Chimaira’s Jim LaMarca Exposes Some Dirty Secrets

As you can imagine, Chimaira bassist Jim LaMarca is quite proud of his band’s self-titled third album, which is being hailed as the record that will officially set the band apart from the rest of their peers. Not a single song clocks in at less than 5 minutes, but no one’s calling it boring. In fact, “epic” is the term most commonly used to describe the album.

When we caught up with Jim at Sounds of the Underground to talk about the album, though, he had other things on his mind: Jim had just caught a glimpse of the disgusting cruelty and filthiness involved in factory farming while watching a PETA video. “The most shocking part of the videos was how dirty the animals were and how they lived,” said Jim. To find out what else Jim had to say about how factory farmers should improve the conditions for animals, and what should happen to those who abuse animals, watch our exclusive video interview.