean, Mr Unscarred, chilling in his fucking bathrobe and slippers is just infinite levels of badass.
Your comment made me barf
I love how Phil is always wearing a robe....like the Hue Hefner of metal or something
I have noticed that as well, the Hefner thing is spot on
like a Boxer, actually.
@Life Is Peachy Yes he does box. Not professionally but he does it as a hobby
Hahah.....
rodney dangerfield of metal
@@Scorned405 Yea,but he would probably knock our ass out lol.
"We are old men, Jimmy. We are old men."
Laughing hysterically!
One of the best metal albums period
Yes
Absolutely true one of my favorite albums
Metal? How bout just "albums"...PEROID. all genre's...
@@nickalexander7189 you look absolutely like a young Dave Mustaine...... Uncanny! It's really crazy how much, no offense. Hope u r well Nick....I mean Dave Mustaines sock account.
It's great to see Phil not fucked up. He's a whole different person
Phil looks fresh, I'm so happy to see him that good
That album has such a mystique about its whole creation and existence. I would love a documentary of the making of the first 2 albums. But NOLA is untouchable. It has outgrown 'genre'. So much feeling, fuckin heavy groove the closest any creation will ever get to perfection. Everyday of my life will have a NOLA moment.
It's like if pantera and skynyrd fkd lol so good
Standing outside waiting for the Hordern Pavillion in Sydney to open up to see Pantera in May of 2001. I wasn't even of drinking age and I remember some outside talking and asking about Down like a hidden treasure. A rumour started amongst punters that maybe Down would perform as Corrosion of Conformity were supporting but it wasn't to be that night. I was one of the few lucky enough to have a mate who had a totally thrashed copy of Nola on cd (a huge fuckin deal back then) and I borrowed that copy off him for over 20 years and eventually returned it to him as I held it to be a sacred record.
@@Hellfighter77 That's awesome, perfect example of how no promotion could end up being the best kind of promotion.
That riff on bury me in smoke is epic
my personal favourite is from Underneath Everything
bury me in smoke was inspired by a band called breadwinner. Pepper said it, i think the name of the song is Prescott
@@centre4122 breadwinnner is cool band
The more I think about it, Nola Might be my Number 1 album of all time. The amount of times I felt shitty for one reason or another and ran to this album, I could not even count.
Same here, my man. Cheers.
I agree!
NOLA is one of my “Start to Finish” Top 5 Albums
Nola is the only record I’ve ever bought more than 3 times. The only record that hits the same way now as it did in highschool. It’s an easy top 3 of all time for me.
Crazy how some albums are timeless. Even cowboys from hell sounds dated now but not nola and that was recorded only a year or so before nola
Agreed. That album sounded so good man. It felt and sounded like they we’re in the same space as the listener. Just a timeless, raw, powerful, masterpiece
So true bros. I've bought Nola and a bustle in your hedgerow and over the under a collective total of 10 times bc I'd lose em, wear em out or gift a friend bc i love them soooooo much...
@@thedonofthsht76-58 CFH doesn't sound dated but it has been poached a lot by many different bands over the decades
One of the main reasons I love Down is how authentic and down to earth they are. Any other interviewee would be in a nicely lit room with gold records on the wall, but here you've got Phil in a bathrobe (and probably crocs) and Jimmy making a sandwich!
I remember the first time I heard that bury me in smoke outro riff that fades out then comes back slowly. Damn...
NOLA is an absolute classic
I wish one day Anselmo writes an auto biography, would be fucking cool. Bonus points if he also does an audio book with him narrating it
Instant Gratification comes with a price tag....Yes it does.Wise words Phil! Downs amazing.... Nola is Killer but Down 2 is my absolute favorite! Lysergik Funeral Procession is fucking a badass album opener. So many great ones from the first two.
Well said
Nola is by far the best
DOWN II is a spiritual journey like no other 🔥
Can't wait for another Down EP..
STONE THE CROW !! It blew my mind !!
That track continues to take me to a different place to this day. And I mean that in the best of ways.
