Ep279: Go Ahead and Die w Max Cavalera
The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds
Nate Goyer
4.7 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 25 May 2021
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
Max Cavalera (Sepultura, Soulfly, Killer Be Killed, Cavalera Conspiracy, Nailbomb & more) discusses the vinyl of his life, the rare records of his career, tells stories of his time w Dimebag Darryl, Mike Patton, Dave Grohl & more, as well as sharing parenting tips and his killer new LP "Go Ahead & Die".
If you like records, just starting a collection or are an uber-nerd with a house-full of vinyl, this is the podcast for you. Nate Goyer is The Vinyl Guide and discusses all things music and record-related.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, everybody. This is Max Cavalera from Sepultura, Killer B-Q, Nealbom, Soulfly, Camelara |
| 0:07.8 | Conspiracy, and Go Ahead and Die. And you listen to the Vinyl Guide, Vinyl or Die. |
| 0:14.7 | Thank you, Max. Just to be clear, I'm planning to do both eventually. All right, hey there, |
| 0:19.4 | Vinyl Maniacs. It's Nate here with episode |
| 0:21.2 | 279 of the Vinyl Guide, the podcast where we talk records, music stories, and more. Subscribe |
| 0:27.8 | to our podcast to enjoy all these conversations. And today, as you've heard, we have an absolutely |
| 0:34.3 | amazing guest, the one, the only, Max Cavalera. And besides discussing his new |
| 0:40.6 | project, Go A Great Album he just made with his son, we'll be covering Max's history with |
| 0:46.5 | vinyl records. The music that inspired him as a young man and made him who he is today, we talk about |
| 0:51.7 | the early Sepulura records and the stories behind those, |
| 0:54.5 | even discussing the tapes and some of the artwork of the albums. Max tells a story about shaving |
| 0:59.4 | his head for an imported pressing of Ride the Lightning. He shares stories of working with |
| 1:03.7 | Dave Grohl on the ProBot Project, making crank phone calls with Mike Patton, while you |
| 1:08.6 | didn't want to fall asleep near Dimebag Daryl, and |
| 1:11.4 | heaps more. It is an episode chock full of great rock and roll stories and perspective by a true |
| 1:17.2 | king of kings, Mr. Max Cavalera. And by the way, there is a longer and extended version of this |
| 1:24.8 | interview at patreon.com slash vinyl guide. Head up there now, |
| 1:30.0 | help support our podcast, get access to all sorts of extra goodies, secret episodes, extended |
| 1:35.5 | interviews, and more. Plus, you help support this podcast, and that is huge for us. That's |
| 1:40.9 | patreon.com slash vinyl guide, and thank you in advance for your support. |
| 1:45.9 | And finally, if you enjoy this conversation, there are tons of other episodes you may want to |
| 1:51.3 | check out. Search the episode history of the vinyl guide, and you could hear these sort of |
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