Testament’s Chuck Billy sat down with Chaoszine and talked about his story of becoming a frontman. The singer revealed that he was influenced by James Hetfield.
“James Hetfield, of course, was number one at that time because he did it very well,” he said when asked who he looked up to and mimicked in his earlier days. “He was the one sing in that style, there wasn’t many other bands that were doing it like that. So James was probably one of the ones I followed even to this day.”
“We write songs like, ‘What would James do? How would James do this one?’ So that’s always carries in the back of my mind how he does it and what he does,” Billy admitted.
Though both bands were formed around the same years and got big over time, Testament still hasn’t toured with Metallica. But one of Billy’s ambitions is to one day tour with Metallica. “I think my number one on my checklist is to be able to go on tour with Metallica, a band that grew up in our scene, our area, paved the way for this kind of music,” the frontman explained in another interview. “We’ve never had that opportunity to perform a tour with them. We might have played a couple of shows and festivals over the time, but never got to tour.”
“There’s a lot of history there that I really don’t know the answer why we never have, and maybe you could pose that question to them one day — why not? — and maybe I’ll get my answer someday what the reason is,” he added.
Testament is currently on tour with Anthrax and Kreator. The trio’s next show is tonight in Paris, France and the tour is scheduled to wrap up on December 15 in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Holland.
