MAYHEM bassist Jørn ‘Necrobutcher’ Stubberud says that his band are THE ROLLING STONES of metal.
The infamous black metal bassist recently had a chat with the good folks over at Metal Hammer about everything from family, his dislike for technology to how he likes being the first metal band to play in any country.
Aside from a three-year period in the 90s, the 53-year-old bassist has been the heartbeat of the Norwegian black metal icons since their founding in 1984. He has lived through the deaths of both former singer Per ‘Dead’ Ohlin and guitarist Øystein ‘Euronymous’ Aarseth, as well as a plethora of controversies throughout his career.
When expanding on his statement that MAYHEM are THE ROLLING STONES of metal, he says: “I realized that I have the same strategy as Mick Jagger and the Rolling Stones. He understands it’s important to be the first Western band in any country. When you get there, you are the gods even if the people who come after you are better than you. I love to be the first metal band in any country. We want to play Laos, Vietnam, Philippines, Pakistan. Afghanistan? Maybe not. They jailed a metal band for 10 years for blasphemy. I’m not ready to go all that way and risk ending up in an Afghan jail.”
MAYHEM’s EP “Atavistic Black Disorder / Kommando” is out now via Century Media.
