You can still get stuff done, but maybe you have to get off the couch. As he has stated, “ I became an American citizen.
Regarding unpopular opinions, Zoltan has never shied away from defending the value of hard work. While I don’t exactly agree with that endorsement, I can’t help but admire a guy who has the guts to say whatever he really thinks even when he knows his opinion isn’t a popular one. Of late, Zoltan has caught a bit of flack with the media for being one of the only major rock stars or celebrities to publicly endorse Donald Trump. All of a sudden a physically superior person cannot simply abuse a weaker one, since the gun will act as a deterrent.” You can read more about Zoltan’s thoughts on gun rights here. Some people say that owning a gun is uncivilized & brute, but we can look at that issue from a completely different perspective maybe gun ownership actually made us more civilized, since guns act as equalizers. It’s about defending yourself & your family. When your life is in actual danger, you don’t care about any paper you will just defend your life no matter what it takes. But let’s extend this it’s not just about the rights that are given to you by a piece of paper. Regarding gun rights, Zoltan has stated: “The second amendment makes all the other ones possible. In light of that, it’s probably not surprising to find that he is also an NRA member. In fact he is one of the only civilians who is a trained weapons instructor with the US military. Outside of music Zoltan has many hobbies including martial arts, Monster trucks, cars, & yes, guns. On a more superficial note, how can you not love a guy with amazing dreadlocks like Zoltan’s? I’ll be the first to admit that white people can rarely pull off great dreads, but Zoltan is definitely the exception to that rule.
Now that Jeremy has been sober for several years & Ivan has started to recover as well, this is probably a bit less of an issue, but if you read Spencer’s autobiography he acknowledges more than once that Zoltan has often played the role of “dad” to the other band members when they allowed drinking, drugs, women, or other such temptations to distract them from the greater goal of the band. This is probably largely due to the alcoholism that frontman Ivan Moody has struggled with over the years as well as the past drug use & alcoholism of drummer Jeremy Spencer. However, it has been obvious since the band’s breakthrough in 2007 that Zoltan has always been the biggest driving force behind FFDP, the man who holds it all together so to speak. It’s not too uncommon for the lead guitarist to be one of the designated leaders or spokespersons for a band (think Ben Bruce from Asking Alexandria), but it’s less common to see the rhythm guitarist take that role. If his life isn’t the embodiment of the American dream, whose is? If anyone knows what it’s like to chase a seemingly impossible dream & to overcome what appear to be insurmountable obstacles, it’s this guy. Here is a man who grew up in Communist Hungary, built his first guitar partly out of a coffee table, moved to the US when he was 20 (not speaking more than a few words of English at the time), & eventually founded what has become arguably the most successful modern rock/metal band in the world today. In light of all the turmoil after the election, it seems appropriate to feature a man who so perfectly embodies the American dream. In any case, this week I’ve decided to honor rhythm guitarist & founding member of Five Finger Death Punch (FFDP) Zoltan Bathory. Maybe I should entitle it Rock Star of the Month at the rate I’m going but Rock Star of the Week just sounds better so I’ll stick with that.
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