How did the collaboration with Pantera vocalist Phil Anselmo come about on “By the River?
” It’s so funny you asked that. I’m supposed to see his other band Down tonight, but I can’t make it. Phil and I bro’ed down hard the summer before on that OZZfest. He kind of took V.O.D. under his wing. He’s kind of a punk rock and hardcore guy. I guess he saw that in us, and he really liked us. So we hung out with him, and drank with him. The following Halloween, I went down to his house and hung out with him for like a week in New Orleans. I got a couple friends in New Orleans, and we bro’ed down even harder then. I think the following Spring I just called him. We wanted something different on the record, so I was like, “I bet I could call Phil and get him to do this.” So I went to Roadrunner and told them he would guest on the record. I called him up, and he said, “No problem, just bring it down here for me.” I was like, “I’ll fucking fly right down there tomorrow.” Two weeks later, I flew down there, and I spent like four days with him. That was one of the best times, because we w
