- Thursday, February 28th 2013
Interview with Andy and Jake - The Guardian 'The makeup only takes 10 minutes'
I have to admit I'm a little disappointed to find Black Veil Brides dressed in little more than tight black jeans and metal t-shirts when I arrive, but Biersack shrugs again in his very self-assured way and says: "We were up against it from day one because we put on make-up. But we did it anyway because we genuinely loved doing it … that to me is where the authenticity comes from."
As a teenager, such outlandish style was a permanent fixture for Biersack and it caused problems. "I couldn't go to the shops without being followed around the store! I used to have to say: "Guys! I'm not going to steal anything here! For a start my pants are too tight … where would I even put it?"
The transformation from everyday rockers to Black Veil Brides – studded gloves, haircuts that could cause multiple flesh wounds, leather trousers that are more hole than trouser – is actually pretty astonishing, not least on account of its speed.
"Sometimes I'll hear people say, 'If they spent a little less time on their makeup and a bit more on their music ...'" grins Biersack. "But it takes us 10 minutes to put on the makeup! I don't think we're losing much!"
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As a teenager, such outlandish style was a permanent fixture for Biersack and it caused problems. "I couldn't go to the shops without being followed around the store! I used to have to say: "Guys! I'm not going to steal anything here! For a start my pants are too tight … where would I even put it?"
The transformation from everyday rockers to Black Veil Brides – studded gloves, haircuts that could cause multiple flesh wounds, leather trousers that are more hole than trouser – is actually pretty astonishing, not least on account of its speed.
"Sometimes I'll hear people say, 'If they spent a little less time on their makeup and a bit more on their music ...'" grins Biersack. "But it takes us 10 minutes to put on the makeup! I don't think we're losing much!"
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BVB in the March issue of Naked Magazine
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- Wednesday, February 27th 2013
Ashley Purdy on Wretched And Divine and becoming timeless - Music Radar
What will make this tour unique in your memory?
"That I actually destroyed all of my basses on this tour so far! I'm more of a showman than anything else, so a lot of stuff got destroyed on this tour. I've even tweeted pictures of it - my broken basses and stuff. I only brought two with me and They both got destroyed in one night and I had to have more shipped out to me. But, yeah, it's all rock 'n' roll...
What's the biggest misconception about Black Veil Brides?
"A lot of people haven't taken our music seriously, but they don't know how technical it is. Initially people judge you first upon your image and they're not even listening to your music. They'll lump us in there with Mötley Crüe and Kiss, but our music is probably closer to Iron Maiden. We're far more technical than people give us credit for. But that's all changed with this new record, this new record is a hit, so we're doing good."
You want to become the world's biggest band. Is that at odds with your outcast nature?
"I think that's where our ambition comes from. We're all from small towns and we want to be something bigger than where we're from. Like I said before, we're bored with the climate of the music and we want something entertaining, so that's where it all stems from. There's no limit for us whatsoever where that's concerned - we're just gonna keep growing as a band. "
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"That I actually destroyed all of my basses on this tour so far! I'm more of a showman than anything else, so a lot of stuff got destroyed on this tour. I've even tweeted pictures of it - my broken basses and stuff. I only brought two with me and They both got destroyed in one night and I had to have more shipped out to me. But, yeah, it's all rock 'n' roll...
What's the biggest misconception about Black Veil Brides?
"A lot of people haven't taken our music seriously, but they don't know how technical it is. Initially people judge you first upon your image and they're not even listening to your music. They'll lump us in there with Mötley Crüe and Kiss, but our music is probably closer to Iron Maiden. We're far more technical than people give us credit for. But that's all changed with this new record, this new record is a hit, so we're doing good."
You want to become the world's biggest band. Is that at odds with your outcast nature?
"I think that's where our ambition comes from. We're all from small towns and we want to be something bigger than where we're from. Like I said before, we're bored with the climate of the music and we want something entertaining, so that's where it all stems from. There's no limit for us whatsoever where that's concerned - we're just gonna keep growing as a band. "
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- Monday, February 25th 2013
Interview with Chris Biersack
Was Black Veil Brides the original name?