Phil seems so coherent and healthy here. Great to see.
Was my immediate thought as well.
Man Listening to these 2 talk about these songs is awesome. Phil and Jimmy are always funny in interviews together too. Jail is a sweet song. Very trippy.
Check out the BBC sessions live version, with all the ambient reverb, it's pretty intense...
Hearing about Sean yseult coming up with the bassline for EOTS is seriously so badass! Love WZ! wow
They should release their cover of When the Leeve Breaks in high quality.
Fuck yeah! I would love to have that on my ipod.
Mississippi Queen...💥
bridge of sighs
Good song, funny Phil kept talking about Black Sabbath, lately I been on a Black Sabbath binge mainly all their rare songs. Johnny blade, hard long road and when Ian Gillan was the vocalist because his vocals were so loud extremely loud and Black Sabbath got way heavier. But I loved Ozzy too though
@@Tyler-nn8gk air dance was so amazing.. I always wanted opeth to cover that. Ian Gillian was amazing on born again
NOLA is beyond greatness.
A Perfect Masterpiece 🤘
So awesome hearing the dudes recalling all this. They seriously need you just put together a NOLA reissue with the unreleased demos and stuff.
Down Nola is an absolute masterpiece of an album.
It’s so good to see Phil looking so healthy and fit these days.
I still have the original Nola shirt Botherhood of the enteral sleep .
Great interview
I got NOLA through BMG, ten cd's for .99 cents lol. I probably still owe them money.
Yep. That was the sign on bonus. I signed up for BMG and Columbia House many times. This was one of the albums I got from there, as well.
Saw down live 2009 at the Rave Milwaukee with my brother and my best friend as Deaignated driver (paid his way the whole night for his services).....on a case of icehouse, 2 hits powerdul LSD, gram of coca cola, and gawd damn man best show of my life period. DOWN III just dropped, hype as hell, 3 hours of just Down live. "A Night With Down in the year of XXIX". Fn awsome. They played zepplin, they played a beautiful rendition of Jail, they blended bury me in smoke with Walk Away...i was shirtless out of my mind jamming hard af...i can die happy knowing i was there for that show. Thank you Down. Sincerely. Nothing better in this life...POWERFUL GD SHEEIT.
I'm very happy that phil's voice is healed
Jimmy, thank you for this and all of your Anselmo interviews. You always have a great approach and ask the right questions that just seem to put Phil in a relaxed mood. Great stuff!
Guys, please release a new album! Hell, even an EP! The world needs more DOWN!
Nola rules but i really love Down II
This has to be one of the best interviews from Phil i've ever seen. He actually stays in topic and articulates well!!!
Phil is sounding and looking healthy. La la la like it. 🤘🤘
I wore the ever lovin hell out of NOLA when it came out in 1995. The album is perfect,no filler! Every song is freaking amazing. I have a big Down tattoo on my arm,so tells you how much i love this album.
I have “bury me in smoke” tattooed on the inside of my arm
So glad I got the meet these guys at the show In OKC back in 2012, they Ripped The Diamond Ballroom apart and played Flawlessly. This guy was in a wheelchair in front of my Wife and I right up front and they let him get up on the stage to watch because the crowd was insane, it is the best memory of any show I have attended ever, plus the guy in the wheelchair was handing out Morphine Pills to us.😁😁
Jimmy is one of my favorite drummers (being a drummer myself)
Phil is on point.
That would be so awesome if they release all of the old demos and videos!
Alot of them are on youtube now.
@@SwingfistNSD I know I would just love an official release that I could get a physical copy of!
@@Indymetal89 I love hearing somebody else wanting to buy something and fucking hold it in their hands. That's how I am. I want the full release, I want the ritual of being able to walk to my shelf and take it out of the package and enjoy it.
@@EyeShotFirst exactly! It’s more than just the songs it’s a personal connection with the music!
