Pepper Keenan is having a difficult time keeping things straight these days. Earlier this year, he saw his main band, Corrosion of Conformity – where he sings and plays guitar – release a double album. April’s Good God / Baad Man received some of their best reviews in years, as did the ensuing tour, which kicked off in mid-spring and wrapped up earlier this month.
“The C.O.C. record came out a few months ago,” he tells Vanyaland. “It’s just such a whirlwind of…not many people get to put two albums out in the same year with different bands. And they’re both relevant. So, it’s a weird feeling all around.”
The other band Keenan plays with would be Down, where he shares guitar duties with Crowbar’s Kirk Windstein. A supergroup of lifelong New Orleans friends who found success with different, primary outfits started jamming in the early ‘90s. Pantera’s Phil Anselmo on vocals, bassist Pat Bruders from Crowbar, and Eyehategod’s Jimmy Bower on drums round out the current lineup. It still sounds like the doomiest Black Sabbath dragged through the Louisiana swamps.
“The C.O.C. record’s still being promoted, and I go back on tour with that in a couple of weeks again,” Keenan says. “So my brain’s kind of scrambled right now.”
Read the full interview with Keenan over at Vanyaland, and check out the new Down single, “Blood Oath,” below.
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