In a new interview with Appetite for Distortion, Killswitch Engage drummer Justin Foley explained how he got away with creating a merch design similar to Guns N Roses’ ‘Appetite for Destruction.’
“We did have our best tour like whatever ripoff design shirt was, ‘Appetite For Destruction,’ the cross with the skulls,” he admitted. “So Joel had drawn all of us. Joel’s really good character kind of drawer. He did all of us in that and it said ‘Appetite For Consumption.’ It was like the perfect knockoff shirt, it was really good. But our managers were like, ‘I can’t really sell that.’ It came out beautiful.”
When the interviewer asked whether or not it was available now, the drummer explained, “It was like a tiny tiny run that we got away with I think maybe in Australia again for like a week and a half tour or something. So I don’t think there are a lot of them out there but it was a good looker.”
The drummer’s recent comments came only two days after the band’s bassist Mike D’Antonio was accused of using AI to create the cover of their album ‘This Consequence.’ “The cover art was not done by A.I., no matter what people are saying on the Internet,” he addressed them in a chat with Jaimunji. “I killed myself making that fricking cover art, so don’t tell me I just typed some words into a computer and it popped out, ’cause that’s — eight months later, that’s not what happened. It took ten thousand photos and a lot of time. So, I just wanted to put that out there.”
He added that he was not flattered that people think it’s so good.”I guess I should be flattered that people think it’s so good [that it could have been generated using A.I.]. But I’m not. I hate it. I don’t wanna be associated with A.I. Other people can do that. I’m fine with it. A.I. is just a whole new form of artwork. People can’t afford it or can’t be creative, they should definitely go gravitate towards that stuff.”
“It’s not for me. I’m an artist. I should be able to do my own sh*t. And that’s what I do,” the bassist added.
‘This Consequence’ will be released on February 21, 2025, via Metal Blade. It is KillSwitch Engage’s ninth album and sixth with Jesse Leach since his return in 2012.