Yeah, actually. How weird is that? More than six years ago, he came up with that, and there was a reference in the movie V for Vendetta to “Black Veil Brides,” which Andy thought was really cool. He was really into that movie. And, so, he told me about it and I looked it up, and I found out that it was also a term that was used a long time ago in some kind of Catholic doctrine or whatever as a reference to Nuns. It talked about how they would have a ceremony and instead of wearing a white veil; they’d wear a black veil. There was that connection, and also it was just a cool name. Andy wanted a name that would be kind of like Guns n Roses, that kind of a name that has two different feelings to it. Black veils are usually associated with death and funerals; a bride is associated with weddings and new beginnings and new life, that kind of stuff. It had that, what he called, “yin and yang” feel to it. At first he called his band Biersack, but he hadn’t really put that much thought into it up until then. There were a hundred different names that we talked about and that one just stuck out.
What’s your favorite Black Veil Brides song to date?
Well, it changes…but since I’m so into the spirit of their live show, I’d have to say that my favorite song is “I Am Bulletproof” because it’s the show opener. Whenever I watch that on video, the excitement building up to whenever they come out on stage and they go into it, it’s so cool. It’s got a great hook to it, it’s a rock and roll song. I’d also have to say that “Lost It All” is a great song. I don’t care who you are. If you listen to that song and tell me it’s not a great song…you just don’t like Black Veil Brides. You are never going to be willing to admit that you like Black veil Brides if you can listen to that song and still tell me that BVB’s not a good band.
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Yeah, actually. How weird is that? More than six years ago, he came up with that, and there was a reference in the movie V for Vendetta to “Black Veil Brides,” which Andy thought was really cool. He was really into that movie. And, so, he told me about it and I looked it up, and I found out that it was also a term that was used a long time ago in some kind of Catholic doctrine or whatever as a reference to Nuns. It talked about how they would have a ceremony and instead of wearing a white veil; they’d wear a black veil. There was that connection, and also it was just a cool name. Andy wanted a name that would be kind of like Guns n Roses, that kind of a name that has two different feelings to it. Black veils are usually associated with death and funerals; a bride is associated with weddings and new beginnings and new life, that kind of stuff. It had that, what he called, “yin and yang” feel to it. At first he called his band Biersack, but he hadn’t really put that much thought into it up until then. There were a hundred different names that we talked about and that one just stuck out.
What’s your favorite Black Veil Brides song to date?
Well, it changes…but since I’m so into the spirit of their live show, I’d have to say that my favorite song is “I Am Bulletproof” because it’s the show opener. Whenever I watch that on video, the excitement building up to whenever they come out on stage and they go into it, it’s so cool. It’s got a great hook to it, it’s a rock and roll song. I’d also have to say that “Lost It All” is a great song. I don’t care who you are. If you listen to that song and tell me it’s not a great song…you just don’t like Black Veil Brides. You are never going to be willing to admit that you like Black veil Brides if you can listen to that song and still tell me that BVB’s not a good band.
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Interview with Jake and Jinxx
Interview with Jake
Your fans have really connected with you. Do you ever feel a pressure with the new songs you write because you know the fans are going to take them so seriously, what Andy is saying in his lyrics? Do you ever start second-guessing what you’re saying when you create a song?
There is always, I would say, some things that I would kind of maybe second-guess sometimes. This album does sound very different from the other two and us being in the band you don’t want to put out the same album every time or the same songs, so it is growing and putting out different songs. Sometimes you do wonder like, well, I wonder how this is going to go over with the fans, I wonder if they’re going to like it. But you don’t really know. We just kind of write what we want to write and what comes out comes out and people connect with it. So from the start we’ve never tried writing songs for the fans that we have for that particular reason of they’ll connect with it. We write the songs about what we write them about and it just happens to be that a lot of people do connect with them. So it works out really well. I think our fans are so dedicated. Since this new record came out, I haven’t heard anything bad about it, everybody loves it, so I think we’re just growing and becoming a better band and I think being more confident in what we put out.
Interview with Jinxx
What were your thoughts when you found out Andy wanted to make a concept-type album?
I was real excited when the idea first came to play. When we started this band, you know, our grand big plan was to take it as far as we could go and I always liked the idea of a concept album. Ever since I was a little kid the albums I listened to growing up, I was a big Metallica fan – Ride The Lightning, Master Of Puppets, And Justice For All – all were kind of like concept records to me; not to the sense of like, say, The Wall or Tommy that The Who did and they made a movie to go along with it and the whole album tells a story. So when it was first presented to me that that was what we were doing, that was real exciting to me.
