"We tour more and longer and with fewer days off now than we ever did in our 20s," states EXODUS guitarist Gary Holt in a recent interview with KNAC.com.

"I think it has to do more with not lagging and keeping things moving forward. When we were younger, we had the luxury of days off, but days off were expensive. The more shows you do, the less money you burn on the bus being parked outside a Wal-Mart and having the crew do nothing – except maybe drinking a lot.

Now when we're on the road, we just do our thing and when it's done, we may do a couple of shots, watch a movie, and play Uno for money. It's the most fun when someone's drawing cards trying to find their color and having shit for luck. Then we start talking shit, like 'Taste the rainbow, motherfucker…' [laughter]"

When asked by Synthesis.net about The Atrocity Exhibition: Exhibit A's anti-Middle East stance, Holt replied: "I never set out to make a political album. On 'As It Was, As It Soon Shall Be,' one thing led to another and it ended up as me taking another potshot at the Bush Administration. It was written from my point of view. This whole mess in Iraq… we went there for the wrong reasons. It wasn't my battle, it wasn't my idea to play 'world police,' and now we're never going to get out of there. At the same time, I'm not a bleeding heart liberal."