The guest musicians who joined Jamey Jasta on stage last night are Dino Cazares and Bobby Hambel. A fan-filmed video of the concert can be found below.
Jasta’s reputation goes well beyond music as he is the founder and leader of HATEBREED. He has become synonymous with both heavy music and hardcore culture after hosting MTV’s “Headbangers Ball” for three years. He is the leader of the scene and his peers.
In a 2020 interview with Forbes, Jasta was asked if he considered HATEBREED to be a “legacy” act, considering he and his bandmates have been in existence for over twenty years. “We look at it as if we’re just a new band and you just start fresh,” he said. It has worked for us because we looked at everything as if we were just starting out.
When I’m asked about the band’s longevity, I bring this up a lot. When nu metal was popular among hardcore kids, punk rockers, and elites, I would ask them what they didn’t like about it. All the kids wear the same clothes. I wouldn’t mind if you said I don’t like the rap-rock. Do you believe you are better than them? I like why. It’s not something I like. Alright, but why? They could never say what they wanted to say. I don’t want the band to be like that because I don’t want the band to feel like that. We talked about that for our 25th anniversary tour. If you take out all the new bands then the bands that helped you get to where you are now are going to be sad. We were okay at the end of the day. The legacy bill needs to be done. Two bands kicked down doors to let us in.
There is a lot of pressure because of the legacy bill. It’s like how do you top that, we did the biggest venues and in Connecticut alone we sold out a venue double the size of the normal venue, so you want to honor the legacy, but then you also want to look at it like this. We are relevant because we are a legacy band. I mean, obviously those headline numbers help, but there’s power in numbers and I think sometimes we overanalyze who’s part of what scene and, really, when we come together, it’s more plentiful for everyone.