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Your fans have really connected with you. Do you ever feel a pressure with the new songs you write because you know the fans are going to take them so seriously, what Andy is saying in his lyrics? Do you ever start second-guessing what you’re saying when you create a song?
There is always, I would say, some things that I would kind of maybe second-guess sometimes. This album does sound very different from the other two and us being in the band you don’t want to put out the same album every time or the same songs, so it is growing and putting out different songs. Sometimes you do wonder like, well, I wonder how this is going to go over with the fans, I wonder if they’re going to like it. But you don’t really know. We just kind of write what we want to write and what comes out comes out and people connect with it. So from the start we’ve never tried writing songs for the fans that we have for that particular reason of they’ll connect with it. We write the songs about what we write them about and it just happens to be that a lot of people do connect with them. So it works out really well. I think our fans are so dedicated. Since this new record came out, I haven’t heard anything bad about it, everybody loves it, so I think we’re just growing and becoming a better band and I think being more confident in what we put out.
Interview with Jinxx
What were your thoughts when you found out Andy wanted to make a concept-type album?
I was real excited when the idea first came to play. When we started this band, you know, our grand big plan was to take it as far as we could go and I always liked the idea of a concept album. Ever since I was a little kid the albums I listened to growing up, I was a big Metallica fan – Ride The Lightning, Master Of Puppets, And Justice For All – all were kind of like concept records to me; not to the sense of like, say, The Wall or Tommy that The Who did and they made a movie to go along with it and the whole album tells a story. So when it was first presented to me that that was what we were doing, that was real exciting to me.
Read the full interview here
- Saturday, February 23rd 2013
How Black Veil Brides Warm Up On Set
- Friday, February 22nd 2013
Interview with Andy - PCMinterviews
BVB signing at Pulp Manchester
Review: Kerrang! Tour – Brixton Academy, London – 15th February 2013.
Every year Kerrang! Readers get the treat of an extensive awesome tour that travels around the UK showcasing some of the newest and biggest names in the rock industry. This year got the world talking; it got them screaming for joy and it got them severely pissed off and why? Because headlining this year were the somewhat controversial Black Veil Brides and evidently having them on this year’s bill and a slight impact on ticket sales with only a few venues completely selling out, however whether the venue was full or not, we were expecting a typical Black Veil Brides concert and we got more.
William Control was our appointed DJ for this year’s line up, with a half hour slot before the first band he was given complete control of what to play on the venues airwaves and we were treated to everything from Depeche Mode to Frank Sinatra. Hiding away in the sound booth like a ninja in the shadows, it seemed as if that was all we were going to get from Will on this tour but why come all this way just to play some tracks? All would be revealed later in the night.
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William Control was our appointed DJ for this year’s line up, with a half hour slot before the first band he was given complete control of what to play on the venues airwaves and we were treated to everything from Depeche Mode to Frank Sinatra. Hiding away in the sound booth like a ninja in the shadows, it seemed as if that was all we were going to get from Will on this tour but why come all this way just to play some tracks? All would be revealed later in the night.
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- Thursday, February 21st 2013
Andy and Ashley talk to O2 Academy TV about Wretched And Divine and social media
Andy and Ashley talk to O2 Academy TV about their fans and their tattoos
BVB Golden Gods Vote Video
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- Wednesday, February 20th 2013
AMP Magazine photos
Check out the photos from the show in Philadelphia on January 19th here.
- Tuesday, February 19th 2013
Interview with Jinxx and CC - Hit The Floor
- Monday, February 18th 2013
"Drinkin Beer Is Hard Work" - Ashley and CC
- Saturday, February 16th 2013
Interview with Jake - The Mancunion
“It’s crazy, man. We’ve been rushing around all day, every day so far.” Jake Pitts is reflecting on the whirlwind of the Kerrang! tour, which he’s headlining with the rest of the Black Veil Brides. “We just got back here from a signing across town. Three hundred kids showed up, which is pretty mad.” The day’s hectic atmosphere is only amplified by the Academy’s backstage press room already being occupied by one of his bandmates, forcing us to conduct one of the least rock n’ roll interviews of all time in the adjoining bathroom.
Black Veil Brides is the brainchild of frontman Andy Biersack, who claims to have had the initiative, imagery and ideas for the band since childhood. “The inspiration was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, but the actual band that is Black Veil Brides really came together in Los Angeles.” Pitts articulates. “We all met through mutual acquaintances, and bonded over all the obvious influences; Guns n’ Roses, Metallica and the rest. The first record is just $7500 and a lot of favours.”
