MASTODON On Signing With Major Label: 'We're Not Going To Change Into A BACKSTREET BOYS'

May 13, 2005

Atlanta quartet MASTODON recently spoke to MTV.com about the band's decision to jump from an indie to Warner Bros. Records.

"It's a big step for a band like us that doesn't really have any radio hits or ... any plans to write any radio hits or anything like that," drummer Brann Dailor explained.

"We wanted to make sure that [Warner Bros.] knew that," guitarist Bill Kelliher added. "We told them, 'We're not going to change into a BACKSTREET BOYS or anything like that.' We're not going to change our sound. If it ain't broke, don't fix it."

MASTODON say three major labels battled over them for more than six months. Dailor said they've already started working on new material for their Warner Bros. debut, which will actually be a joint release with Relapse, the indie imprint that issued the band's critically hailed "Leviathan" and "Remission".

"Relapse feels more like a home, and it feels like we're flying the coop, so to speak," Dailor said, "but it was the logical next step. If we don't take the chance, what are we going to do?"

The band's been compiling footage for an in-the-works DVD for the past year, but its main focus right now is a prized spot on this summer's Ozzfest. MASTODON plan to write material while on tour and hit the studio in early fall.

Dailor said MASTODON will play three Ozzfest off-dates with IRON MAIDEN and a slew of others with ROB ZOMBIE. A concrete list of those dates could come as early as next week.

"I'm looking forward to those ZOMBIE shows as much as those Ozzfest shows," singer/bassist Troy Sanders said. "That's a no-brainer, because [those shows] will be [sold out] five minutes before tickets go on sale. That should have really good energy."

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