Lamb of God vocalist and not-a-future-president Randall Blythe recently took part in a Reddit AMA. One fan asked Blythe about his opinion on the original mix of Lamb of God's 2003 album As the Palaces Burn. Simply put, Blythe hates it.
"The original mix and master of Palaces was dog shit. I fucking can't listen to it. It was a lack of time and $ for sure, which sometimes works (see [2000's New American Gospel]), but in the case of Palaces it was horrific."
Oh, and Blythe also explained the story behind Lamb of God's 2000 track "O.D.H.G.A.B.F.E." (an acronym for "Officer Dick Head Gets a Black Fucking Eye").
"Yeah, it's true," he said. "In the early 90's I was squatting in the lower haight in SF with a bunch of punk rawkers- it was raining and we went into an abandoned building to get dry & try to sleep. Cops came and arrested us (we weren't raising hell or anything, just trying to sleep)- anyways, once in the paddy wagon, a few people started raising a bit of a ruckus, just hollering, so there was some pepper spray -tasty.
"I tried to move my handcuffs from behind my back but they got caught around my ass & my stupid punk rock belt hahaha- got to the station and was trying desperately to get them back up behind my back- no dice. So they just yanked me outta the paddy wagon & I fell straight onto the concrete floor. Got kicked a little, then they were trying to move my arms back up with their legs but it wasn't working- I thought they were gonna break my arm. I was really scared so I just started laughing hysterically (it was weird- there was nothing funny going on, but I just started laughing)- that pissed off this female officer really badly & she roughed me up pretty badly- she was the worst.
"The people in the paddy wagon were all yelling at the cops, and it was tense. Eventually they got my arms back up and put us in a holding cell for a bit, then let us go. Rough night…"
Check out the full AMA here.
