Nailbomb
A side-project for Sepultura vocalist/guitarist Max Cavalera and Fudge Tunnel singer/guitarist Alex Newport, both now residents of Phoenix, Arizona. Nailbomb arrived with the public thus: ‘It was right after the last show on the Ministry tour. It was in San Diego and we were having a party. Me and Alex were talking 'cause the tour was over, the rest of the guys in Sepultura were going to Brazil, and I wasn't going because it was close to the time my son (Zyon) would be born. But I didn't want to stay and just do nothing in Phoenix…So I told Alex, ‘why don't we get together and do some songs, just for the hell of it’. We didn't even think of recording anything’. Originally titled Hate Project, then Sickman, they eventually settled on Nailbomb because both partners wanted something ‘real shocking’. A tape of the duo's demos reached Monte Conner at Roadrunner, who got them a studio budget to put together something a little more firm. The result was POINT BLANK, which improved on the quality of those demos but maintained the punk sound (a cross between Big Black and Discharge) which they had developed together. Contributions from Sepultura's lead guitarist Andreas Kisser and drummer Igor Cavalera were received, together with an appearance by Fear Factory's Dino Cazares on 24 Hour Bullshit.