Interview on The Rock Pit
July 2011
Toddstar: Andy, how are you today?
Andy Biersack: Hey, I’m doing alright. I recently broke a bunch of ribs you know, in my side so I am healing. I missed the first week of Warped Tour, and tomorrow is my first time back on stage so it’s kind of been an exciting day while packing. (Laughing)
Toddstar: I bet. Yeah, I’ve seen everything on the internet. That actually was going to be the first question other than saying Thank you so much for taking the time out for the Rockpit today. We’re huge, huge fans of Black Veil Brides.
Andy Biersack: Ah, thanks man.
Toddstar: Wrote a huge review for the new disc. Kevin [Chiaramonte, Black Veil Brides' PR - Ed] actually asked if I was on the payroll when he read the review of the new album. We just love it, it was actually the classic of the month and it’s already got my vote for classic of the year so, Kudos man. This album just tears it up.
Andy Biersack: Ah, thanks man. I really appreciate that. We’re really proud of it so it’s nice to hear.
Toddstar: Well, let’s kind of build up to it, you kind of hit on the rib thing. Everybody’s already seen the different videos. I think of it, and, I mean nothing really left to say other than its good to know that you’re healing. What did they say about you moving forward and jumping onto Warped Tour? Any restrictions or anything on you?
Andy Biersack: Ah, you know I’m supposed to sort not do too much movement on stage. Yesterday I went to the doctor and they told me that basically anything sort of like what I do can affect the healing process. I’m probably going to be in like a lot of pain which is sort of evident every day. I mean, it’s hard to do quick movements or the basic, you know, bending over to pick up stuff, that kind of thing, but I’m actually I’m healing, surprisingly fast. I think that a lot of that has to do with the fact that I made it a point to want to get back on tour and I got a hotel room and just sort of stayed in bed for the last 2 weeks. I just took the medicine and slept and fortunately I’m on the mend, so I’ll be in pain and I won’t be able to move much on stage, but I’ll always be there giving to the fans what they paid for.
Read the whole interview here.
Toddstar: Andy, how are you today?
Andy Biersack: Hey, I’m doing alright. I recently broke a bunch of ribs you know, in my side so I am healing. I missed the first week of Warped Tour, and tomorrow is my first time back on stage so it’s kind of been an exciting day while packing. (Laughing)
Toddstar: I bet. Yeah, I’ve seen everything on the internet. That actually was going to be the first question other than saying Thank you so much for taking the time out for the Rockpit today. We’re huge, huge fans of Black Veil Brides.
Andy Biersack: Ah, thanks man.
Toddstar: Wrote a huge review for the new disc. Kevin [Chiaramonte, Black Veil Brides' PR - Ed] actually asked if I was on the payroll when he read the review of the new album. We just love it, it was actually the classic of the month and it’s already got my vote for classic of the year so, Kudos man. This album just tears it up.
Andy Biersack: Ah, thanks man. I really appreciate that. We’re really proud of it so it’s nice to hear.
Toddstar: Well, let’s kind of build up to it, you kind of hit on the rib thing. Everybody’s already seen the different videos. I think of it, and, I mean nothing really left to say other than its good to know that you’re healing. What did they say about you moving forward and jumping onto Warped Tour? Any restrictions or anything on you?
Andy Biersack: Ah, you know I’m supposed to sort not do too much movement on stage. Yesterday I went to the doctor and they told me that basically anything sort of like what I do can affect the healing process. I’m probably going to be in like a lot of pain which is sort of evident every day. I mean, it’s hard to do quick movements or the basic, you know, bending over to pick up stuff, that kind of thing, but I’m actually I’m healing, surprisingly fast. I think that a lot of that has to do with the fact that I made it a point to want to get back on tour and I got a hotel room and just sort of stayed in bed for the last 2 weeks. I just took the medicine and slept and fortunately I’m on the mend, so I’ll be in pain and I won’t be able to move much on stage, but I’ll always be there giving to the fans what they paid for.
Read the whole interview here.
Andy Biersack discusses his fall, injuries - Altpress
June 22, 2011
Sometimes, things don’t work out the way you planned. Just ask Black Veil Brides vocalist Andy Biersack, who shattered three ribs while attempting to jump from one pillar to another during the band’s album release show on Saturday, June 18, at the Hollywood & Highland Center Hot Topic in Los Angeles. Even though Biersack’s injury occurred only three songs into their set, he managed to play the remainder of the show before he was rushed off to hospital, where he learned the extent of the damage. The incident itself was inevitably witnessed—in all its graceless, bone-crunching detail—all around the world via YouTube.
Biersack is now recuperating in a rented West Hollywood apartment with his mother and friends for company. Although heavily medicated, he is upbeat and philosophical about the incident, and he is typically determined to go on with the show as soon as humanly possible.
What were you actually trying to do?
