{"id":77151,"date":"2021-12-22T19:22:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-23T00:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/?p=77151"},"modified":"2023-02-10T07:03:37","modified_gmt":"2023-02-10T12:03:37","slug":"rocket-interviews-bruce-corbitt-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/?p=77151","title":{"rendered":"ROCKET Interviews Bruce Corbitt"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Legendary RIGOR MORTIS\/WARBEAST<\/strong> vocalist Bruce Corbitt passed away in early 2019, and leaves behind a legion of fans who are going to miss his unmistakable voice and undeniable passion for Heavy Metal music. TMD’s creator\/editor, Randy “Rocket” Cody<\/strong>, interviewed Bruce Corbitt prior to the debut Warbeast album being released via Philip Anselmo’s label Housecore Records in 2010. It would be Corbitt’s first official music release in 22 years, and his excitement for getting back into the game was child-like and totally inspirational.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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ROCKET: What were the feelings you had after initially finding out Philip Anselmo was going to sign WARBEAST<\/strong> to his label Housecore Records<\/strong>? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

BRUCE: Oh man, what a phone call that was for me. One of those moments that you will never forget. It would take alot of “setting up” the moment to really explain the impact it would have on my life and the rest of the guys in the band. So fuck it, if you really wanna know… I will just go ahead and tell you the entire long\/in-depth story here for the first, and probably last time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was all kind of crazy how it all happened in the first place. I hadn’t seen Philip since he moved out of Dallas\/Ft. Worth…. 15-years-ago or some shit like that. Then Rigor Mortis did those few shows with Arson Anthem back in late 2007. Hell to be honest with ya, bro… I didn’t have a fucking clue what the guy would be like after so many years. Yeah, I knew about all his up-and-downs in life and the problems with his bands\/band members etc. Like everyone else, I had heard all-kinds-of-shit about him over the years. Some of it good… and alot of it bad. But I only judge a person by how they are towards me. Fuck what ya hear about someone… and who gives a fuck if you have a problem with him… that doesn’t fuckin’ mean I will. Ya know? … sort of how you would like everyone to give you the same chance and not judge you by what they hear about ya. But of course we all know that isn’t always the case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\nAnyway, back in the 80s, both\nof us had “joined” bands (Pantera & Rigor Mortis) that\njust really didn’t like each other. The Rigor Mortis guys just hated\nPantera for whatever reasons. The Pantera guys just thought Rigor\nMortis sucked. Neither band liked the others band’s style etc. The\nfans got in on it too… so because of that “so-called”\nrivalry… we didn’t really hang out that much back then when Philip\nlived around here. But whenever I did see him back in those days, he\nwas always very cool and respectful to me. So I always considered\nhim and friend and I was anxious to see the guy after so long.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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During those Rigor Mortis & Arson Anthem shows we had a few chances to get reacquainted. That’s when I told him about the new band. Yes, I already knew he had a label and of course any band wants to get signed. But I even remember being uncomfortable about it and thinking to myself, “I sure hope he doesn’t think I am trying to get him to sign us just by mentioning my new band.” So I was really just talking to him in a “friend” type of way… ya know? Like… “I got another band going now bro. You remember Rick Perry and Scott Shelby from Gammacide? … I am jamming with those dudes now. This is the best band I have been in since Rigor Mortis. We gotta badass bass player and this young monster-of a-drummer etc.” Even though Philip acted interested in what kind of style the band was… again I just thought of it as brothers catching up on what is going on with each others lives etc. I never talked to him that much about his label, I remember I kind of thought we might not be the type of band Philip would be interested in. Hell, I really didn’t know what he wanted for his label now that I think about it… because we didn’t really talk about it that much.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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