Napalm Death Share Their ‘Playlist For Life’ Ahead Of 2023 Australian Tour

In exactly three weeks from today (August 22), Napalm Death will be kicking off the Australian leg of their Campaign For Musical Destruction. The impending five-date tour marks their first Down Under in six years, during which time they released their 16th album, 2020’s Throes Of Joy In The Jaws Of Defeatism. To prepare ourselves for the grindcore tour of the year, we caught up with lead vocalist Mark ‘Barney’ Greenway to flip the script a little bit and discuss the songs that make Napalm Death feel alive.

A song that reminds you of a best friend

A bit of an obscure one – I had to have a think about this. Years and years back, ex-Bolt Thrower drummer Andy Whale bought an album by an old straight-edge band, Half Off, called The Truth, and we were hammering that for a bit round his flat. It was fairly full-on as that kind of band goes, and it still gets mentioned now whenever we speak.

A song that changed your music taste forever

Motörhead – Overkill. That took things to another level.

A song you play after a long day

Anything at all by Explosions In The Sky. That stuff just washes over you brilliantly.

The perfect love song

Flux Of Pink Indians – Love Song. Because in some forms love is such a one-sided act of oppression.

Your favourite song you've ever written

Hard to pin one down, but I think A Bellyful Of Salt And Spleen would be one of them. I really stretched myself vocally, wasn’t sure I could get to where I wanted with it, but it turned out even better than I anticipated.

The best lyric you've ever written

I really couldn’t say.

A song by your biggest inspiration

Siege – Starvation. A big inspiration amongst many other inspirations…

If your life was made into a movie, what would play as the opening credits?

Meat Means Murder by Conflict. One of life’s major realisations.

The song highest on your rotation at the moment

I don’t do rotation per se, but I’ve been hammering Cabaret Voltaire at the moment. Let’s say Landslide, but it could be anything from the Red Mecca album.

Favourite song to scream in the car

I don’t scream in the car – I’m a very relaxed driver. The Curse by Slaughter was really rattling the chassis in my car recently, though.

A song that was played at the first-ever gig you went to

Motörhead again. Damage Case – nasty as fuck.

A song that was played at the last gig you went to see

Vultures by Dropdead. That band does not mess around.

A road trip essential song

Tour De France by Kraftwerk on longer drives. It’s sublimely monotonous when you’re clocking up the miles. You could almost be pedalling your own car.

NAPALM DEATH

‘CAMPAIGN FOR MUSICAL DESTRUCTION’
2023 AUSTRALIAN TOUR

Tuesday September 5 – Boorloo/Perth, Magnet House
Thursday September 7 – Kaurna/Adelaide, Lion Arts Factory
Friday September 8 – Eora/Sydney, Factory Theatre
Saturday September 9 – Naarm/Melbourne, The Croxton
Tuesday September 12 – Meanjin/Brisbane, The Triffid

Tickets: swdpresents.com