TERRORIZER ATTEMPT TO INTERVIEW OPETH'S MARTIN MENDEZ @ DOWNLOAD

[DiesEtIrae]

I've never taken the time to read your magazine, but that "interview" hasn't made me want to go and waste my money on it anymore.

That chick interviewing was a complete bell end and her questions we're as awkward, boring and shit as she was.

Martin's knowledge of the English language wasn't the weak point of this video, I had no trouble understanding him at all.

[regeya1975]

Is she speaking English?

[elpanch]

man... really that girl made the stupidest questions... so MTV hasnt been to your house yet? ... really? ... MTV? ... I mean really...

[elpanch]

PF I just lost all the respect I could have had for that magazine... shity interview terrorizer mag. I did understand what mendez said. dickheads.

[Morstonaqu]

Easy to understand to be honest, better than some actual English people. He doesn't have an English accent but that doesn't mean he doesn't know the language.

[lustavagyok]

if you're dim, you can hold a mic for terrorizer. and if you have no idea about the band you're interviewing, just read out some questions from Oprah's book... it'll be alright on the night.

[imbaguitar]

pretty easy to understand most of it..

[glacier2win]

I totally agree with lurxtlifeson. You guys are fucking dick heads.

[niko666sarcofago]

FUCK YEAH!! ILL SEE THEM NEXT YEAR HAILZ FROM URUGUAY!!

[abhishekpandey6895]

severe dislike. what kind of shitty journalism is that? respect for the man \m/

[choledead]

i despise egocentric and ignorant people... he wasn't born or raised on a English speaking country ...why he must speak it perfect ?

Anyways he speaks perfect or not 3 languages... how many people on terrorizer do that ?...

screw this people...

[macacochip]

That interviewer really sucks!

[Gandalf930]

I wonder how many languages does the interviewer speak... haha.

[jesus21dr]

I talked to him after the New York show in September, and he was high and still spoke clear English

[Eschatosguitarist]

they attempted and failed, because the interviewer is fucking retarded. Mendez's english is fine, i could understand him.

[666Everblack]

His speaking english is far better than mine actually. My french accent seems to be a pain to the ears of native english speakers! :)

[jotunblod]

I don't see anything wrong with this interview other than the weak and stupid questions being asked. He answered them all, though, when he should've just farted in that chick's face.

[Edazer]

Also, this.

v=c1VAzCJsMa4

Seems to speak English pretty fine here.

Maybe it has to do with your interviewing skills..

[Edazer]

You can't TYPE English well yourself, apparently

How can your criticize the man's English speaking ability, and then make such a stupid mistake in the description of said video?

How is this a journalism Youtube?

Let's interview a man that doesn't speak English too well, and then apparently criticize him for it.

The man speaks Spanish and Swedish fluently if memory serves... Sorry he's too busy being masterful at the bass to learn a 3rd language fluently...

[PrisonTorture34]

Attempt is definitely the word because the interview fodder was not very stimulating from the get go. Talk about the music, not his fucking pets.

[amjan]

It just shows how incompetent and retarded the interviewer was for not adjusting to the interviewee's command of the foreign language.

That's just a piss poor attempt at journalism. Pathetic.

[ReverieUnfold]

i 'liked' this because even just two minutes of albeit heavily edited footage, is sufficient if it comprises any amount of instrumentation or speaking from any Opeth members, Martin Mendez just as well. TerrorizerGag is right-- your magazine already isn't the cream of the crop, but you all simply did not bring anything heady to the table with this one. A decent interviewer, or really even just an adequately intuitive person would've carried on that conversation even with worse language gaps

[Shezmen88]

ahah it actually 2000% more talktive than the Heritage making of ;D

[MrCl1nt]

I think the woman's accent is also hard to understand for someone who is not perfect in English.

[MrArchmanThaFukkUp]

What the f**k? Some shitty retarded metal mag craps on Martin Mendez only cause his English isn't so perfect... You do an interview with the guy and then publish it under a retarded title with useless comments after. At least he isn't a shitty journalist, but a rock star. :D

TerrorizerGag. Cheers.

[casbah1982]

@MrArchmanThaFukkUp Agreed! At least Terrorizer supports metal; but other than that it is a shit publication. The name alone is terrible and degrading to metals more intelligent fans.

[SquareWand]

Because English people have the same linguistic dialect and cultural habits as Swedes and Uruguayans right?

I mean, I think its beyond judgmental, veering into the idiotic, to assume anyone in the world, even Opeth's amazing bassist Martin Mendez would give two shits about the Ozzy M&Ms joke. Seriously. That's so typically English to assume.

When I saw this a while back I realized how poorly you had conducted the interview yourselves. What kind dumbass questions were those?

