Catching up with ex-Pantera, current Down frontman PHIL ANSELMO several weeks back for the second-annual Phoenix Metal Issue was anything but predictable. First, he decided to change my name to “Mike Chris,” and then simply to “Chris.” He had determined that we needed to “shorten that shit up.” Then I made the questionable decision to chide him about the merch section on the website of his boutique record label, Housecore Records, which had been woefully lacking in updating its available stock.