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Black Veil Brides is the brainchild of frontman Andy Biersack, who claims to have had the initiative, imagery and ideas for the band since childhood. “The inspiration was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, but the actual band that is Black Veil Brides really came together in Los Angeles.” Pitts articulates. “We all met through mutual acquaintances, and bonded over all the obvious influences; Guns n’ Roses, Metallica and the rest. The first record is just $7500 and a lot of favours.”
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The Kerrang! Tour 2013 Podcast: London
- Friday, February 15th 2013
Interview with William Control - Noise Creep
William, this is a pretty interesting touring bill, you and BVB.
I agree. That's the thing with a lot of tours today. You'll get five or six bands that all kind of sound alike and are from the same genre. It can get boring pretty quickly for the fans I think, and that's one reason I'm so excited about this tour. There will be nothing boring about it.
You've known the guys in BVB for a while. Was this their idea?
It was. They made the choice and I think it says a lot about them. Look at it like this, they just put out a great record that made it into the top 10 on the Billboard charts and they have a lot of offers to take a lot of bands out on tour with them. And who do they decide to take? Me! I've been friends with them for a number of years now and I think they chose me because they like what I represent as a musician and that it's also totally different from what they do. It says a lot about them to take this kind of chance, it's a real opportunity for me and obviously I think they are just awesome guys.
It should be a real chance for you to interact with a different kind of fan base.
That's what I've noticed going on tour with a bigger band. The fans are usually there to see that band and that band only. But this is what is so amazing and cool about the BVB audience. There's so open-minded about everything that they give you a real chance and they want you to succeed. You know, it's not like, say Slayer fans who will sit there and chant 'Slayer, Slayer, Slayer - give us Slayer, everything else sucks!' [laughs]
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I agree. That's the thing with a lot of tours today. You'll get five or six bands that all kind of sound alike and are from the same genre. It can get boring pretty quickly for the fans I think, and that's one reason I'm so excited about this tour. There will be nothing boring about it.
You've known the guys in BVB for a while. Was this their idea?
It was. They made the choice and I think it says a lot about them. Look at it like this, they just put out a great record that made it into the top 10 on the Billboard charts and they have a lot of offers to take a lot of bands out on tour with them. And who do they decide to take? Me! I've been friends with them for a number of years now and I think they chose me because they like what I represent as a musician and that it's also totally different from what they do. It says a lot about them to take this kind of chance, it's a real opportunity for me and obviously I think they are just awesome guys.
It should be a real chance for you to interact with a different kind of fan base.
That's what I've noticed going on tour with a bigger band. The fans are usually there to see that band and that band only. But this is what is so amazing and cool about the BVB audience. There's so open-minded about everything that they give you a real chance and they want you to succeed. You know, it's not like, say Slayer fans who will sit there and chant 'Slayer, Slayer, Slayer - give us Slayer, everything else sucks!' [laughs]
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- Thursday, February 14th 2013
Photos from the Kerrang! Tour in Birmingham
Check out the photos from the show in Birmingham here.
- Tuesday, February 12th 2013
CC in the new Rhythm Magazine
- Monday, February 11th 2013
Black Veil Brides Guitarists Jake Pitts and Jinxx Share their Insights in the making of Wretched and Divine! - Guitar International
Robert: Tell me about the evolution of the band from a song writing perspective. How has it changed or grown in the last three CDs?
Jinxx: Jake and I actually played together before we joined Black Veil Brides. We really meshed well when it came to writing. We felt like we were reading each other’s minds. One of us would write a riff or have an idea for a chorus and the other one would finish it or write a bridge or a verse.
We just wrote songs together that way. I feel like we’ve grown a lot over a period of three records. We are now more conscious of melody in turn becoming better songwritJake Pitts: Definitely we’re paying more attention to the song as a whole, instead of just shredding through the song.
Giving the song more room to breathe vocally and just writing better parts; we’re always trying to outdo ourselves from what we’ve done before and trying to write smarter guitar parts.
Robert: “Devil’s Choir” is my favorite song on the CD. I love the lead and the guitar fills throughout, but particularly how it helps carry the chorus. Those nuances are so important to a song and stretch beyond a good riff. What is the history behind writing that song?
Jake Pitts: That was the first song I started writing the leads to. Jinxx originally had the lead in that chorus, but we ended up changing it to what it is now. There was something about it that just didn’t sound right.
