Looking back to the late 80’s did you ever believe that the band would be here discussing a new record in 2001?
Evan: No not at all! In the late 80’s we didn’t think we’d live to see the 90’s.  When we first started this band we were all out of control and fucked up on drugs, involved in gangs and violence and just stupid shit. We were living the street life and we didn’t think about being alive because I didn’t care. Now we all place such a high value on our lives and our friendships, the incredible things we’ve seen and done because every day is a blessing. If you would have asked if me if I thought Biohazard would still be going 13 or 14 years later I woulda said “Fuck No!” I think if it wasn’t Biohazard we’d all still be doing music in some way shape or form though

Do you think it’s kind of eerie that the lyrics for Business still hold true ever more so today than they ever did?
Evan: I don’t think its eerie I just think its right on. I think it’s righteous in way in that bands in the 80’s were trying to live down some whack shit they did but with Biohazard we still, l stand behind all our lyrics and music because they’re timeless. We never wrote anything trendy, we just wrote straight from the heart and our experiences growing up, life and our impression of things.

How weird is it when bands come up and say you influenced them? I was reading an interview last week where the drummer from Nonpoint said Danny heavily influenced him.
Evan:  Robb is a great drummer and a super nice guy! We’re actually talking about doing some touring together. We get that everyday when we go to these big radio shows and shit. We always rap with the guys in Linkin Park and Papa Roach and they all tell us that we were an influence on them. Long before any of these bands ever said anything to us we’d done 10 world tours with fans all over the world and tons of ‘em with Biohazard tattoos, which to me is the highest form of flattery. It’s great to hear from your peers and other bands but in a lot of ways Biohazard was a band that was before their time and we never got that commercial success that a lot of these bands got. For instance Nonpoint’s record sold more than our last record for sure but I think way more people know who Biohazard is. Different kinds of success because there is numbers and then there’s depth.

Is it annoying to know that you’ve been doing this for over 10 years and been one of the first to combine hip-hop/metal yet still don’t get recognition?
Evan: Well it can be frustrating at times but we are not responsible for what’s going on now since Limp Bizkit came along it’s became this whole groupie fucking thing. I’m not taking responsibility for what’s out there now because our art is very serious and we only sing about topics that are very serious and emotional. Now when we get up there on stage we do a song called “Loss” and dedicate it along with a moment of silence to our fallen brothers and sisters who died ion the New York World Trade Center. I’m not up there singing about “Nookie” nor am I up there singing words that don’t mean anything like Chocolate Starfish and shit like that. That’s all cool for them but I’m not going to take responsibility for that kind of thing and I don’t like calling it “Nu-Metal” or “Rap/Metal”. We grew up in Brooklyn, New York with hip-hop and disco all around us even though we were metal kids. We grew up on the metal of Sabbath and Judas Priest along with early Megadeth and Metallica. When I was like 13 years old I was really into Motörhead as they were like my favorite group at that time and a big influence of mine but at the same time I knew all the words to “Rapper’s Delight.” We all had mixed tapes with like Run DMC and stuff like that on it and everyone’s trying to act all cool like it’s Rap/Metal whether it be Limp Bizkit or Vanilla Ice or any band out there now but believe me it wasn’t cool to do it back then and metal fans alienated us. They were all like “What is this fucking rap music!” and they would call us whatever.

Well back then there wasn’t really any other band combining hip-hop and metal.
Evan: It was just us! Well in the early days even our management who was Rush Management was part of Def Jam and there was really no love for us from anyone except a few cool people like Flavor Flav who was really cool to us, Chuck D, LL Cool J was really cool to us back in the day.

Why was Sanctuary Records your choice after you guys had it out with Mercury after New World Disorder?
Evan: Well the whole Mercury thing was a fucking disaster. We got caught in the middle of one of their mergers and it was basically that the company in the last 2 years was completely paralyzed by their own insecurity of putting up bad numbers! While we were putting out our record we sat there and watched them fire each other to the point where the only person left was the President that was there when we signed there. How do you react to that? The woman who signed us got fired even before we did our album! After that it was like we had done 2 records for Warner Bros., we did the whole Roadrunner thing, we did the super independent record label and we even thought about having our own label but we didn’t want to be the devil ourselves. I don’t wanna be in a boardroom all day long trying to figure out how to sell records to kids that they don’t want. I’m not part of the solution and I’m not gonna be part of the problem. I just want to make music and have it reach as many people as possible. When we met the owner of Sanctuary and we’ve played the Monsters Of Rock festival with Iron Maiden a few times and those people are so cool! Every year we keep thinking this will be Biohazard’s year to break through and get a buzz clip and sell 3 million records then it dawned on me that maybe that’s never going to happen and that doesn’t have to happen! Maybe we’re a band that’s very similar to Iron Maiden where here is a band who just does what they do and their fans love it and they been doing it for 20 years and every one of their records sells a shitload of copies! Sanctuary is Iron Maiden’s label and they want career band so they stick by their bands unlike Mercury who bailed on our album after 3 months because we didn’t get a radio hit.

You still managed to do pretty impressive numbers on that record though.
Evan: That record still did well considering what we went through but if they would have hung in there like the way TVT Records hung in there behind Sevendust, then Sevendust hadn’t sold shit even after the first year but they keep them on tour and kept supporting them. If Mercury would have done that for us we would have had a really good chance of breaking through with that record and it’s a shame because to us New World Disorder is a real gem with a lot of songs that could have went a long way. We don’t regret making that record but we do regret the people who worked with it and on it. You live and learn and I think with Sanctuary we knew they’re career minded and even though they’d like to get a radio hit they’re not gonna bail out on us because they realize it’s a career investment. That was their rap to me when we signed with them and so far their doing the right thing but hey if they fuck us over and me and you are doing an interview for our next record a year from now then I’ll say why they fucked up because we don’t pull any punches and we don’t cover for anybody. We had a great thing with Roadrunner for one record and then they tried being a major label and that wasn’t cool so we went with Warner Bros. and they did so fucking good for us on State Of The World Address but when Mate Leo came out they fell apart. They became paralyzed by their own fear and listened to MTV who was telling them not to be heavy metal but to be “alternative” and Warner Bros. fired the whole Metal Dept. and opened an “Alternative Dept.” I was like “We’re not an “alternative” band! We’re a fucking Hardcore/Heavy Metal Band with Punk ideals!”

Was it disturbing to find the ironies in your record being released on Sept 11th and bearing the name it did?
Evan: Yea man that was more than just a little eerie! A lot of people have sent us e-mails saying we’re like the Nostradamus of rock! (Laughs)

Do you have any hopes or expectations with the release of Uncivilization or is it more of you guys just doing what you always do?
Evan: Well in January our record label is going to try and get one of our songs on the radio but I don’t get my hopes up. Man I would love for Biohazard to break through because we have such a positive message and we face all the harsh realities of life as individuals and as a group. I know for a fact that we inspire people to stand up for what they believe in and face their fears while promoting really positive ideals like friendship, honesty and love. I think there are a lot of bands out there that don’t realize that they have a social responsibility but we do. I think now that some of us have kids it makes us even more conscious of the youth. When I was a kid the bands I loved were Kiss who were promoting the whole “Sex, Drugs and Rock and Roll” thing and not that there is anything wrong with that but it is good to have options.

Well thank-you so very much for doing this interview Evan. It’s been an honor and a pleasure since you were the band that got me into heavy music as a whole back in the Urban Discipline days.
Evan: Thank you. Have a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year.