Mental Interrogation with Justin Warrick of Bleed The Sky

Who? Justin Warrick, guitarist/backing vocalist of Bleed The Sky.

Myspace: www.myspace.com/bleedthesky

How long have you been playing together? The band lineup has changed since the formation in 2003 but this line up has been together almost 2 years!!

How did you meet? My last band REV was actually opening for Bleed, we became really good friends/drinkin buddies outside the band and then Kyle left the band, and they called me up!!

What kind of gear do you use? Right now we are using Peavy 6505+ and a VHT Pitbull.

Is there an album that inspired you to join a band? I have always been a music fan and couldn't think of anything else I would rather do, so I can't think of one album that made me want to be in a band cause there were several, all the way back to Shout At The Devil, Motley Crue, Out of the Cellar, RATT, any Metallica record up to and including the black album, Guns N Roses, always great, N.W.A., and well lets face it anyone who ever picked up a guitar or a mic or sat behind a drum kit with the purpose of playing heavy music has to bow down to the ALL MIGHTY PANTERA!! R.I.P. DIMEBAG=G.O.A.T.!!!

What was the last album you bought? CLUTCH!!!!

What do you think of downloading music? It is what it is, it aint never gonna stop now, but just remember all those artists that you love can't afford to make the music you love unless you buy it!!!! It isn't being greedy or anything but we have bills too and it costs money to go out on the road and put out records!!

Who would you say was your personal biggest influence? Dimebag on so many different levels!

If you could trade places with another musician for a day, who would it be and why? No one I LOVE MY BAND!! METAL!! But if I had to probably Justin Timberlake, not really a musician though, so I could spend some of that money and hell you have all seen the a*s that dude pulls!!

If you weren’t playing in a band, what do you think you’d be doing instead? Tattoo artist.

Where do you think the best metal is coming from at the moment? From your stereo as long as it is playing Murder The Dance (the new Bleed The Sky album) which is out in stores TODAY (16th June in the UK)!!!! Ha ha ha no really there is a bunch of new bands out there like Horse Called War from OK City, Stenmm from NY, Carbid outta Austin TX, Lead Burns Red out of San Diego CA, Heat Fix outta OK City and so on and so on there is always great music out there, you just gotta realize that is not always what the media tells you is good!! (MI - and that's the reason we started Metaholic Music!)

If you could only eat one kind of food, would it be savoury or sweet? Savory, steak and tators all the way!!!

What’s your favourite movie? Anyone that makes me laugh, but I also like a good killin movie too!!

What was the last live show you went to (not including your own)? Heat Fix in OK City.

What do you have lined up next? We will be touring soon, we have about 48 days booked right now so stay tuned to our Myspace and we will have those dates up soon!!

Why should people check out your band? You shouldn't unless you like METAL and/or sexy long haired dudes that drink and smoke a lot!! Ha ha! Murder The Dance, the new record from Bleed The Sky is out in stores June 10th (in the US, June 16th in the UK), that is today by the way, GO BUY IT!! See you all out on tour soon!!!