Soulfly‘s Max Cavalera had few kind words to say of his former bandmates in Sepultura. Speaking recently with Rockmusicstar.com, Cavalera talked at length about his new autobiography “My Bloody Roots” which is available now in select regions with a U.S. release set for February.
Speaking on allegations that he “turned his back” on Sepultura when he left the outfit, he replied:
“Yeah, that’s all propaganda. Everybody that reads the book will understand why I did it. And, you know, everybody that knows what’s going on knows that that band is actually taken hostage by Andreas, by guys that weren’t even there in the beginning. They were not there in the beginning.
Sepultura was formed by me and Igor, it had all different people. Paulo and Derrick are not former band members; they are not original band members. The way I see it, they took the band hostage, and they are just using the name, promoting themselves. But they’re dragging the name down, because they’re getting less and less popular, and I don’t really hear anything good about their records.
So, it’s like, to me, I don’t really care what they do. You know, for me there’s always the classic Sepultura that I love. I think we did some amazing records, but it’s all in the past.”
