There’s really nothing I dislike about you.” You sometimes overwhelm yourself, because you’ve got your hands in so much stuff, the monster trucks, martial arts… sometimes it gets to be too much, because I miss the days when it was just Death Punch. But anyway, on to the answer for me… there are very few things that I dislike about you. But anticipation of death is worse than death itself, and that was something I was avoiding, because I’m scared. For the longest time I figured I was gonna die from drinking. But I realised that it was never just about me, and it was selfish to think that way. It was self-sabotage, and it took the longest time for me to get my head out of my ass. I always thought other singers were better than me, and I felt like I didn’t deserve it. Ivan: “It took me a long time to believe that I belong here. Which is great in some ways, but it started to happen in a way that was like, ‘Is he gonna fall off stage? Am I gonna get woken up one day and he’s dead in his bunk?’ I felt like it wasn’t fair that he was putting the rest of us in jeopardy and it wasn’t fair that he was making me worry about him all the time.” Then, when Ivan started drinking more and more, I felt like there was an unpredictability. When we got together, I felt like we were unbeatable, and I loved that feeling. Zoltan: “ Well, thank God, the thing that drove me crazy is now solved. Ivan: What’s the biggest thing that drives you crazy about me?
Zoltan: “I’m like Spock and he’s like Kirk. TMZ has done so much shit about me! But I love doing interviews when I’m not being taken advantage of.” If you read anything on Blabbermouth, they fucking hate me, and I’ve never done anything wrong to them.
I don’t Tweet or have Facebook, I don’t do any of that stuff. You guys have a great gift of gab and great filters you’re less emotional.
It’s like they want me to fuck up, because that’s how they get a good story. It’s not that I don’t like being interviewed, it’s that every time I talk, things are taken out of context, and they put all capitals on something that was a minute piece of the interview. Ivan: “I’m glad you asked, because we’ve never really talked about this. Zoltan: Why do you hate doing press so much? That’s one of the most irritating ones for me, too.” Then we were on an independent label with a shoestring budget, and people were like, ‘These big-money, corporate bands!’ Our first record was done in my fucking living room! It doesn’t get anymore DIY than that, but we’d get this corporate thing, as if it was contrived.” Zoltan: “Jesus Christ, where do I start? Well, we didn’t have a record label, a manager, or a booking agent, and without those things we were already getting big. When we asked him he said it would be an honour and he came to Las Vegas and recorded it there.Ivan: What’s the stupidest thing you’ve ever read about us? He always checks in on us, he always sends messages to see if we’re okay, he’s an amazing guy. It was a historic moment for the band and in our lives, this is Rob Halford singing on a Five Finger Death Punch song. But most importantly it was the song where we had Rob Halford sing, which was an amazing and surreal moment for us. “This was the first song we played in the set for a while, and another great song to play live – it gets a massive reaction. This song has never really seen the light of day, but it’s one of our best songs in my opinion.” Lift Me Up When we were recording, it was the last song and didn’t get mixed on time, but it was on the deluxe edition of American Capitalist. “I really really like this song, it’s very personal to Ivan. Again it’s really fun to play, everybody sings the words, and it’s a very impactful song live.” The Tragic Truth It’s one where we pull the kids out from the crowd and get them onstage – that’s a special moment in our live show. “Obviously it’s a pretty angry song, and another one that I really like because of the performance.
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