[SquareWand]

Because English people have the same linguistic dialect and cultural habits as Swedes and Uruguayans right?

I mean, I think its beyond judgmental, veering into the idiotic, to assume anyone in the world, even Opeth's amazing bassist Martin Mendez would give two shits about the Ozzy M&Ms joke. Seriously. That's so typically English to assume.

When I saw this a while back I realized how poorly you had conducted the interview yourselves. What kind dumbass questions were those?

[phreestylesk8r]

opeth supporting motley? id love to see that...... even thought motley should be supporting opeth!

[dimebag147]

Stupid people. He sounds fine for someone who speaks Spanish, Swedish and English. I'm sure he knows a bit of more languages too, from all the touring Opeth does. On top of that, she was asking some dumb questions.

[methlamamba]

Just started to get him to talk about his son, bam interviews over.

[glacier2win]

Sure, he isn't the king of English but it sounded fine to me. What's wrong with you people.

[temperedskinflint]

Too bad you couldn't salvage the interview from your lack of professionalism. Mendez doesn't have to be king of English to have had trouble understanding why you were asking such banal questions.

[losermonster]

In any case, if you've seen his recent inteviews his English is much better and he can easily carry on a conversation now.

[chykken]

I have tried and failed at liking Opeth's music. Despite this, Mendez sounds like a great down to earth guy, gotta respect that! Shame on the magazine/interviewer for being so pretensious!

[losermonster]

@chykken Really? Tried and failed! What songs have you heard? And what kinda stuff do you normally listen to?

[antikriszt]

Im not even a fan of this band, but blaming Mendez for his bad english and the result of the interview, is just mediocre, you know you were talking VERY fast even for us all. Next time, try to speak in spanish and he will obviously understand every single word.

[Rogro666]

martin mendez es el mas genio... no pude creer el dia que me entere que es de montevideo... pensar que soy de uruguay.. he intentado comunicarme con el/ellos para poder traerlos a Montevideo y verlos por lo menosuna vez en vivo...

[MyScaryScrotum]

I love the ending where they try and make it seem like it's his fault that she didn't ask any genuine questions that had more to do with music and less about his house.

[Darkinners]

who the fuck would care how good his English is? He isa great bass player for the sake of it!

[SouLZeroY]

Seriously with this interview? Fucking mocking Mendez? Super modest, nice guy, and here this, "Terrorizer", magazine is mocking him because he doesn't speak "good" English. How fucking ignorant can you be? He grew up in Uruguay, then went to Sweden, and you expect him to speak perfect English for you guys? He's the legend, learn his fucking language pricks.

[eliottelescorielese]

He does speak English, he just has an accent like thousands of people who try to speak this language to be understood by other people around the world (and I'm one of them, as some one probably noticed ahah).

[MikeAsHimself]

I think the interviewer was talking way too fast for him to understand it. You can't expect people to know what you're saying if they are not a native speaker to just blabber on like that.. :(

Kinda rude to expect people to know what you're saying when you talk that fast lol, he obviously doesn't speak English very often so one might want to slow down.

[killercour]

what a stupid bitch.

[RobResource]

No offense to you, the interviewer, but I understood Martin more than I did you.

[80smetalchild]

such a fail interview. and it pisses me off how this interviewer is trying to blame everything on mendez. so he cant speak english and hes def in one ear? oh fuckin well. u shouldnt have interviewed him then.

[Guitaristguy]

It seems like terrorizermagazine (or w/e it is) is mocking Mendez, because he isnt speaking good english... He is an honest person and tries to be as clear as he can, but i would also be confused if a stupid woman with overish british accent is trying to ask questions from me... :D

and what a stupid questions she asked ... jesus. -.-

[weebitdemonic]

"no hummingbirds flapping wind around your faces to keep you cool, anything like that" ... Jenn, you trollop

[kraftdurchfreunde]

stupid tatood bitch posing bullshit questions to an honest musician

[geetar83]

MTV Cribs, Hummingbirds, M&M's ... What kind of questions are they?!

What I gathered from the interview is that Martin Mendez is a pretty level headed musician doing his best to decipher bizzare questions the interviewer keeps throwing at him. I only felt compelled to write this after the unecessary disclaimer.

[samuro111]

I understand Mendez more than the girl lol!

[lurxtlifeson]

This disclaimer is highly insulting. I could understand everything he said, and if you're criticizing his english then you're just a dick. The guy is an immigrant from Uruguay! He had to learn Swedish as a second language, and English as a THIRD. And if he was really that terrible in English, you should have left the edits in so your magazine or channel or whatever didn't seem like it's run by a bunch of pricks. And as far as "edited to the max" I only see three cuts in the whole thing.

[dreamcanal]

@lurxtlifeson Same here, what an insult. Maybe because I am an American and I am always dealing with people here from the world over speaking English but the girl was equally challenging to follow.

