Phil Anselmo
Phil Anselmo
Philip Hansen "Phil" Anselmois an American musician who is best known as the former lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Pantera. He is currently the frontman for the Louisiana-based heavy metal supergroup Down. Anselmo is also the owner of Housecore Records and has been a part of many other bands...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMetal Singer
Date of Birth30 June 1968
CityNew Orleans, LA
CountryUnited States of America
begin considered halfway strength
Knowing what you're up against is part of the strength of writing something that is even, I guess, considered halfway original, knowing what's out there to begin with.
american-musician
This is the band I always wanted to be in.
eye energy half
I tried to take heavy metal... and balled it up and chopped it in half and really tried to create a new form of energy. I really tried to re-shape extreme music as I see it through my eyes.
moving mind earth
In my better sense of mind, I know that Im far from alone and far from the worst, and the earth keeps spinning. Everything keeps moving, with or without me.
beer dope pussy
Drink beer, smoke dope, and eat pussy until your jaw breaks
communication keys giving
Communication between band-mates is imperative. Communication is the key to any healthy relationship. If I need to be checked, I expect to hear it put in plain words what my faults are, and give my band-mates the ultimate consideration by shutting up and listening, then acting on the advice given. Same goes for anyone else in any band.
genre-is two three
Music is there for us to explore. To intentionally limit yourself to one, two, or three genres is limitation at its worst. Music is huge; its a gigantic history lesson, and if you are true music fan or a musician, you should explore it. Its all right there in front of us.
stupid drunk may
I may be loaded. I may be drunk. But I ain't stupid.
cannabis smoke dies
When I die bury me in smoke
writing needs band
To do an extreme metal record is something that is well within my capacity as a musician to write stuff out of the box, write stuff that's probably more extreme than the band I'm in at the present time, and it's something that needs to come out of me one way or another.
clear-head helping goodness
There's always something going on, but thank goodness these days it's with a clear head, which helps me massively.
successful thinking done
I'm a bad pessimist. I don't think about how successful any record I've ever done is going to do before it came out.
wise nice boys
Down is an incredibly important band to me. And there's one other project that may be a little tough for people to understand - it's not sonically heavy, but subject-wise it's absolutely heavy. It's a band that I've been in for many, many yearsm and I've just been waiting for the right itme, and boy, it sure is the right time. So, yeah, you will hear music from Philip Anselmo again, and it ain't gonna be nothing nice.
song band radio
I guess I've never been introduced properly to Pink Floyd. I know they're great, don't get me wrong. Excellent, excellent musicians; great band; awesome harmony; great song writers; I just don't know anything besides, I guess, the popular songs on the radio.