FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH

During Episode 18 of The Metallica Report, found here, Five Finger Death Punch guitarist Zoltan Bathory discussed his band's rise to fame, dispelling the long-held belief that FFDP was financed by people in the music industry.

Bathory: "It's always been a massive misconception when it comes to the press, when it comes to the audience because this band grew really quickly. We connected to the fans, and our growth was exponential, and everybody thought that there must be some industry going, coming in here with suitcases of cash, and they made us. That's exactly the opposite of the truth."

"The first record was literally created in my bedroom. The whole record - every single guitar, bass - was recorded in a bedroom. It was a little desk and a computer, and just a minimal amount of equipment, and we did everything there. And then in the end, we went to a better studio to catch the drums and then the vocals, and then went back to the home and finished it there. So it's a homemade record. That record is almost platinum now. So you can do it, everybody can do it; the technology allows you to."