He likes bananas-dehydrated banana chips. So I would say it's not much different than working with a lead singer because there are still challenges. There are challenges, but I've been in tons of bands, and lead singers typically tend to have pretty big egos. And obviously that's cool, but it's not something I can use on a metal record. He likes to whistle the Andy Griffith theme song.
But he likes to bite your ear when he's on your shoulder sometimes. So, to get him to do anything, he's got to feel comfortable. You know, there's the old Hollywood trope: "Never work with kids and never work with animals." It can be a little bit of a pain at times. What is it like collaborating with a bird? Are there animal-specific challenges? And Obviously that's cool, but it's not something I can use on a metal record.' ' likes to whistle the Andy Griffith theme song. As long as we keep having fun and keep getting a kick out of it, we're in good shape. I guess a better answer for an interview would be, "We still have something we have to say." But that's absolutely not true. Song titles that are puns on preexisting, well-known metal songs. Part of it is coming up with goofy song titles.
Because we kept thinking of things that made us laugh. Why keep it going after the initial joke? It's been 12 years since the band formed, and you've put out four records. So Hatebeak was the perfect name for a parrot-fronted metal band. Yeah, there's a hardcore band called Hatebreed that is pretty popular. We thought up the name, drew up the logo, and it made us laugh. So, you know, I'm kind of like a goofy guy, I like to have fun, so we thought up the concept and we were like, "How stupid would it be if we had a parrot for a singer?" It makes sense because of the mimicry, and the type of stuff that parrots can do. VICE: Where did the idea for a parrot-fronted band hatch?īlake Harrison: Mark Sloan and I had known each other from playing music in different bands for a couple years, and basically both of us were between bands. Aside from a rare interview with VICE in 2005, the band's human members have always been cagey about their bird-centric sounds, citing "trade secrets." But last week drummer Blake Harrison (who also plays keyboards in Pig Destroyer) hopped on the phone with me to talk about what it's like to collaborate with an animal, how they keep PETA from squawking, and why, after all these years, he still won't let the joke die.
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