Sepultura Interview
 Do you know Bob Burnquist at all?
Yeah. Actually I've got a house in Encinitas. We always bump into
each other in Brazil and Encinitas.
Do you have any dirt about Bob?
Not really, he's a clean guy, you know.
He mostly skates with no shoes on. Why do you think that
is? Do you think he's from the jungle? Like Tarzan.
Nah, I mean, he's got the Brazilian monkey grip. That's why he
does all the crazy switch stance shit. It's a monkey thing.
Can everybody in Brazil climb big trees and palm trees, shit
like that? Like Tarzan.
No, just a few people can have that trick.
Did you ever try?
Yeah. I couldn't do it.
Are you good friends with him?
Yeah, I'm not really big friends. We just know each other. I'm really
good friends with Sandro Diaz. He lives right by my house.
You have any good stories that he doesn't want us to know?
No, but he's pretty crazy. The first time I saw him skating I couldn't
believe it because he comes from a very rich background. His dad
works with the government. So he's got millions. Too much money.
That's weird that he would come from such a rich family.
Most people in Brazil are pretty poor right?
I know, yeah. I think that not that many people know about it, but
he's a great guy.
How about yourself? Do you come from a poor background?
Yeah, the opposite of Sandro really.
What's the most fucked up thing you saw growing up there?
You ever see anybody killed or stabbed?
Growing up I saw a lot of crazy stuff. Right by my house we'd be
walking home, see someone just laying there dead. I think most
kids in Brazil, by the time they're ten, twelve, they already seen at
least five murders in their life. Like real murder, not on TV. And
that's a scary thing.
Do a lot of people still sniff spray paint?
It's more like glue is the big thing. The really strong glue. That's a
big thing between the street kids. It's like an army on the streets,
you know? They're all sniffing that shit and just doing whatever on
the streets.
Are they like zombies?
Definitely man. They're out of their minds. And you have fifteen,
sixteen-year olds just going around with guns and knives and
things like that. It can get pretty scary.
Have you ever gotten bit by a snake on your penis in
the jungle?
No man, but there is a fish in Brazil that if you go swim, they crawl
up your ass. It opens up so you can't get him out.
It goes up your ass?
Yeah, yeah. Then it's like an umbrella opened up, so you can't get
them out. They just stay there.
And what do you have to do?
Go to a doctor and fucking get a bunch of shots to kill that.
What's it called?
It's just a pesce. Yeah, not really a name for it, you know?
What else have they got in the jungle that you need to worry about?
That's it. The rest is all the usual that you see, you know,
crazy bugs.
You ever swim in the water and get a leech on your nuts?
No, no. I mean, we live in Sao Paulo. The only time we went to the
jungle is when we played shows in the nearest city. Then we got to
travel around and see a lot more.
Why don't they take all the glue-sniffing zombies and just let
them live in the jungle?
I think they're better in the city. We leave the jungle for the few
natives that are still in Brazil. They kill each other in the city,
including us.
Are there still a lot of natives that run around in the jungle with
those little loincloths with spears?
Yeah, yeah. Naked, you know. A lot of them have never had contac
with white people before.
Do the rich people go there and capture one and keep it in the
house? Like Tarzan.
No, no, not anymore. That was back in the days.
Do they swing from vines, the natives? Can they do that?
Like Tarzan.
 No man.
Do you think they can talk with the monkeys? Like Tarzan.
Yeah, I mean they communicate a lot easier than we do.
Do you know Ronald Reagan, the old president?
Yeah, yeah.
You know he got famous by talking with a monkey?
Like Tarzan.
Growing up hearing all the stories about him, like anybody in Brazil
hearing that name they would be scared. Because him and Bush.
I don't think they were nice people. I mean to be the president you
gotta do a lot of crazy shit to get unpopular.
What about Bill Clinton? He seems all right.
I don't think he's real man.
You think he's a robot?
Yeah. He's made out of rubber or something. Definitely. He's not
real, for sure. He tries to be so perfect in everything he does that
really don't think he's for real.
What about that whole blowjob thing?
That was so they can make believe he was real. They made the
whole thing up so that people would leave him alone and think "Oh.
he's just like us," you know?
But I think his wife is more robotic than he is.
They're both.
You just think they're a robot couple?
Yeah, the whole family.
The daughter and the dog?
Definitely. They all get together and do heroin enemas.
Comments
felipe
12 Jun 2007, 13:56
Aí seus trouxa do Sepultura. O cara ficou zoando vcs o tempo todo falando de Tarzan e vcs ficaram pianinho? Otários!!!
Eduardo
30 May 2008, 09:32
I hope this interview was intentionally absurd. If not, it's absolutely abject and prejudicial. Do this interviewer know anything about the world, and specially Brasil, at all?
rhnenhe
07 Nov 2008, 12:56
the interviewer purposely offends and generalizes to piss off uptight douchebags readers like u who dont have anything better to do than complain.
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