Jinxx: It sounded too happy. I didn’t like what was going on in it. It was one of the songs that we started with a melody and a chorus; we needed a lead to bring it all together. What I had there just wasn’t working and hated it. I handed it over to Jake and he made some improvisations.
Jake Pitts: The guitar solo in that song is probably impossible to play [All Laughing].
Robert: What’s the best thing about being Black Veil Brides?
Jake Pitts: Just being in the best band ever and getting to play music.
Jinxx: This is my favorite band and like I said, “A dream come true.”
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Jinxx: Jake and I actually played together before we joined Black Veil Brides. We really meshed well when it came to writing. We felt like we were reading each other’s minds. One of us would write a riff or have an idea for a chorus and the other one would finish it or write a bridge or a verse.
We just wrote songs together that way. I feel like we’ve grown a lot over a period of three records. We are now more conscious of melody in turn becoming better songwritJake Pitts: Definitely we’re paying more attention to the song as a whole, instead of just shredding through the song.
Giving the song more room to breathe vocally and just writing better parts; we’re always trying to outdo ourselves from what we’ve done before and trying to write smarter guitar parts.
Robert: “Devil’s Choir” is my favorite song on the CD. I love the lead and the guitar fills throughout, but particularly how it helps carry the chorus. Those nuances are so important to a song and stretch beyond a good riff. What is the history behind writing that song?
Jake Pitts: That was the first song I started writing the leads to. Jinxx originally had the lead in that chorus, but we ended up changing it to what it is now. There was something about it that just didn’t sound right.
Jinxx: It sounded too happy. I didn’t like what was going on in it. It was one of the songs that we started with a melody and a chorus; we needed a lead to bring it all together. What I had there just wasn’t working and hated it. I handed it over to Jake and he made some improvisations.
Jake Pitts: The guitar solo in that song is probably impossible to play [All Laughing].
Robert: What’s the best thing about being Black Veil Brides?
Jake Pitts: Just being in the best band ever and getting to play music.
Jinxx: This is my favorite band and like I said, “A dream come true.”
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- Sunday, February 10th 2013
The Kerrang! Tour 2013 Podcast: Glasgow
- Thursday, February 7th 2013
Kerrang! Tour! photos - Indulge-Sound.com
Check out the photos from the show in Southampton on February 7 here.
- Friday, February 8th 2013
The Kerrang! Tour 2013 Podcast: Southampton
- Wednesday, February 6th 2013
The Kerrang! Tour 2013 Podcast: Bristol (v.2)
- Tuesday, February 5th 2013
Exclusive Q and A: Black Veil Brides Talk Composing, Collaborating, And Classical Music - Our Stage
OS: The story behind the album is really compelling. Does it also reflect your view of the current state of the world as well as the story of the band?
Andy Biersack: I don’t necessarily think that the current state of the world is indicative of the story that I wrote, but it’s obvious that it wouldn’t be that hard to make the leap. It’s not a politically-charged record – it’s not meant to be a parallel for exactly what’s going on in politics or religion or anything else. It’s more meant to be a parable for our own lives and taking the characters that have been negative forces in your life and applying more power to them i.e. making them into these political/religious forces. But it wasn’t written as any kind of social commentary, really.
OS: The many aspects of sweeping concept albums can sometimes be difficult to tie together. What was the biggest challenge in putting together the album and making it all cohere?
AB: The biggest challenge was just doing something different than anything we had done before. Obviously, being in entirely different circumstances than making our previous record, the challenges just came from having a new experience and trying to write in that different circumstance. The challenges, although there were many of them, were very rewarding.
OS: Legion of the Black [the accompanying concept film] is such a cool idea. What was it like to help bring the album to life through film?
AB: Thank you. Honestly, it was just as childish as us making a record and thinking: hey, we’ve really got something here, the subject matter to make a movie out of it; let’s see what we can do with it. Obviously the process of making that happen was difficult and time-consuming and a different experience than anything we’ve done before, but the initial ideas just came from the impetus of just wanting to get something like this done.
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Andy Biersack: I don’t necessarily think that the current state of the world is indicative of the story that I wrote, but it’s obvious that it wouldn’t be that hard to make the leap. It’s not a politically-charged record – it’s not meant to be a parallel for exactly what’s going on in politics or religion or anything else. It’s more meant to be a parable for our own lives and taking the characters that have been negative forces in your life and applying more power to them i.e. making them into these political/religious forces. But it wasn’t written as any kind of social commentary, really.
