Phil Labonte is the vocalist of All That Remains. Labonte was asked, what was his inspiration was to go into music. He simply said that it was bands like Iron Maiden and Metallica that drew him into music. Labonte also said “I got my first guitar when I was 14.” There was another thing that caught his attention about the groups; “It wasn’t just the music but also the friends and people I hung out with.” Labonte said.
“Being in a band is a job. It’s a job so there is a certain amount of work that goes into it.” He continued about working with All That Remains saying, “It’s about half-and-half. It depends on what we’re doing at the time.”
While having dreams of things to do in terms of performances, Labonte did remain realistic. “There’s a lot of things that we want to do.” He explained that there wasn’t just a dream concert for them to play.
While most celebrities have a problem with certain fans, which bring around horror stories, Phil Labonte doesn’t really let strangeness bother him. Asked whether there were any memories of fans that stuck he replied, “Normal rules don’t really apply. It’s not that people expect you to act badly. They just expect you to act differently. So there really aren’t any strange experiences that stick out because it’s an everyday thing.”
He was gracious enough to let us know a bit about his personal life. Outside of the music it is fairly simple. The game Halo 2 took up some of Labonte’s free time. With laugh he said that when he’s not working with the rest of the band “you can usually find me in front of the TV playing Halo 2 or at the gym.”
He has a lot of memorable concerts that he has been either a part of or been to. He pointed out that one of the Virginia gigs All That Remains had, they opened up for Lamb of God, Shadowfalls and Slipknot during 2005. This was one of the more memorable performances. He explained, “It was just a really big show for us.” That is understandable considering the caliber of bands they were performing with. He also labeled an Iron Maiden concert that he saw when he was 15 as a memorable concert viewing. “The floor came right up to the stage,” he said while explaining that before security sent the crowd back to their seats he had been about 10 feet away from the stage.