In the early days of Sepultura , during the 1980s, Iggor and Max Cavalera were just two teenage brothers with a dream, without proper instruments or musical experience. When they caught the attention of a manager, it wasn't because of their music, but thanks to a mix-up.
American Idol- style band competition when João Eduardo Faria Filho , founder of Cogumelo Records , saw Sepultura for the first time. “I remember I got pissed off, I don’t know why, and I started cursing all the judges,” Max recounted in an interview on The Wikimetal Happy Hour . “[I said] 'Go f*** yourselves, you’re all going to get screwed, you’re all going to get screwed, I want you all to get screwed!'”
To make matters worse for Max Cavalera , one of the judges cut off his microphone upon hearing the insults. "In the middle of the song, I went over there and spat in her face, then a commotion started, security guards arrived, man," he recounted.
Faced with this scene, it was impossible for Sepultura not to be noticed by the owner of the record label that would later sign the group for the release of the EP Bestial Devastation . "Look, I didn't like the sound, but the attitude is good," said João. "If you improve the sound a little, there's something there, we can do something with it."
In the same conversation, the guitarist also recalled his first recordings in professional studios after composing the songs in a "precarious" and improvised way. "The sound engineer wanted me to turn off the distortion and use a clean guitar. And I was trying to explain the sound to the guy," he recalled. Watch the excerpt here .
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