GOD FORBID Frontman Talks About Touring

In a recent interview with Live-Metal.net, GOD FORBID frontman Byron Davis commented on some of the bands GOD FORBID has shared the stage with during its busy touring schedule this year.

Live-Metal: Back in January, you went out with ANTHRAX. How did that go?

Byron Davis: "That was awesome, the original lineup, the classic album 'Among the Living'. That was my album growing up. I was always listening to that album and to have everybody in the band be there and playing it live every night, for me, it was like self-gratification because a lot of bands, after a while they just call it quits or things break up to the point where they can't get back together. To see them actually resolve their differences and actually get together in a room and play songs that I grew up with and I have fond memories of was just great. And for them to be in the industry as long as they have been and for them to still be down-to-earth, cool people made it even better. I was kinda skeptical when we first came on the tour because I thought they've been around for so long that they might be jaded and shit, but it was none of that at all. They were totally cool people. That's all you can really hope for, to have a lasting memory of a tour that you've been on, especially with people that you've always kind of admired and looked up to and helped guide you in your direction."

Live-Metal: Right before this tour, you did some shows with CHILDREN OF BODOM. Are those guys as wild as they seem?

Byron Davis: "Yeah, dude, they party hard. Unfortunately, I'm not allowed to drink anymore due to medical issues. I went to the doctor and he's like, 'You've got high liver enzymes.' So my partying days are up right now. But they definitely party hard, giving us, like two or three bottles of liquor every night. Like, 'Here, take whatever you want. Just have it, have it.' The definitely party, they're great musicians and they're great people. You can't really ask for much more than that."

Live-Metal: Have you toured with [ILL NINO] before?

Byron Davis: "No. They're another band from Jersey, so it's definitely great to see Jersey bands out there doing it and it's gonna be really cool to go out with them. We've talked for years, trying to get out with them, but things never really lined up like they should have. But the fact that we're about to go out with them now, it's gonna be really amazing. They definitely have a certain type of crowd that they draw, which will be perfect for us. I've always said that we can play with any band and be totally fine. So they're definitely opening a door for us into that other subset of people who haven't ever experienced GOD FORBID. So we're definitely looking forward to it. It's gonna be an amazing tour for us. So we're just gonna keep it rolling like we always do [Matt DeVries of CHIMAIRA walks by], try to stay away from this dude named Matt from CHIMAIRA. He's dangerous."

Matt DeVries: That's right.

Byron Davis: Dangerous.

Live-Metal: When you're out on tour with all these bands, do you get ideas and inspiration for your own music from them?

Byron Davis: "Sometimes we do. We try and steal CHIMAIRA's moves and shit. [Matt laughs.] Anytime you're out with musicians that are really good and technical and feel what they're doing, you can always learn off of that and experience something and definitely help bring something into your program."

Read the entire interview at www.live-metal.net.