Hank Williams III: 'Pop country really sucks' New York City - A mixture of yodeling and also shrill screams could be listened to in the range as Shelton Hank Williams, extra frequently understood as Hank Williams III or Hank3, prepares for a four-hour collection at the Gramercy Theatre in New york city City.
The grandson of the legendary Hank Williams and also a musician in his own right with a solid cult complying with, Williams might conveniently load a lot bigger places, however the singer chooses not to bill his followers more compared to $30 a ticket, selecting even more intimate setups. "I simply always played to play," he told FOX411 prior to taking the stage. "For somebody like me, if I ever before had huge success or whatever that is, I would just play smaller sized venues a couple of nights in a row simply to maintain the intimacy degree there and that's my take on it, yet it simply depends what you're going with." Wearing a stetson, the 41-year-old bears a spooky resemblance to his "Your Cheating Heart"-vocal singing grandfather. Yet covered in tattoos and metal chains, Hank3 is not his grandpa and he has actually striven to create his own noise usually described as "hellbilly." "Each Hank Williams has constantly had an independent touch," the country rebel said. "I have actually always understood the kind of songs I desired to sing and also play." A punk rocker-turned country vocalist, Williams chose not to play the "Nashville video game" as well as after years battling his record tag in court for suppressing his creative thinking, Hank3 was ultimately complimentary to pursue his vision: a combination of conventional nation music and also hefty steel albums. "It's really tough - if you're on a significant label as well as they want you to have a number one track, you should do what they state," he stated. "I still count on hope which a good song will push itself." While the "Nation Heroes" vocalist is known for mixing punk and also metal seems with nation, he states 70 percent of his songs "clings the noise of c and w," he has some harsh words for pop country. He defines his derision for today's prominent c and w is clear in his track "Prick in Dixie." '"The type of country I hear nowadays is a number of f-- ing sh-t to me," he sings. "They state that I'm ill-mannered, that I'm going to self-destruct, yet if you understand what I'm thinkin' you'll understand that pop nation actually sucks." Williams isn't opposed to new sounds in country - he simply wants the Nashville scene to start approving different sort of artists into the fold.