[TheDarkstalkerkaathe]

@lurxtlifeson he is from sweeden. his parents were immigrants from uraguay although he did live in uraguay for a time. Still impressive to learn any langauge and i agree, he does fine speaking. 

[rt36crazyfists]

unnecessary disclaimer

[sictm]

stupid interview and stupid questions

is the true...

you are talking with an amazing musician, you MUST say good questions in the interview, not that shit

[aj2001832000]

Her questions are far more complicated than they should be.

[wildfireOO]

Jenn Selby is a bitch

[KCowaSUN2010]

shes hot, and pale, kind of annoying too, i would violate her

[Samm3x]

Okay he didn't understand everything. Have in mind though that he's from Uruguay where he probably didn't get teached much english. I might be wrong but that's what I think.

I get a feeling you weren't happy about this interview and you make Mendez look like a fool cus of that. Stop being such a cry baby, I would have been extremely happy to even get a chance to see him on stage! But you work like this so you might not apprechiate it as much as a "normal" person would.

[EarlMcCrackin]

"Just a few beers and water." Haha. Mendez is from Uruguay so I guess he's had to learn Swedish and English.

[80smetalchild]

i thought is english was fine. plus im american and think its kinda stupid how all these scandinavian bands are excpected to speak english perfectly, but us americans dont have to learn their languages cuz were fat and lazy... oh well

[Shadofax5]

I didn't think he was that bad.

[veXomLee]

Mendez is the man. Great guy.

[reddy2911]

If you look at where they cut it, he didnt undetsatned what they were saying. Take the ferrari part for an example

[User7621]

Hey not too bad. I am a french canadian and understood all of what he said. Cool guy!

[maximvint]

lol!)) Cool man)))

[Hightower1983]

just a normal bloke with out an ego gets the job done we salute you martin mendez!

[zer0th3her0]

mendez is fukin cool man and so humble and a kickass bass player \m/

[Instrumentish]

LOL Gotta love Mendez! he is awesome and great Bass player! Opeth Rocks..

[heminder]

she's harder to understand than him with that accent :P

[tsironakos]

His english is ok! I think the interviewer is worse than him. And of course she is awful...

[JokerHimself]

Makes my proud to be norwegian when he is wearing an Enslaved-tshirt. Opeth is the best band ever. Seriously. EVER.

[casbah1982]

@JokerHimself Even though Opeth is from Sweden, not Norway?

[JokerHimself]

@casbah1982 ehm, read what i said? enslaved is norwegian

[WimpyPotato]

@JokerHimself Yes. Yes that's right.

[URSoFired555]

That was Killswitch Engage playing in the background.

[Negronigganigga]

Hey man coming from an American point of view, anyone who is bilingual and an expert musician is top notch to me. I can hardly speak english correctly or play guitar. let alone swedish and bass haha.

[landofrock]

i agree maan...it is spanish accent though

[Aasutoshere]

mendez owns

[deviroth666]

he's a great guy...had a couple of beers with him after the show Opeth had in Romania

[mannycosmo01]

LAIR!!!!!!!!!

[deviroth666]

believe what you want :)

[speakthewordfool]

you bastard

[sonicjihad1]

hey I also talked with him after the artmania show and all I can say that we understand each other. we talked about his bassguitars since I love he`s bass works. it was nice:)

[CascadedDemise]

He seems like a tiny guy.  What is he about 5'6-5'8?

[deviroth666]

about 5'9

[CascadedDemise]

LOL he's taller then me!!! I'am only 5'7!

[sio42]

5'9? really? i thought he was like my height, im glad hes taller, that just makes him sexier :D

[drummer1985portnoy]

I have a professor with a very similar sounding accent. He kind of reminds me of my professor.

[ivan619666]

mendez rules!!!!!!!!

[cooljelly]

"No, no animals, I have a son." Lol

[terrorizermag]

see above^^^

We should have left the edits in....

[mjonas10]

Surely a native English speaker would understand what he says just fine if I can.

[obsidiantwilightband]

<3 Opeth. <3 Terrorizer. This is still funny and great! Awesome interview.

[terrorizermag]

Sweetie, you're missing the trick. We had to edit out all the serious stuff because he didn't understand me. No slight on the great man, but that was all that was salvagable from that interview.

[Opatm]

@terrorizermag would you lay off Mendez plez. He's a great guy regardless

[PirateGibson]

My Last Serenade in the background!!!!!

[MissAndDie96]

He spoke fine albeit with a heavy accent, it's not his fault your questions were stupid.

[Yakobpk]

I think it's clear she isn't taking the piss. At least it's not the usual set of boring over-asked questions.

[AliothSenator]

Uruguay LOL