SKINDRED interview answered by lead singer, Benji Webbe.

September 26, 2007

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Questions included:

1. what is the best and worst set of reviews you got for your cross over sound?

2. how did you guys react each time you switched over labels?

3. explain how a track called Destroy The Dance Floor came about? i am assuming this was not meant for clubs

4. what country would you say has the strongest fan base? jamaica? (enter sarcasm here)

5. how did your sound come about historically?

1 That’s a strange way to ask a question but here it goes, the worst review that I remember said something like Skindred are Shit and the album is not worth buying or our live show worth seeing…the best I personally saw said something like: Skindred are as important to the evolution of rock music as Led Zeppelin or Black Sabbath… but, its just people’s opinions… the way I see it, a lot of jaded journalists who review bands is they are like Eunuchs in a harem! They constantly see it done but are just jealous that they cant do it themselves!

2 This music business is like building a house on the sand for the majority of bands on the planet, so you can never trust anything that people tell you, whether they are blowing smoke up your arse or being genuine. I know every label that dealt with our debut album, Babylon set out with the full intention to do it justice, but for one reason or another that didn’t happen and they had to let us go. Fortunately, we believe in the music more than the business, so in the face of any adversary we just knuckle down and deal with it… with my fist in the air I say “struggle continues my brother”

3 We did write Destroy the Dance Floor for the clubs and for dance clubs especially.
Our music is for people who love music of all styles, it transcends beyond people who listen to one sort of music and is made for people to dance to. That’s our mission to get the whole earth dancing to the same beat…no matter what you call yourself, dread head, metal head, punk head, or techno head! Its all about rocking out at the end of the day!

4 Oh Ya Mon Jamaica Das the reggae metal capitol of the De world…

5 I didn’t like the last question. I’ve been asked the same question for years way too much and I’m sick of answering it! But I did like the other 2…