Quotes About Max Cavalera

We normally use Peavey amplifiers, and I use an ESP guitar with two Boss pedals: a flanger and a big wah pedal. My sound is pretty much the sound that comes out of the Peavey with the gain all the way to the top so there's a really heavy distortion sound that comes from the amplifier.

I love history and I love watching history movies, stuff like 'Ben Hur' and 'Lawrence of Arabia' and 'Doctor Zhivago.'

A Clockwork Orange' was one of my favorite movies as a teenager. I had a big poster on my wall in Brazil.

Sepultura had a political album like Chaos A.D. that concerned itself with politics and war. I continued that in some areas with Soulfly.

I think 'Roots' is a courageous record with some really cool stuff in it.

We were always big fans of Hellhammer, but when Celtic Frost came on with 'Morbid Tales,' to me it was a game-changer in the metal world.

I'm not much of a writing guy to start with. I don't write diaries.

The Soulfly logo was invented by a tattoo artist, Leo Zuleta; a lot of people don't know that.

Chaos A.D' is about chaos around the world. 'Territory' was about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Doom was one of my favorite crusty punk bands.

When we did the 'Roots' tour with Cavalera Conspiracy, it was more flashy. It was supposed to be a big deal because it was a big album.

I really don't like writing lyrics. It's totally a mandatory thing. It's like homework.

As far as recording equipment, we use everything! We don't rely too much on Pro Tools like other bands.

I don't know if people know this, but I kind of got Fear Factory signed with Roadrunner. I really bugged Monte Conner back in the day when I heard the demo that had 'Big God' on it.

I liked Soundgarden, Nirvana, and Melvins. I didn't really care much for Pearl Jam.

Nailbomb was never really a big record. It's big in the underground. It's huge and it developed a big cult following.

Roots' was the first album on which I recorded a berimbau. After that, I recorded it a bunch for Soulfly and other projects. I really enjoy the instrument even though it's only one string. It's really unique-sounding. It's very striking, and you know right away that it's a berimbau - it's one of a kind.