Really, I was trying to fly, and I’ve clearly not perfected that yet. No, I wish I had some great story for why I was doing what I was, but I was doing my usual thing where I climb up and then jump back onstage, which usually ends badly, though not this badly. The thing was, I was wearing cowboy boots on a slick, hard, marble surface, which I’d never jumped from before. I started to slip a bit while I was up there, and I sort of sat down thinking that I could push with my arms, and land on the adjacent pillar and everything sort of worked according to plan, except for the fact my legs fell immediately and just slammed my ribs into the pillar.
What was going through your head at that moment?
The only thing I had in mind was, “Ah, shit,” because I knew once I pushed, it clearly was not enough velocity, and I was headed for the ground. More than anything, once I was able to regain a bit of consciousness, I just felt so stupid, because I knew we were only three songs into the set. If I dared to end the show there that would just be the biggest slap in the face to the fans who showed up and wanted to hear some new songs, and I didn’t want to make them miss out basically because of me making a stupid decision, so I just got on and finished up the set.
What is the diagnosis?
I’ve currently got three shattered ribs, most of which are sort of like bone shrapnel in my back area. I’m pretty heavily medicated right now, and I can’t really feel my extremities, because if I move too often I run the risk of those pieces of bone shifting and stabbing me, and sort of causing internal bleeding—and there’s also one very near my lung, that could potentially collapse it. I have to wait for these bones to fuse before I can really move too often. But this is a double-edged sword, because if I don’t move often enough, the excess bone will kind of sit there and cause blood clots inside me, so I have to at least get up and try to walk several times a day.
Read the whole interview here.
Sometimes, things don’t work out the way you planned. Just ask Black Veil Brides vocalist Andy Biersack, who shattered three ribs while attempting to jump from one pillar to another during the band’s album release show on Saturday, June 18, at the Hollywood & Highland Center Hot Topic in Los Angeles. Even though Biersack’s injury occurred only three songs into their set, he managed to play the remainder of the show before he was rushed off to hospital, where he learned the extent of the damage. The incident itself was inevitably witnessed—in all its graceless, bone-crunching detail—all around the world via YouTube.
Biersack is now recuperating in a rented West Hollywood apartment with his mother and friends for company. Although heavily medicated, he is upbeat and philosophical about the incident, and he is typically determined to go on with the show as soon as humanly possible.
What were you actually trying to do?
Really, I was trying to fly, and I’ve clearly not perfected that yet. No, I wish I had some great story for why I was doing what I was, but I was doing my usual thing where I climb up and then jump back onstage, which usually ends badly, though not this badly. The thing was, I was wearing cowboy boots on a slick, hard, marble surface, which I’d never jumped from before. I started to slip a bit while I was up there, and I sort of sat down thinking that I could push with my arms, and land on the adjacent pillar and everything sort of worked according to plan, except for the fact my legs fell immediately and just slammed my ribs into the pillar.
What was going through your head at that moment?
The only thing I had in mind was, “Ah, shit,” because I knew once I pushed, it clearly was not enough velocity, and I was headed for the ground. More than anything, once I was able to regain a bit of consciousness, I just felt so stupid, because I knew we were only three songs into the set. If I dared to end the show there that would just be the biggest slap in the face to the fans who showed up and wanted to hear some new songs, and I didn’t want to make them miss out basically because of me making a stupid decision, so I just got on and finished up the set.
What is the diagnosis?
I’ve currently got three shattered ribs, most of which are sort of like bone shrapnel in my back area. I’m pretty heavily medicated right now, and I can’t really feel my extremities, because if I move too often I run the risk of those pieces of bone shifting and stabbing me, and sort of causing internal bleeding—and there’s also one very near my lung, that could potentially collapse it. I have to wait for these bones to fuse before I can really move too often. But this is a double-edged sword, because if I don’t move often enough, the excess bone will kind of sit there and cause blood clots inside me, so I have to at least get up and try to walk several times a day.
Read the whole interview here.
Exclusive interview with Black Veil Brides drummer Christian "CC" Coma - Examiner.com
April 13, 2011
American rock-metal band Black Veil Brides[BVB] are currently headlining the 2011 AP Tour, and are playing the entire Warped Tour this summer. Their new album Set The World On Fire will be released June 14th via Lava Music/Universal Republic Records.
Their sophomore album marks the first release since drummer Sandra Alvarenga departed the band, and drummer Christian "CC" Coma joined. The Black Veil Brides lineup also includes, vocalist Andy Six, guitarist Jinxx, lead guitarist Jake Pitts, and bassist Ashley Purdy.
In my exclusive interview with Black Veil Brides drummer Christian "CC" Coma, he talks about the polarizing reaction to BVB playing Warped Tour 2011, what type of songs to expect on their sophomore album Set The World On Fire, plans for after Warped Tour, and much more.
When creating setlists do you cater it towards the tour you are on, or play the best songs you think Black Veil Brides can showcase?
CC: We do both depending on the tour. If we are on a tour where our set times are shorter we will take out certain songs. On a high-energy tour we want to keep most of our high-energy songs on the setlist. We usually only switch a couple of songs around, so it is primarily the same set, but when it is shorter we take out the less energetic ones.
