the most accessible person in the world and he doesn’t do interviews or talk in public, so I had to jump through a few hoops to get him to call me back. So he called me back and thanked me for giving him the opportunity to be part of the game, and we worked on “Jordan” together over the phone. I told him what we wanted: something between three and four minutes, nothing over 64th notes because the game can’t figure out the difference, and start off with a great intro and then go into “Buckhethead land” for two or three minutes and come back around—and whatever you send us will be perfect. And when he was done he left me a voicemail that said, “I think this is one of the best things I’ve ever recorded in my entire life.” And when I heard it I got chills up my spine—it was just incredible. He called it “Jordan” as an homage to Michael Jordan—he’s a huge basketball fan, which makes sense since he’s like 6’7.”
GW What was it like recording the Black Sabbath songs “Iron Man” and “War Pigs”?
HENDERSON It was awesome—Tony Iommi is the high priest of all metal and my absolute favorite guitar player of all time. Playing like him is unlike anything out there because there’s a certain feel to his playing that you just can’t recreate. He is a master at doing the twin-lead dogfighting thing where you don’t know which one is in control or which one is in tune but they’re both fighting for position. And when you look at the lineage of guitar players who doubled and tripled their solos, it pretty much starts with Tony.
MARCUS' GEAR LIST!
GUITARS
FENDER AMERICAN STANDARD STRAT W/ SEYMOUR DUNCAN JB HUMBUCKER, GRAPH-TECH HARDWARE
TOM ANDERSON DROP-TOP CLASSIC - STOCK
FENDER BIG APPLE STRAT HEAVILY MODIFIED W/ CUSTOM EMG 85/85 PICKGUARD ASSEMBLY, GRAPH-TECH HW, SPERZEL'S
YAMAHA TY TABOR SIGNATURE MODEL STOCK WITH SEYMOUR DUNCAN JB HUMBUCKER; HOT RAILS SINGLE COILS, SPERZEL'S
WASHBURN DIMEBAG DARRELL SIGNATURE MODEL STOCK W/DIMEBUCKER
GIBSON FLYING V - STOCK
GIBSON LES PAUL CLASSIC WITH BILL LAWRENCE L-500XL HUMBUCKERS, SPERZEL'S
DEAN DIMEBAG DARREL SIGNATURE MODEL - STOCK
GIBSON EXPLORER - STOCK
ESP PARAMOUNT HOLLOWBODY - STOCK
IBANEZ RG440 WITH DIMARZIO EVOLUTION PICKUPS, FLOYD
ERNIE BALL MUSIC MAN LUKE - STOCK
AMPS
1994 VHT PITBULL CLASSIC HEAD
VHT DELIVERANCE 120 HEAD
MESA/BOOGIE MARK IV LONG HEAD
RIVERA KNUCKLE HEAD TRE' HEAD
KRANK REV. ONE HEAD
CARVIN LEGACY HEAD
MESA STILETTO 2X12 COMBO
FRAMUS COBRA HEAD
RANDALL V2 HEAD
MARSHALL JCM 900 HEAD
CABINETS
MARSHALL 1960A 4X12 CABINETS W/ G12T-75 CELESTIONS (2)
VHT DELIVERANCE 4X12 CABINET W/CUSTOM EMINENCE SPEAKERS
PEDALS
VHT VALVULATOR POWER SUPPLY * POWERS EVERYTHING; ALWAYS ON
BOSS HEAVY METAL PEDAL WITH KEELEY MOD
BOSS DS-1 DISTORTION
BOSS FZ-2 HYPER FUZZ
KRANK DISTORTUS MAXIMUS
TOADWORKS JOHN BULL BRITISH OVERDRIVE
MXR WYLDE OVERDRIVE
BOSS RV-5 DIGITAL REVERB
DIGITECH WHAMMY III RE-ISSUE
MORLEY PRO SERIES VOLUME
MORLEY BAD HORSIE 2 WAH
MORLEY TREMONTI WAH
CRYBABY WAH WITH FASEL INDUCTOR
BOSS DD-20 GIGA-DELAY
MAXON OD808 OVERDRIVE
ISP DECIMATOR NOISE REDUCTION
DIGITECH BLACK 13
BOSS TUNERS
MISC
MORLEY A/B
MORLEY TRIPLER
THD HOT PLATE (8 OHM)
EBOW PLUS
BBE 482I SONIC MAXIMIZER
STRINGS
DEAN MARKLEY BLUE STEEL VARIOUS GAUGES
ERNIE BALL SLINKY VARIOUS
PICKS AND TRICKS
DUNLOP JAZZ III BLACK
ERNIE BALL MEDIUM
FENDER MEDIUM
DUNLOP NYLON .73
DUNLOP NYLON .88
TORTEX .88 SHARP
TORTEX 1.14 SHARP
STONE PICK * USED ON THE SOLO FOR BUTTHOLE SURFERS TUNE FOR MAX ATTACK
1971 AND BICENTENNIAL QUARTERS
DUNLOP SLIDES
BLACK BANDANNA * USED TO OCCASIONALLY MUTE STRINGS FOR TAPPED PASSAGES
EDITING TAPE TO SLOT NUT OR TAPE STRINGS
BLACK WOOL BLANKET * USED AS BAFFLE OVER CAB
THIRD HAND FROM ENGINEER ON NECK * ???
USELESS INFORMATION
FAVORITE PLAYERS ARE: PIGGY, RANDY RHOADS, DR. KNOW, TY TABOR, STEPHEN EGERTON, PAUL GILBERT
COUSIN OF STEVE VON TILL OF NEUROSIS
PREVIOUS JOB(S) INCLUDED PRINTING MEGADETH CYBER-ARMY FAN CLUB CARDS
CURRENTLY WORKING ON PROJECT WITH STEVE SMYTH OF TESTAMENT; NEVERMORE AND BUCKETHEAD/BOOTSY COLLABORATION THIS YEAR
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