Max Cavalera
Singer
1969-08-04
Quotes by Max Cavalera
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My dad had a guitar but it was acoustic, so I smashed a mirror and glued broken glass to it to make it look more metal. It looked ridiculous!
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I liked Soundgarden, Nirvana, and Melvins. I didn't really care much for Pearl Jam.
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We get to travel to Siberia, Japan, China, Australia, South America and even the little cities all around America. It's probably my favorite thing about being in a band.
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The Soulfly logo was invented by a tattoo artist, Leo Zuleta; a lot of people don't know that.
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I see metal as really connected to tribalism. Like, even the way we dress and the way we love the music and are part of a movement, it's like we're part of a certain tribe, and we're proud of that.
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Nailbomb was never really a big record. It's big in the underground. It's huge and it developed a big cult following.
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I started to listen to music in '80 or '81, bands like Queen or Kiss. Then in '83, when I first got into Slayer and Venom and stuff like that, they just blew my mind.
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I always wanted to do a song with a violin; I always loved the sound of the instrument, especially for melodic stuff.
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When Sepultura played in B, because of Iggor's drumming, because of the way the songs are structured, it's very different from Korn. So, it opens up a whole new world.
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