@@Indymetal89 To add to it, I'm not one of those people who's going to say that Vinyl is the only way to listen to music, but there's something about putting that needle down and walking away from it. Holding the sleeve in your hands and looking at the artwork. You're less likely to get up to skip any tracks, and you're more likely to hear the album flow as it was intended. I do love having all this music on my phone, but sitting down with an album going is a different experience.
This record changef my life.
phils the king of metal
Phil is right. It was a band that Needed to happen!!!! Nola is a beast of an album. Sooooooo FUCKING GOOD!!!!!
i saw the first video on Headbangers Ball " Stone The Crow " was HOOKED went out the day after bought the CD btw it was Headbangers Ball with Vanessa Warwick aired in Denmark
I wish they would give Down II the same praise as NOLA. I love both records but I prefer the second album better. I feel Down II showcases all their influences mixed in on a single album. They wrote and recorded it within 28 days I believe on top of that.
Agreed. The later Down stuff in my book is actually better than NOLA. NOLA has a very straight-forward sound, it's easy to understand so maybe that's why people like it more. But the later stuff showed a much bigger growth in the band's sound and songwriting.
Down 11 brilliant music.
Apparently they were doing truck loads of drugs. Like shit to put the stones to shame. Kirk was doing mountains of blow Phil said he was a human pin cushion. I assume loads and loads of booze and reefer. Drugs plus music equals timeless shit that last forever.
@@MaynardOwns - Yeah there's some footage of the making of Down II on here somewhere. It's very brief though. I would love if they released more behind the scenes footage during that time. Similar to the Pantera home videos.
DOWN II was on somewhat equal ground but not better. But you are right it's been kinda forgotten about, but it had some damn good songs.
Gotta hand it to Jimmy Hubbard. He asks the absolute right questions to get the actual story. No fluff, just standard journalism. Excellent stuff.
NOLA is one of the most underrated albums ever so is DOWN 2 a bustle in your hedgerow amazing artist much 🖤 & respect 🤘
I saw them on Sep 27th, 1995 at the Academy Theater in NYC. Then saw the other times in Seattle in the late 90's/2000's.
Love it that they agreed on DOWN as the name of their band, at a Soundgarden show!! Early to mid 90s (90-96) is my favorite time for Rock, Hard Rock, and Metal. The best part is that I actually got to live and experience this great era of music as it was happening. The 60s? Woodstock (1969)? Fuck that!! Give me the late 80s up through 1996, as I’ll take that era all day, everyday, over all the others!!
Metal was dead in these years. Lol.
Good interview I love Nola one of my favorite ablums of all time
Release those demos, boys!
Always a good day when the King pops in ! (Mr bower also) wheres the cover album yall?
I can remember reading a blurb/note about a Phil Anselmo side-project (which ended up being Down) in either RIP or Metal Maniacs. In that same blurb/note, it also mentioned another project he was involved with that included Ted Parsons (Prong) on Bass, but nothing ever materialized from it.
Love ya Hollise! Rest In Peace
"We are old men Jimmy, we are old men" haha still kickin ass!
NOLA is pure magic. Lightning in a bottle.
DOWN!!! Anything you guys got release it! RELEASE IT!!!!!!!!!!🤘
Nola is in my top 5 all-time.
Shit….. now I wanna listen to my Down albums….
Jimmy Bower is slowly turning into Kirk Windstein.
Everyone wants to look like each other now, it's pretty stupid...
Got rid of my beard again because of it, way too trendy now, it's sad...
Got to see Down in Eugene Oregon and such a damn good show, will always love these guys. Have to love all the different lineups they have invented with all the different bands and side gigs. Just shows the level of musicality they all have with each other. Love em all. ❤
DOWN-NOLA is better than any of the member's respective bands' best albums. PLEASE officially release the demos and include the DOWN III demos as well, as those are killer!!
Down is a completely different sounding band from the 4 different other bands the guys are in. Why try to compare them?
@@butchvito Because as humans, making comparisons is inevitable, although I actually wasnt comparing the bands themselves at all. Personally, I enjoy the other bands these guys are in, but for me, this is the pinnacle that any of them have achieved via a released album. I couldn't care less if someone's opinion is in-line with mine or different. Differing opinions make things interesting. Like what you like.
