{"id":8959,"date":"2014-02-27T06:13:05","date_gmt":"2014-02-27T06:13:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.modernfix.com.php72-4.lan3-1.websitetestlink.com\/uncategorized\/coc\/"},"modified":"2014-02-27T06:13:05","modified_gmt":"2014-02-27T06:13:05","slug":"coc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/interviews-2\/coc\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview: Corrosion Of Conformity"},"content":{"rendered":"

(this interview was originally conducted in 2001 and appeared in one of the first few issues of Modern Fix Magazine)<\/em><\/p>\n

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\ninterview by bushman<\/b><\/p>\n

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\"\"Corrosion of Conformity is an institution of evolution, dating back to its earliest documented conception when Reed Mullin (drummer) and Woody Weatherman (guitar) started the band as childhood friends. Many member changes and a claim to some of the first melding of metal and hardcore, these first versions of COC cemented the band with historical merit. But like any band that’s been around for close to 20 years (like its all THAT common), an evolution is going to take place. With Corrosion of Conformity, this took its most solid contemporary direction when the band enlisted Pepper Keenan into the family. The first album Pepper was on, “Blind” featured another new addition, singer Karl Agell. But Pepper took vocal credits on, ‘Vote With A Bullet’. And that was the kind of track singled out in record reviews. The next COC album found Pepper Keenan taking on lead vocals (Agell was no longer in the band) and the greasy slow gravel rock of COC most distinctly became the sound you’ll hear from the band today. It’s been a long road for this unit, but with all the member changes and newfound focus of the past years, the Corrosion of Conformity is seeing more and more success with their current direction and gaining respect for their mark made on the landscape of loud rock. <\/b><\/p>\n

Anybody whose knows the history of COC realizes you (Pepper) came into the band a ways into the band’s career. What most attracted you to joining COC?<\/b>
\nPepper: Back in the hardcore days, when they put out, “Animosity”, that record pretty much stumped a lot of people. I thought they were a really original band for what they were doing. They were really opened minded into different types of music. One thing led to another and they were looking for someone to sing in their band. I wanted to play guitar at the time. I went and hung out with them (I was from New Orleans). I was one of the few guys in that whole genre who knew ZZ Top as well as Black Flag. We were always into different kinds of music. At the time, the hardcore scene… it was either hardcore, or metal or punk or whatever. It was very gentrified scene back then. I was into all types of music as was COC. To make a long story short, COC and me thought the same on the future of music.<\/p>\n