If you were going to get in a fight, which member of Sick Of It All would you want to have your back? Why?
Gary Bennett, Kill Your Idols: Pete [Koller]. No question. Arman [Majidi] is big, and I’m sure him and the rest could fight really well, but I watched Pete warm up for shows doing these ninja moves while he was wearing his guitar. No joke. I watched him do spin kicks that I’m sure would remove a man’s head faster than a guillotine. He really scares me when he does that shit, I’m pretty sure he could kick Chuck Norris’s ass any day of the week.
There’s only one man on this planet that moves like he does and writes riffs like “Scratch the Surface.” Anyone who writes a riff that hard has to be a tough mother-fucker. Yo, Pete is like an actual ninja, I’m not even kidding. Ever see those shoes he wears? That’s some ninja shit.”
Bryan Kienlen, Bouncing Souls: Well, with his Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu training, I know Pete’ll spin you around and choke you out. But Craig’s a good boxer and will knock a bitch out.
Then again, Armand’s actually part gorilla, so he has strength and smothering capability. He could easily suffocate someone with his body hair alone. “Bayone” Lou [Koller]: irate, fearless… probably still capable of wielding a madball if necessary. They’re like a team of superheroes, each has his own power.
Chris Rawson, Walls Of Jericho: At first thought I was going to say Craig [Setari] because he’s mad hard and could probably choke someone out with his crazy-ass bass strap. I’m pretty sure he always has a knife on him, too, because he never knows when he’ll get an urge to whittle his bass. He also has a clothes hanger collection, and you have to respect a hobby like that.
Now that I’ve talked some shit on Red (his bass) and his hangers, Craig is going to want to fight me. So, in my upcoming fight with Craig I’ll choose Pete to have my back. He’s constantly working out, the man is a physical machine. He has more energy then dudes half his age. He works out at home, on tour, this guy never stops.
But, for real, they’re all good dudes and I would choose any one of them. I wouldn’t be doing what I do if it wasn’t for them.