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MASTODON Drummer On Metalhead Hockey Players

January 25, 2008

MASTODON drummer Brann Dailor has penned a blog for NHL.com exploring the connection between heavy metal and playing hockey. An excerpt follows:

"I've had a chance to meet several hockey players in the past few years and it's always really cool to spend some time with them and compare stories about our lives as musicians and their lives as hockey players.

"That's another reason why I am excited that I can go to the All-Star Game in my hometown to see so many of these great players on one stage.

"I've met some of the Thrashers, although it can be hard because they are so busy with their season while they are here and we can be busy with touring or making a new record. But, we did that thing on 'Inside the NHL' with Atlanta defensemen Garnet Exelby and Mark Popovic and that was pretty cool. They're both fans of the heavy music, so that was a lot of fun.

"I've also recently hung out with Drew Stafford and Toni Lydman of the Buffalo Sabres. They had a Sunday game down here a little while back and they got in on a Saturday and we had them over to the house to hang out. My wife made lasagna and I picked their brains about being hockey layers and they picked mine about being a musician.

"They live a really cool lifestyle, but I'll still take playing the drums. Their season seems like such a grind with all the games and everything. I guess they are compensated well for it, but I'll still take being a musician."

Read the entire blog at NHL.com.

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