We recently interviewed the legendary Travis Ryan of Cattle Decapitation and while he wouldn't tell us his secret of how he makes that distorted falsetto-like screech, we were able to discuss the vocalist's dream tour and setlist. Check out what bands Travis wants to perform live with, which songs off every Cattle Decap album he'd like to play, and which countries he'd like to visit below.
So far starters, what is a band that you’ve previously toured with that you’d like to again?
I'm just going to say Brujeria. I fucking love that band. We're such good friends. This is so stupid and cheesy, but I feel this weird connection with them. I thought their whole concept was real when they first came out. I fell in love with that band and want to go around the world with them. Recently, Pinche Peach [Brujeria vocalist] said I was part of the familia and sixteen year old me was just freaking out. I met Coroner recently as well and they were one of my favorites growing up too. I'm kind of stuck in the 80's and 90's.
And on the contrary, who is a band you’d like to tour with that you haven’t yet?
I've always wanted to tour with Carcass or Napalm Death. We've done little bursts of dates together, but never a full thing. Bethlehem is one of my favorite bands ever too. Most of the bands I want to tour with are just bands I really like, but wouldn't be the best decision commercially. There's this band Igorrr that just got signed to Metal Blade and I'm brutally obsessed with. We're going to try to bring them out this year I hope.
Regarding the setlist, if you had to pick only one song from each album to perform, which would they be?
- Human Jerky – "Stench from the Dumpster," I would like to do that one, it's fucking brutal.
- Homovore – Definitely "Release the Gimp," that one is my favorite.
- To Serve Man – I'll go with "Chunk Blower."
- Humanure – "Chummified," which we've tried doing it, but the audience just wasn't feeling it. That one or "Bukkake Tsunami" mainly just because I like saying that song title out loud.
- Karma.Bloody.Karma – I fucking love "Alone at the Landfill."
- The Harvest Floor – Definitely would be "The Ripe Beneath the Rind," it has this one part I really like.
- Monolith of Inhumanity – I like "The Carbon Stampede," that one's a good one.
- The Anthropocene Extinction – "Pacific Grim" is one of my favorites off that album. "Clandestine Ways (Krokodil Rot)" is fun to play too.
Any countries you have yet tour, which would they be?
We've never done Asia or all of South America. We are doing South America this year and maybe Asia at some point this year. But, I'm a picky eater and vegetarian. Everybody I know that is vegetarian that has gone there was in hell. I really wanna do Iceland too, so maybe we'll add that to a UK tour. And I've always wanted to do Russia, but right now I'm not sure with all the bullshit that Cannibal Corpse had to go through there. I don't want to be on a plane for 32 hours just to be turned around.
