Check out Killswitch Engage front man Jesse Leach’s responses to some fan questions he received during an interview with Roadrunner Records!
Weren’t you a vegan for a while, and when/how did that change?
Yeah, I was vegetarian for 12 years, vegan for a year, and I think I got to the point where I realized in my own mind that it’s more important to support local and organic stuff—farm products, food, whatever the case may be. Cause the reason I got into vegetarianism in the first place was for environmental purposes, caring for the earth and not wanting to contribute the corporate farming that was going on, which I’m still very much opposed to. But I think it got to a point in my life where I realized I wanted to be more locally minded, and the way the economy was, the way my mindset was four years ago when I decided to partake in meat again—I don’t want to say I grew out of it, but I realized the goal was more environmentalism as opposed to vegetarianism. So local and organic is the way to go, that’s the short version of it. And I do not regret it at all.
Do you have any plans to tour places you’ve never been in 2013?
Yes, and I would love to, that’s all I can say. I will go anywhere in the world; I just want to get out there. Absolutely.
Do you have any pre-show rituals or superstitions?
Oh, I’ve got tons of rituals. Tons of water, like, ridiculous amounts ofwater. I do Melissa Cross vocal warmups religiously, every single day. And just a little bit of whiskey. And stretching—I do all kinds of stretches, physically not vocally. I’m a creature of habit, I stick to my routine and I’m very cautious in everything I do because I care that much; I want every performance to be as good as it can be.
Killswitch Engage is going on a North American tour starting tomorrow, November 24. During the tour, they will play the entirety of their 2002 album “Alive Or Just Breathing” (the last one with Leach as vocalist).
11/24/2012
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