Randy Blythe
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first heard Feb 2025
last heard 15 Apr
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We were on tour in Metallica for about a year over the course of two years back then. And every now and then they'd be like, dude, you might want to dial it back a little bit. Because it partied across America, Europe, then on into New Zealand, Australia. And I knew those dudes were sober. So I went there. I'm like, please. Help. They're like, just breathe, dude.
I spent my first month sober in Australia on tour.
My metabolism is so fast. I processed it out. I was sweaty and couldn't sleep very well a couple of nights. Sure. But there's only two substances that can kill you from withdrawals, and that's alcohol and benzodiazepines, Xanax and that shit. And withdrawals from alcohol can kill you, seizures and all that stuff. Luckily, it just didn't happen for me. I guess it just processed it. I got lucky.
But I had a friend who drank himself to death at age 23 years old, died on his bed cursing his parents. They were coming to see him, and he couldn't barely even speak anymore.
They took the alcohol away from him. He went to the hospital, and his internal organs melted. That's just horrific. He was built like me. Like a tall, skinny dude. You never know. It's an individual thing.
I get a gut when I eat, but it's not like a fat gut. It's just distended six-pack. And then two hours later, it's gone. Man. It makes my girlfriend really mad. Yeah. She's like, you eat whatever you want and I gain the weight.
The precise quote, the word that's missing, is if you are unwilling...
To examine. If you sit there and you're like, if I think, okay, Jordan Harbinger really doesn't like me, we're going to do this podcast and he's going to ask me some gotcha questions and then try and submit this to the music press and make me look like a total jerk.
Yeah, I know. I can tell. You're very Machiavellian. So if I have these beliefs for some reason, if I am unwilling to say, why do you think that, dude? Like, why? No matter how cherished that belief is, if I'm unwilling to do that, then I'm scared to look at myself and look at my method of processing the world. And I think this is something that a lot of people experience.
There's a lot of cognitive dissonance going on I believe this. We live in such a divisive society. Not to get into any sort of political party or whatever, but people are so binary now almost.
At least online. In person, things tend to go a little bit smoother. But online, there's this group think. You're A or B. And the group is comforting. Human beings have a herd instinct. Of course, this is the way to think. Everybody else thinks.
Exactly. And it's reinforcing your biases, your already existing biases. But if you aren't really willing to sit there and look at why you think the way you think and ask yourself, do I believe this because I believe this or because it's been yelled at me by a bunch of other people? then you're just scared. You're scared to look at yourself.
And I think as an artist, at least for me and a lot of my friends, that's one of the great things about being an artist because it involves a lot of self-reflection, creating honest art and questioning myself and my beliefs. And some of my beliefs are the very same as they were when I was 16. And I hold them up to scrutiny. And it's uncomfortable. But some things, I have to let go of.
You get hungry enough, you'll eat your dog. Of course.
Right, 100%. And that's the whole thing is it's uncomfortable to question your beliefs. And with the meat thing, I eat meat myself. That being said, the factory farming system is atrocious.
It is horrifying. For me in my life— I've been trying to buy, it's much more expensive, especially these days, ethically sourced meat, cage-free eggs, all that stuff. It is expensive, but it's the little thing I do. But when I'm on tour, I'm not doing that. So it's hypocritical. I think we can only do the best that we can do.
I am constantly turning off lights. I am constantly recycling. I'm constantly doing all these things. That you just hope are actually working. Please. And I'm going to buy a hybrid car next because I know that will reduce gas usage.
And it's just, oh, God, there's so much. And I think that if you're a socially or environmentally conscious person at all, You can't concentrate on everything. You'd lose your mind. Because you begin to feel helpless and without agency. And I think that feeling of helplessness and lack of agency causes some people to just say, Screw it. Yeah. I'm going to just do whatever.
And that's not the answer. So for me, just try, man. I'm trying just to do what I can. And I know I'm not perfect, but don't give up hope on doing the right thing just because it's difficult.
Yeah.
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