HELLYEAH’s Tom Maxwell is Unsure of Group’s Future Following Vinnie Paul’s 2018 Death

HELLYEAH’s future, at least with guitarist Tom Maxwell, may be in jeopardy according to the guitarist’s recent interview with Bad Wolve’s guitarist Doc Coyle. In a Sep 1 podcast titled The Ex-Man with Doc Coyle, Maxwell stated that when HELLYEAH drummer Vinnie Paul died “I’m not gonna lie — my passion, my love affair died as well with him.”

Paul died from a dilated cardiomyopathy and coronary artery disease on June 22, 2018 at the age of 54 at his home in Las Vegas. Prior to playing with HELLYEAH, he was the drummer of Pantera and Damageplan. Paul’s death shocked the metal community and brought about many tributes from bands such as Black Sabbath, Guns N’ Roses, Metallica, Megadeth, Alice in Chains, Lamb of God, Periphery, Slipknot, the Acacia Strain, In Flames, and many others.

According to Maxwell:

I don’t even know if there’s gonna ever be another HELLYEAH record. I don’t even know if I wanna make another HELLYEAH record without him. I’m at a point right now where I’ve done some amazing shit with some amazing people and I’ve released a lot of great records. And I’ve found success in those — more elsewhere than others. Like I said, my love affair has kind of been cockblocked a little bit. I don’t find a need or a necessity to continue without Vince.

According to the PRP, nearly one year and three months after Paul‘s death, HELLYEAH released their final album with the late drummer titled Welcome Home. The band followed the album with a tribute tour using the drummer from Stone Sour, Roy Mayorga.

According to recent article, HELLYEAH released video for the single “Oh My God” from their Welcome Home album. The video is one of Paul’s last videos before his death. In the description for the “Oh My God” video on YouTube, Hellyeah urged people to donate to the American Heart Association in Paul’s name.

Photo Credit: Mauricio Alvarado

Alex Limbert: Alex was born in Florida and spent his childhood in New Jersey. He lived in Japan in the ‘90s and has been living in Los Angeles since the millennium. He started playing guitar at the age of eight, studied music theory throughout high school, made an album and went on tour at the age of eighteen. He graduated from Rutgers University with a Bachelor of Science in Certified Public Accounting, is a CPA, has a small accounting firm and has been a financial controller for over ten years. In 2017, he decided to continue his music career but realized the technology had changed since he was younger. He started going to school online in the evenings to learn music technology and earned a certificate in electronic music proficiency. He is interested in writing about music and is currently taking classes in music appreciation and journalism. In addition to writing for mxdwn, he plans to continue producing music and to work in music business management. He can be reached at aplimbert@yunizen.com.
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