Deceiver of the Dads: Nicolas Cage’s Sequel (Wes Cage) Wants to Show Him Amon Amarth

Apparently Cage the Younger and Cage the Elder share a fascination with “viking mythology and anything Norse” according to this interview on Journey of a Frontman. So Nick Cage II: Electric Boogaloo wants to take his dear ol’ dad to see the strapping beardos in Amon Amarth to try to get him hooked on that old Norse groove:

Wes Cage: The last concert we went to was Mötley Crüe in Vegas where Tommy Lee almost started a fight with me. (laughs) We went to see Lacuna Coil with Rob Zombie, they played together. That was great. I want to show him Amon Amarth, that’s one band that I really want him to get into because we both have a love for Viking mythology and anything Norse. My dad has always liked Nine Inch Nails, that was always on in the house. He listens to a lot of Rob Zombie. He was also playing a lot of classical music such as Beethoven, Bach, Mozart, and Chopin. All these outstanding composers were playing throughout the house. I think that’s maybe what molded me the most and brought me to wanting to compose. When I was eighteen, I binged on nonstop symphonic classical music. I did not stop listening to counterpoint and things that I wanted to branch into a little more and Beethoven helped with that.

His chance could come this January, when the ‘marth is on tour with Sabaton and Skeletonwitch throughout Europe. So ready your mead horns and no-shirts and Mjolnir necklaces (because I’m sure no one else at the show will have one of THOSE) and be sure to look around because

I wonder if growing up his father ever disciplined him by saying “I’d take pleasure in guttin’ you, boy.“