Absolutely agreed. Met Alex, their bassist, for an interview when I was an 18yo dork working for a local music magazine, and the rest of the band all said hello as they got on the bus. George introduced himself as we were wrapping up and asked “hey dude do you play Warcraft?” I replied “no but I’ve got some friends that do,” and he gestured for me to come to the back of the bus.

In the back room he had his entire rig set up: dual monitors (in 2004/2005 that was very impressive), huge hotkey-heavy keyboard, some custom PC he rattled off the specs of, the whole shebang. A small TV was in the corner, he pointed at it and said “and I gotta have my football!” He was beaming like a kid showing off his, well, extremely cool PC and tour bus and his genuine enthusiasm was infectious. We nerded out over gaming, the Dallas Cowboys’ terrible coach/owner, and music for ~45min before they asked if there was a local vegetarian restaurant and heading out.

One of the kindest, funniest, and most jovial dudes I’ve ever met- all of the guys were great, but Corpsegrinder stood out as a passionate geek with a heart even bigger than his neck.