Black Veil Brides was announced to play Warped Tour 2011 and there was a very polarized reaction in which people loved or hated that decision. Were you prepared for that?
CC: Warped Tour is an every day festival, and we have done some festivals. The band is that way regardless, either you love us or hate us. As long as you are paying attention you can talk shit about us, or love us and do the whole face paint when you show up to shows.
For stuff that like that, I feel it is really beneficial to play in front of other bands fans that normally would not see the show.
They look at us on the internet and judge us by our image, or interviews that some of my other band members may or may not have done.
Actually seeing the band live is completely different. A lot of people get one notion that we are a certain way and call us derogatory names, but when they actually see the live show and how much energy we have, they kind of say, ‘Oh man I did not even know you guys rock out. I thought you were just image and glam, and could not play,’ but we have double bass and dueling guitar solos. It is actually beneficial to be on stuff like that.
Obviously, there are going to be some people who are really not into us, especially if you read the message boards. We take it as a challenge to prove ourselves one way or another and I hope we will make some new fans.
Read the rest of the interview here
American rock-metal band Black Veil Brides[BVB] are currently headlining the 2011 AP Tour, and are playing the entire Warped Tour this summer. Their new album Set The World On Fire will be released June 14th via Lava Music/Universal Republic Records.
Their sophomore album marks the first release since drummer Sandra Alvarenga departed the band, and drummer Christian "CC" Coma joined. The Black Veil Brides lineup also includes, vocalist Andy Six, guitarist Jinxx, lead guitarist Jake Pitts, and bassist Ashley Purdy.
In my exclusive interview with Black Veil Brides drummer Christian "CC" Coma, he talks about the polarizing reaction to BVB playing Warped Tour 2011, what type of songs to expect on their sophomore album Set The World On Fire, plans for after Warped Tour, and much more.
When creating setlists do you cater it towards the tour you are on, or play the best songs you think Black Veil Brides can showcase?
CC: We do both depending on the tour. If we are on a tour where our set times are shorter we will take out certain songs. On a high-energy tour we want to keep most of our high-energy songs on the setlist. We usually only switch a couple of songs around, so it is primarily the same set, but when it is shorter we take out the less energetic ones.
Black Veil Brides was announced to play Warped Tour 2011 and there was a very polarized reaction in which people loved or hated that decision. Were you prepared for that?
CC: Warped Tour is an every day festival, and we have done some festivals. The band is that way regardless, either you love us or hate us. As long as you are paying attention you can talk shit about us, or love us and do the whole face paint when you show up to shows.
For stuff that like that, I feel it is really beneficial to play in front of other bands fans that normally would not see the show.
They look at us on the internet and judge us by our image, or interviews that some of my other band members may or may not have done.
Actually seeing the band live is completely different. A lot of people get one notion that we are a certain way and call us derogatory names, but when they actually see the live show and how much energy we have, they kind of say, ‘Oh man I did not even know you guys rock out. I thought you were just image and glam, and could not play,’ but we have double bass and dueling guitar solos. It is actually beneficial to be on stuff like that.
Obviously, there are going to be some people who are really not into us, especially if you read the message boards. We take it as a challenge to prove ourselves one way or another and I hope we will make some new fans.
Read the rest of the interview here
The Hollywood quintet are back... And their frontman has a fully-functioning face! - Kerrang!
Kerrang! Magazine
2011
Newcomers Black Veil Brides have one aim and one aim only: to become the biggest band in the world.And frontman Andy Six will stop at nothing to get there...
ANDY SIX, the frontman of this year's most anticipated buzz band Black Veil Brides, cuts an unusual figure on this drizzly day in Portsmouth. Outside this venue, there's a biting wind blowing off The Solent, spots of rain dotting the concrete pavements, and a small queue of fans shivering gamely against the cold.
The Pyramids Centre is part of a sports complex and, in the air, is the smell of chlorine from its swimming pool, while in the car park young mums hustle their children homewards. The only sound is passing traffic and litter blowing into the corners.
But inside, waiting to soundcheck while slumped in a plastic chair, sits Andy. He's not what you expect to see against the grey landscape of this most suburban of dreary English afternoons.
Read the transcript of this Kerrang! issue here
Newcomers Black Veil Brides have one aim and one aim only: to become the biggest band in the world.And frontman Andy Six will stop at nothing to get there...
ANDY SIX, the frontman of this year's most anticipated buzz band Black Veil Brides, cuts an unusual figure on this drizzly day in Portsmouth. Outside this venue, there's a biting wind blowing off The Solent, spots of rain dotting the concrete pavements, and a small queue of fans shivering gamely against the cold.
The Pyramids Centre is part of a sports complex and, in the air, is the smell of chlorine from its swimming pool, while in the car park young mums hustle their children homewards. The only sound is passing traffic and litter blowing into the corners.
But inside, waiting to soundcheck while slumped in a plastic chair, sits Andy. He's not what you expect to see against the grey landscape of this most suburban of dreary English afternoons.
Read the transcript of this Kerrang! issue here