When did you first hear about Metallica?
“We were looking for bands to support us, and a friend of mine, Bobby The Bootlegger, had this video of Metallica playing live in San Francisco. There’s these three blond, long-haired guys at the front of the stage, and there’s Dave Mustaine wearing a Venom T-shirt. They looked like Status Quo, but the music was just like us –I heard Whiplash and I thought, ‘That’s fucking [Venom song] Witching Hour!’ “When we first started talking to [East Coast promoter/ Megaforce Records boss] Jonny Z about doing some gigs in New Jersey, I said, ‘There’s a band in San Francisco, can you get them to come 3,000 miles to play these shows?’ And he sorted it out.”