Great to see this, love this album, my 16 year old son listens to this too
There's not a bad tune on NOLA!One of the greatest albums of all time!!
Man, this was such a cool interview.
NOLA saved my life back in Texas.....
🤘🤘🤘🤘I still can’t stop thinking about last Friday nights show in NOLA
🤘DOWN🤘
Smoking a few bowls for you guys hell yeah that concert from NOLA got me back into it more than ever
Phil glad to see your doing well brother. Saw Pantera 3 times in St Louis MO. Down twice in St Louis too. Fan for LIFE
I remember coming home from a vacation to Lake Havasu with my family, and that night I discovered Gojira and Down. Both the albums From Mars to Sirius and NOLA just blew my fucking mind (still do) and they developed a whole new sound for me to pursue. Owning both of these albums on vinyl is a joy beyond words.
Probably the greatest full metal album of all time. It's timeless.
I've only just discovered this band and this album. Fucking loving it 🤘🏻
NOLA is timeless. One of the best albums of all time.
High quality content. Phil`s singing on NOLA is possible the greatest ever. Fuck it; it is the greatest.
Its great but i think he got much better on the two albums with Rex. Over The under especially was some of his best work.
I love these guys so much! It’s a fantastic record and an all-time classic!
Saw Down on the Ozzfest 2nd stage at Alpine Valley 20something years ago, been in love with them ever since!
2002
Monday Sept. 25, 1995. St. Andrew's Hall in Detroit Rock City. Saw Down touring on the NOLA tour. What a night it twas.
Great interview
Sonically is the word I would use Phil. One of my fav records of all time. Instant classic that'll stand forever on its own.
Cool interview, I miss the old days.
Awesome insight on an awesome band.
Looking great Phil. Good to see ya brother. Health is wealth man . Appreciate all the music . It ain't over yet keep on rocking.
I remember when this hit the streets, everyone was getting off on Pantera and then this come out. Over 25 years have gone by and Im still listening to this regularly.
Good old days.great CD love it...I played that at a keg party summer time..everyone loved it.played it over and over
Great interview and I loved how they included Hollise!
Are you guys going to post this whole interview? Great stuff. I love to see them reminiscing. Feels like we've all come over for dinner, and they're chatting around the campfire afterwards.
NOLA is in my CD player right now in my truck. This is so great to see this I remember meeting Phil at Tower records in Nashville on the last tour got his autograph it's one of the best records I ever heard I listened to it probably every week
Fingers crossed for a reissued NOLA with any demos or bonus material that can be found!!
NOLA is my fav of all time, just such a beautifully dark heavy record. The power of the riff compels me.
This makes me extra happy. Down - Nola is one of the best records from these guys!
Release all things DOWN!!!
I'd love to hear some old demos.
I've got two tracks up here. I got them from Todd (the bassist) shortly after this demo was recorded. I had three more songs from the recording, but the cassette was f'd up in those spots & the tape became unplayable.
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The production on the 'NOLA' record was a bit dry, in my opinion. I think you'll really like the sound on those demo tracks. It's more vibrant/lively. Have a good one, brother.
Made my day
We Are old men Jimmi. Best thing I ever heard. I’m 41
Great album!!
Such a heavy masterpiece of a album. Phil, Jimmy......the whole band just comes down on you like a two ton heavy thing......just crushing and pulverizing everyone in there path !!! Killing It brothers 🔪🔪🤘🔪🔪 so much love and respect for all of y'all and everything that y'all have created. Thank you! Love from NC. ~LIFER~ 🤘🤘
I'm dying for a new down album
Just saw them in Vegas this weekend the best
Down is touring?
Me and my brother bonded cuz I turned him on to Pantera later Down Super joint ... Anything with Phil is awesome
Just saw these guys (again) in NOLA. Setlist was mostly Nola and Bushel. They sounded phenomenal.