Testament’s Chuck Billy was there at the birth of thrash. Born and raised in Northern California, he watched the scene spring up in the bars and dives of San Francisco’s Bay Area. “It was wild,” he told us when we spoke to the formidable frontman in spring 2020. “We were wild.”
Metal Hammer was interviewing Billy a few weeks after he was diagnosed with COVID-19 following a European tour. “I’m back to a hundred per cent, I believe,” he says. “But we're all good now.”