OS: The many aspects of sweeping concept albums can sometimes be difficult to tie together. What was the biggest challenge in putting together the album and making it all cohere?
AB: The biggest challenge was just doing something different than anything we had done before. Obviously, being in entirely different circumstances than making our previous record, the challenges just came from having a new experience and trying to write in that different circumstance. The challenges, although there were many of them, were very rewarding.
OS: Legion of the Black [the accompanying concept film] is such a cool idea. What was it like to help bring the album to life through film?
AB: Thank you. Honestly, it was just as childish as us making a record and thinking: hey, we’ve really got something here, the subject matter to make a movie out of it; let’s see what we can do with it. Obviously the process of making that happen was difficult and time-consuming and a different experience than anything we’ve done before, but the initial ideas just came from the impetus of just wanting to get something like this done.
Read the full interview here
- Monday, February 4th 2013
Black Veil Brides' Jake Pitts and Jinxx talk guitars, concept albums and makeup - Musicradar
Although you have refined the makeup and your stage clothes, do foresee a time when you might do away with it altogether? Vince Neil wears jeans on stage nowadays.
Jinxx: "That's true, he does. For us, I don't think so. We used to go on stage in full makeup and body paint and studded leather. On this record cycle, we look more like a biker gang. We're reducing the amount of studs and makeup. I think there will always be an element of dressing up in our band. It's rock 'n' roll.
"For too long, the visual has been lost in rock music. I think it's lazy to go on stage in jeans and your shorts. When I was a kid and I'd watch MTV, I'd see Motley Crue and KISS – they looked like rock stars. People want rock bands to look like stars."
Jake Pitts: "It was tiring doing the black paint, and it probably wasn't very good for our skin. That paint was acrylic or latex based, so it would get all rubbery almost. During hot, sweaty shows, it would melt. It never ruined anything, but it did make quite a mess."
The new is a rock opera. Some people will hear that and go, 'Cool – The Who's Tommy, The Wall by Pink Floyd.' But others will say, 'Rock opera? Sounds pretentious.' Did the possible latter reaction worry you at all?
Jinxx: "I've always fancied the idea of doing a concept album. Those were some of my favorite albums growing up, things like The Wall. I would listen to that record and watch the movie over and over. I like the idea of a record telling a story. Sure, it might seem pretentious to some people, but we're artists, and we're always looking to better ourselves."
Pitts: "Initially, our main worry was whether people would understand it or not. When we decided to do the whole movie thing and have a visual representation of the story, we relaxed and felt that we'd get the message across. When we get an idea, we basically stick to our guns and go for it."
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Jinxx: "That's true, he does. For us, I don't think so. We used to go on stage in full makeup and body paint and studded leather. On this record cycle, we look more like a biker gang. We're reducing the amount of studs and makeup. I think there will always be an element of dressing up in our band. It's rock 'n' roll.
"For too long, the visual has been lost in rock music. I think it's lazy to go on stage in jeans and your shorts. When I was a kid and I'd watch MTV, I'd see Motley Crue and KISS – they looked like rock stars. People want rock bands to look like stars."
Jake Pitts: "It was tiring doing the black paint, and it probably wasn't very good for our skin. That paint was acrylic or latex based, so it would get all rubbery almost. During hot, sweaty shows, it would melt. It never ruined anything, but it did make quite a mess."
The new is a rock opera. Some people will hear that and go, 'Cool – The Who's Tommy, The Wall by Pink Floyd.' But others will say, 'Rock opera? Sounds pretentious.' Did the possible latter reaction worry you at all?
Jinxx: "I've always fancied the idea of doing a concept album. Those were some of my favorite albums growing up, things like The Wall. I would listen to that record and watch the movie over and over. I like the idea of a record telling a story. Sure, it might seem pretentious to some people, but we're artists, and we're always looking to better ourselves."
Pitts: "Initially, our main worry was whether people would understand it or not. When we decided to do the whole movie thing and have a visual representation of the story, we relaxed and felt that we'd get the message across. When we get an idea, we basically stick to our guns and go for it."
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- Sunday, February 3rd 2013
The Kerrang! Tour 2013 Podcast: Day 1 - Cardiff
- Saturday, February 2nd 2013