Glen Benton is pussy ?
Posted: 16. 05. 2005. 15:52
cek dis shit aut:
Ex-DEICIDE guitarist Eric Hoffman has hit back at DECIDE frontman Glen
Benton, calling Glen's anti-Christian public stance "a show" and accusing
his former bandmate of "lying to the public to save his ass" about recent
tour cancellations.
In a lengthy statement sent to BLABBERMOUTH.NET, Hoffman said, "I, Eric
Hoffman, hired Glen Benton from a local music magazine. His name was
'Rock.' He was a terrible singer at the time, so we hired a friend of ours
from DEGRADATION to sing. He was very good, but could not phrase the song
properly. Then Glen tried to show him how the lyric phrasing should be
since he wrote the lyrics and he did it in a growl. I said, 'That sounds
like the devil, so act like you're the devil for a gimmick.' We then let
the other singer go.
"As far as Steve [Asheim, drums] writing all the songs, that is a joke. He
has written a few, and they were always arranged by me. All songs are
arranged by me, and he knows it. Glen listens to variations of the songs
and it always goes back to the way I arranged it.
"Recently Glen took publishing money and he lied to the public to save his
ass about cancellations, short sets and practice. On the contrary, that is
why Brian [Hoffman, guitar] and I left. We now are in legal matters with
Glen and Earache [Records]. Earache sends all royalties, merchandise money
and publishing to Glen.
"The theme to the video Earache made was Glen's idea. I wanted DEICIDE to
have a evil video, not him riding on a motorcycle. They should have made a
killer video, jamming in hell in front of Satan while demons mosh.
"I never saw him once worship the devil. He was married in a church. It is
all a show.
"He never could do long sets. We have been trying to get him to play more
'Legion' songs for years and many others. Mr. Benton only had to add more
than ten songs recently in Europe to save his ass. We always told him to do
more songs; even the fans did. We wanted to do the new material to play
live, and he did not show up for practice to learn them. Even the record
company knows that, right, Al [Dawson, Earache's U.S. label manager]?!
"He did not play all his bass lines in the studio, could not do technical
riffs.
"I recorded one of my songs 'The Pentecostal' on his bass. Steve has done
almost all his bass lines on all previous albums. I actually had to buy him
a bass because he was so unprofessional.
"[He] never showed up for practice, for six months at a time. A few years
ago, he tried to take a bunch of gig money. Then he said to my face he did
not give a shit about the band, the fans or me. So I kicked his ass.
"I have never seen a check or a real statement for merchandise. There are a
lot of DEICIDE shirts around; another lawsuit in the works for Blue Grape
[merchandising company] soon.
"He was fired numerous times for not showing up, even Steve told him to get
lost and he always came back. He writes the lyrics while we are in the
studio.
"And there are other topics.
"No one said anything about his simulating sex sounds of him getting it in
the rear on 'Torment In Hell'. That is why I did not do solos on that
record.
"Steve's drumming, I had to make him hit the snare with two sticks because
he could not blast fast enough for the new songs. Notice on all 'Scars of
the Crucifix' songs super-blast beats, two sticks are hit in a roll manner
and a simulated ride is added.
"Note: my brother is building some awesome guitars, and we will have a new
band in the near future.
"Next will be a video of Mr. Benton's studio work. Check out his posture
laying on end of couch. Every sound engineer said he was the worst bass
player they ever heard. Scott Burns and Neil [Kernon] can tell that one
someday."
Ex-DEICIDE guitarist Eric Hoffman has hit back at DECIDE frontman Glen
Benton, calling Glen's anti-Christian public stance "a show" and accusing
his former bandmate of "lying to the public to save his ass" about recent
tour cancellations.
In a lengthy statement sent to BLABBERMOUTH.NET, Hoffman said, "I, Eric
Hoffman, hired Glen Benton from a local music magazine. His name was
'Rock.' He was a terrible singer at the time, so we hired a friend of ours
from DEGRADATION to sing. He was very good, but could not phrase the song
properly. Then Glen tried to show him how the lyric phrasing should be
since he wrote the lyrics and he did it in a growl. I said, 'That sounds
like the devil, so act like you're the devil for a gimmick.' We then let
the other singer go.
"As far as Steve [Asheim, drums] writing all the songs, that is a joke. He
has written a few, and they were always arranged by me. All songs are
arranged by me, and he knows it. Glen listens to variations of the songs
and it always goes back to the way I arranged it.
"Recently Glen took publishing money and he lied to the public to save his
ass about cancellations, short sets and practice. On the contrary, that is
why Brian [Hoffman, guitar] and I left. We now are in legal matters with
Glen and Earache [Records]. Earache sends all royalties, merchandise money
and publishing to Glen.
"The theme to the video Earache made was Glen's idea. I wanted DEICIDE to
have a evil video, not him riding on a motorcycle. They should have made a
killer video, jamming in hell in front of Satan while demons mosh.
"I never saw him once worship the devil. He was married in a church. It is
all a show.
"He never could do long sets. We have been trying to get him to play more
'Legion' songs for years and many others. Mr. Benton only had to add more
than ten songs recently in Europe to save his ass. We always told him to do
more songs; even the fans did. We wanted to do the new material to play
live, and he did not show up for practice to learn them. Even the record
company knows that, right, Al [Dawson, Earache's U.S. label manager]?!
"He did not play all his bass lines in the studio, could not do technical
riffs.
"I recorded one of my songs 'The Pentecostal' on his bass. Steve has done
almost all his bass lines on all previous albums. I actually had to buy him
a bass because he was so unprofessional.
"[He] never showed up for practice, for six months at a time. A few years
ago, he tried to take a bunch of gig money. Then he said to my face he did
not give a shit about the band, the fans or me. So I kicked his ass.
"I have never seen a check or a real statement for merchandise. There are a
lot of DEICIDE shirts around; another lawsuit in the works for Blue Grape
[merchandising company] soon.
"He was fired numerous times for not showing up, even Steve told him to get
lost and he always came back. He writes the lyrics while we are in the
studio.
"And there are other topics.
"No one said anything about his simulating sex sounds of him getting it in
the rear on 'Torment In Hell'. That is why I did not do solos on that
record.
"Steve's drumming, I had to make him hit the snare with two sticks because
he could not blast fast enough for the new songs. Notice on all 'Scars of
the Crucifix' songs super-blast beats, two sticks are hit in a roll manner
and a simulated ride is added.
"Note: my brother is building some awesome guitars, and we will have a new
band in the near future.
"Next will be a video of Mr. Benton's studio work. Check out his posture
laying on end of couch. Every sound engineer said he was the worst bass
player they ever heard. Scott Burns and Neil [Kernon] can tell that one
someday."