antiMusic: Tell me about your thoughts on the first ever Grammy Slayer won [earlier this month]. ** Kerry King: I thought it was cool for my dad because yah know he's proud, but for me the f**king Grammy's I think the vote process it's not tainted but it's not correct because it's not by somebody by somebody who knows about every kind of music they're voting for. I think there is probably 25, 40% of people who actually have an idea of what metal is and I think they're 60, 75 percent of people who pass the category and say, "Metal, Slayer, heard of them, cool." I'm glad they did it, yah know hey, it gives me something cool to say "Yeah I won one of those." Not a lot of people in the world can say that, from that aspect it's cool, but I'd rather have awards that educated metal fans voted for.
antiMusic: Do you guys ever feel pressured to change your sound to fit in with modern music? ** Kerry King: Not at all [laughs] I just won a Grammy I don't got to do sh*t [laughs]. This is what we like to do. We were very fortunate when we decided what we were going to do 20 some years ago, we found something we dug and we didn't have to change what we do to be popular. [see full story for the rest of part 1 of this exclusive interview and check back next week for part II]
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