CORROSION OF CONFORMITY Guitarist Says Last Album Was Too 'Slick'-Sounding

March 10, 2005

CORROSION OF CONFORMITY guitarist Woody Weatherman recently spoke to the Hartford Advocate about the group's upcoming album, "In the Arms of God", and their early musical influences. Commenting on the fact that "In the Arms of God" features a more "earthy" feel than the band's last studio release, 2000's "America's Volume Dealer", Weatherman said, "I think probably in some ways it reverts back to a couple of albums ago, that sort of vibe. I think on our last album we maybe drifted away a bit. It was a bit too slick-sounding, I think. A lot of the kids concur with that, but I think that this record is ... you know, you hate it when rock guys come out and say this is a heavy record — because everybody says that all the time — but it kind of harkens back to a little period in our time when we were doing stuff that was maybe a little angrier, a little more forthright, and talkin' about topics that maybe people can relate to in this day and age."

C.O.C.'s sound is defined by massive riffs, bluesy leads (in a world where blues are played dark, distorted and heavy as hell) and some Southern rock undertones. Weatherman's early musical experiences can account for all of the above. He recalls learning from BLACK SABBATH records, explaining, "You could actually sit there, even if you didn't really know how to play guitar, you could learn a song. You could teach it to yourself. Same thing with DEEP PURPLE, or any of those monster riffs. That was the appeal for me, because it sounded thick, and it grabbed my attention, and I could learn to play it. You could relate to it — it wasn't like a YES song that had 40 parts, and there was no way on earth you were going to ever learn it. It was appealing to me, and it just kind of stuck."

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