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PEPPER KEENAN Talks Next DOWN Album, Future CORROSION OF CONFORMITY Plans

October 18, 2010

Elliot Levin of the New York Hard Rock Examiner recently conducted an interview with DOWN guitarist/CORROSION OF CONFORMITY frontman Pepper Keenan. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below.

New York Hard Rock Examiner: When does America, and especially us here in New York City, get to see DOWN play live again?

Pepper: That's a good question. Right now we're working on new material, so we're trying to keep up more of a brisk pace, once we get some new shit out. We're moving backwards towards the "Nola" sound, go-for-the-throat kind of shit. We're not putting too much time into the production of it, like the last two records we did. Which I enjoyed doing, but now it's time to go backwards a little bit, have some fun. So maybe this summer.

New York Hard Rock Examiner: So summer 2011?

Pepper: 2011 summer. Bank on it, kid.

New York Hard Rock Examiner: I will be there! And correct me if I'm wrong, but I recall reading recently that you're thinking of releasing say a four-song EP, and then hitting the road.

Pepper: Well it's more than a four-song EP, but we're talking about finally getting this thing together. I don't wanna go into any detail yet, but it's going to be pretty massive. The first EP will be the first section of a whole big deal we're working on. It's gonna be fucking nuts.

New York Hard Rock Examiner: The original lineup of CORROSION OF CONFORMITY is out on tour right now. What's your take on that?

Pepper: I think it's a bunch of shit.

New York Hard Rock Examiner: You're not happy about it?

Pepper: No, no, no. I mean, we want to do something again, it's just I was so busy with DOWN and those guys had an opportunity as a three-piece, which is cool because some of the "Animosity" stuff people were asking about, and now with [Reed] Mullin [drums] back in the band we're gonna try to get back together and get the four-piece going, "Deliverance", with that same lineup.

New York Hard Rock Examiner: So you're going to let them ride out this tour and then everything's back to normal?

Pepper: Yeah, that's what we're talking about. They're gonna do a recording of some of the songs they wrote, which is cool. Hell, I've been doing DOWN shit. So hopefully we'll get that shit wrapped up and get back out there. We don't have a record deal or nothing, but we got a shitload of interest that want to see C.O.C. out there. It's just kind of a matter of getting all our ducks in a row.

Read the entire interview from New York Hard Rock Examiner.

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