Was Death Magnetic just blown chance to fucking come back hard?
Dennis Ryan: A lot of the fans, they wouldn’t have to do with it. Some Other Guy on the Street: Metallica? After S&M, nothing. The Black Album, Master of Puppets…fuck it. [Those two engage in a gripping conversation about the merits of Metallica; everyone else walks away] JM: I gotta confess, I’m a big fan of Metallica’s Garage Inc. album. Anyway, what I was trying to say earlier was that we have the people that we have has really helped us out a lot. Any negative press is fine as long as it is fair. I think my age snuck up on people. IYS: Yeah, that seems to be an unfair focal point any time someone writes about you… JM: I think it’s total bullshit. IYS: What exactly prompted the expansion of Deer Tick to a four person band? It started off as two people and then dropped down to just you, John. And now you have a four person lineup. JM: I always wanted it to be a band. It started off with just me and my friend, Paul on drums. I guess with how ambitious I was made it hard fro him to
