BILLY MILANO Talks About His Move To Texas, 20th Anniversary S.O.D. DVD

In a recent interview with the S.O.D. & M.O.D. Fansite, former S.O.D./current M.O.D. frontman Billy Milano spoke about his decision to move back to Texas and the status of S.O.D.'s 20-year anniversary DVD. Several exceprts from the interview follow:

Sod-Mod.com: Recently you re-located to Texas. You had lived there before, went back to New York and now you're in Texas again. What made you decide to leave New York again?

Billy Milano: "I have to be honest about this. After the 9-11 attacks you would think that people would have learned to be more nice to each other, instead the tension is so thick in NYC you can slice it with a knife. I originally moved back to NYC from Dallas, Texas when my mom got sick and when I moved home we got attacked on September 11 that was 7 days after I got home. So the whole dynamics of NYC changed after that. The music scene suffered tremendously and there was no production work for me. That is my bread and butter when I am not touring. I honestly had enough of the bad attitude in NYC and to top it off, these Arab fuckers think they can talk shit about America and no one is going to say or do anything. Well, I was the one guy who had enough. So I packed up and moved to Austin Texas. Now I got a gun to match my big balls."

Sod-Mod.com: Is Texas a better place for a musician than New York?

Billy Milano: "Austin, Texas is one of the biggest music scenes in America. It has the biggest music convention in it, South by Southwest. It is far better than NY, and more importantly, way more diverse."

Sod-Mod.com: A short while ago there was a message at your message board and at Blabbermouth that Scott Ian allowed you to release another S.O.D. live DVD/CD set. Who came up with this idea? And why did Scott have to give you his permission?

Billy Milano: "Simply put — the last DVD 'Kill Yourself - The Movie' sucked. It was the last straw for me with those guys. It was such a wannabe-PANTERA rip-off that it was embarrassing. Scott put that together and you know he is in love with Dimebag or something. It wasn't my idea. I wanted to put together a 20-year anniversary DVD for the fans which will have some much stuff in it that it is the final finale to S.O.D. and a tribute to the best fans in the world. Scott had to give a sign off because it has video footage he shot and owned."

Sod-Mod.com: Will the CD and the DVD be released together as some kind of box-set, or separately?

Billy Milano: "The new 20-year anniversary DVD that I put together will contain a live record from a vintage show as well as a ton of slamming footage, interviews of me, [producer] Alex Perialis, 2 actual videos of S.O.D. classics and a ton of mini concerts from all over the world."

Sod-Mod.com: What will be released first then, the CD or the DVD?

Billy Milano: "They are going to be released in the 20th-anniversary package together.

Sod-Mod.com: Tell us more about the DVD. Is it finished already? And will it be released worldwide at the same time?

Billy Milano: "The DVD is done and will be released worldwide next year. It has a live concert, funny shit in between the songs, I introduce each member of S.O.D. and even wrote new music to introduce them. It is a very funny video and more importantly, it crushes the 'Kill Yourself - The Movie'."

Read Billy Milano's entire interview with the S.O.D. & M.O.D. Fansite at this location.