"Tampa never really got the shows coming through town that New York or the West Coast got, and that created a real hun…"

"Back then, we were all trying to define our own sounds and images. I don’t wanna say there was unfriendly competition…"

"I was jamming with a few other guys in in the late 80’s, when we collectively decided to move to Florida. […] It was …"

"is a really , , . So, it's a weird place to begin with, and then you have these kids with no place to go. So maybe de…"

"To be honest, the early Tampa scene was very divisive, and a lot of the bands didn’t like each other or talk to each …"

"Back then, I really wanted to destroy everybody. I wanted people to have to work a lot harder after the fans witnesse…"

"I didn't really see [Morbid Angel] as competition. I just saw it as someone who was shit-talking who was gonna get po…"

"To make it fun and exciting, we kind of looked at it like wrestling. You know how in wrestling you've got these big g…"

"It was more competitive in Florida than in Buffalo, which is where we were originally from. But I don't know if it wa…"

"I’ll never forget a party I went to in an old barn in central Florida. [...] Amon were playing and then Xecutioner (w…"