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JEFF WALKER Claims Actor TOM HANKS Is A Fan Of His Band CARCASS

tom hanks carcass, JEFF WALKER Claims Actor TOM HANKS Is A Fan Of His Band CARCASS

The latest issue of Metal Hammer has an interview with CARCASS frontman Jeff Walker, where the brutal icon discusses numerous interesting points, including how actor Tom Hanks is apparently a massive fan of the extreme metal act.

Some of the highlights of the interview include the following.

Commenting on whether he has ever met any medical professionals who were inspired by the music and lyrics of CARCASS: “Yeah, actually. Doctors, pathologists, vets, people who work in funeral parlours. We’re only talking a handful of people, but if it only inspires one person and makes them want to become a doctor, that’s fucking brilliant. It’s probably the most positive impact I’ve had on anyone in my life.”

On CARCASS being name dropped on an episode of Friends: “Somebody had tipped us off, so I was watching it at the time. And before the programme, the person who was introducing it over the old Channel 4 logo goes, ‘And now Phoebe fancies a bit of Carcass…’ or something. I was, like, ‘What the fuck is going on?’ I never found out why. I even emailed the producer from Friends years later to find out, but he was none the wiser. If they wanted a high-profile act, they wouldn’t have picked frigging Carcass.”

On actor Tom Hanks apparently being a CARCASS fan:

“I remember years ago reading in a magazine that Tom Hanks used to have parties in Beverley Hills, and that he used to play Reek of Putrefaction to his friends. Maybe some softarse got it wrong and they meant [reputed death metal fan] Jim Carrey. Or maybe my memory has just made it up.”

Read the entire interview at this location.

In the meantime, you can check out CARCASS’s new album, “Torn Arties”, which is out now, below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Zlh7TgjEZA