LAMB OF GOD Guitarist: 'There Ain't No Gates Or Walls In Front Of My House'

December 12, 2007

Greg Burk of the Los Angeles Times reports: Where most bands' road videos focus on high times, LAMB OF GOD's "Killadelphia" spies on the band dudes grappling with broken tour vehicles — and physically grappling with one another, past the point of bloodshed.

"Sometimes it's not pretty, but that's the reality," says vocalist Randy Blythe. "If you want fantasy, go watch 'Lord of the Rings'."

Though LAMB OF GOD had already built huge momentum, that 2005 DVD took it to another level. "The fans honestly feel they know you," says guitarist Mark Morton. "And that gives you a connection most bands don't have."

"There ain't no gates or walls in front of my house," says Morton with his upbeat lilt. "Halloween night, there was a dude that brought his little girl over trick-or-treatin', and he's got a LAMB OF GOD sweat shirt on. I'm sittin' on the porch drinkin' a beer. And he's like, 'What's up, man?' Slappin' my hand. It's that natural and that easy."

Morton says he's most amazed by fans' individual responses to LAMB OF GOD's music. "'Walk With Me in Hell' is a really personal song that touches people. You meet these military guys that were over in Iraq, and whatever you think about the politics of the war, these are kids fightin' because they were sent there, and so many of these guys are tellin' us how important this album or this song was to them." Two thousand miles away, it's clear he's getting choked up thinking about it. "And that's huge, you know what I mean?"

Read the entire article at the Los Angeles Times.

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