- Wednesday, May 29th 2013
Ashley's interview on PureVolume
Check out this interview here.
Lyric: Revelation
- Tuesday, May 28th 2013
Official lyric video - Revelation
- Monday, May 27th 2013
Interview with Andy - themerchdude
- Before we start give us a few sentences about yourself, the band any new protects etc.
I’m Andy and I sing for Black Veil Brides. We recently released our 3rd album “Wretched and Divine” which is being rereleased in an extended version on June 11 2013. I consider myself very fortunate to get to do what I do in my life and like many artists I share a strong connection with our fans that means the world to me.
Here is Andy Biersack with 5 questions with Themerchdude:
1) Well you’re in one of those bands that people love to hate (I might have been one of them until I met Jinx) most the time people hate even before they hear your band. How do you deal with the Constance bullshit thrown at you guys. Also how do you deal with having some of the most active fan bases online?
To be honest with you some of the negativity or online “hate” is so blown out of proportion largely due to the “makeup” or visual aesthetic that the band has had over the years. Whats ironic about that is so often people will jump on the “oh that band is nothing but makeup and gay and blah blah” and fail to see the irony that a great number of them fit firmly in their own aesthetic mold…we all know what the hardcore guy with the neck tattoos and flat bill hat looks like, in fact we all know a million of them. Could it be a total coincidence that so many of them dress identically? Or is it a fashion choice/preference that has been brought on by their interest in a particular type of music or genre? The safe bet is that its “what they like” which again is a huge contradiction when so many people are adamant that it’s not okay for a band to possess any level of theatricality without being labeled as “fags” or people saying “well if they spent more time on the music and less on what they look like..blah blah etc.” In point of fact all any of us are trying to do is have fun and enjoy our lives and our art. All that being said my life is pretty damn good, if ticket counts and record sales can in any way be a barometer for success it would seem that our dedicated fans continue to prevail over any nay sayers out there. In this world of bitterness between bands and hatred based purely on ignorance it’s cool to hate the band thats doing well and doing it on their own terms and I get that, but we aren’t miserable or suffering because of it. We have fun, tour the world and get to meet tons of really cool people who feel the same way that we do in all walks of life. Rock and Roll ain’t too bad ;)
Read the full interview here
I’m Andy and I sing for Black Veil Brides. We recently released our 3rd album “Wretched and Divine” which is being rereleased in an extended version on June 11 2013. I consider myself very fortunate to get to do what I do in my life and like many artists I share a strong connection with our fans that means the world to me.
Here is Andy Biersack with 5 questions with Themerchdude:
1) Well you’re in one of those bands that people love to hate (I might have been one of them until I met Jinx) most the time people hate even before they hear your band. How do you deal with the Constance bullshit thrown at you guys. Also how do you deal with having some of the most active fan bases online?
To be honest with you some of the negativity or online “hate” is so blown out of proportion largely due to the “makeup” or visual aesthetic that the band has had over the years. Whats ironic about that is so often people will jump on the “oh that band is nothing but makeup and gay and blah blah” and fail to see the irony that a great number of them fit firmly in their own aesthetic mold…we all know what the hardcore guy with the neck tattoos and flat bill hat looks like, in fact we all know a million of them. Could it be a total coincidence that so many of them dress identically? Or is it a fashion choice/preference that has been brought on by their interest in a particular type of music or genre? The safe bet is that its “what they like” which again is a huge contradiction when so many people are adamant that it’s not okay for a band to possess any level of theatricality without being labeled as “fags” or people saying “well if they spent more time on the music and less on what they look like..blah blah etc.” In point of fact all any of us are trying to do is have fun and enjoy our lives and our art. All that being said my life is pretty damn good, if ticket counts and record sales can in any way be a barometer for success it would seem that our dedicated fans continue to prevail over any nay sayers out there. In this world of bitterness between bands and hatred based purely on ignorance it’s cool to hate the band thats doing well and doing it on their own terms and I get that, but we aren’t miserable or suffering because of it. We have fun, tour the world and get to meet tons of really cool people who feel the same way that we do in all walks of life. Rock and Roll ain’t too bad ;)
Read the full interview here
Revelation
Interview with Jake, CC and Ashley - Rock On The Range
- Sunday, May 26th 2013
Interview with Jake, CC and Ashley - Rock On The Range
Interview with Andy - Backstage at Rock on the range
Revelation
- Saturday, May 25th 2013
Revelation
- Friday, May 24th 2013
Revelation
- Thursday, May 23rd 2013
Revelation
- Wednesday, May 22nd 2013
Revelation
- Tuesday, May 21st 2013
Revelation
BVB are releasing a lyric video for Revelation in a week.
- Monday, May 20th 2013
Andy's interview on SoundCloud
Check it out here.
Ashley and Andy's interview - Loudwire
And we’re here with those goth rockers from Hollywood, Black Veil Brides….
Ashley Purdy: [Laughs]
Andy Biersack: Ah, man … you ruined it.
So we’re here at the Golden Gods and you guys are nominated in multiple categories. How does it feel to receive that recognition?
Andy Biersack: I mean, we’re always confident. We always feel like we’re going to win and we’re going to be the first band in the history of the awards show to win three consecutive awards. That’s a real feeling we’ve got going in and even if we don’t win, we feel like our fans deserve a win regardless. We’re very confident.
Ashley Purdy: We’ll hopefully come out with one. We’re nominated for two, so the odds are in our favor.
Read the full interview here
Ashley Purdy: [Laughs]
Andy Biersack: Ah, man … you ruined it.
So we’re here at the Golden Gods and you guys are nominated in multiple categories. How does it feel to receive that recognition?
Andy Biersack: I mean, we’re always confident. We always feel like we’re going to win and we’re going to be the first band in the history of the awards show to win three consecutive awards. That’s a real feeling we’ve got going in and even if we don’t win, we feel like our fans deserve a win regardless. We’re very confident.
Ashley Purdy: We’ll hopefully come out with one. We’re nominated for two, so the odds are in our favor.
Read the full interview here
- Thursday, May 16th 2013
Q&A: Andy Biersack of Black Veil Brides - ”We Come From the Dream of Hollywood” - Purevolume
You have a pretty amazing fan base. Can you tell me a little bit about how that’s grown over the years?
It’s a community thing. When I was growing up, the thing that I loved about punk rock music or going to rock shows was that I felt like I was a part of something. I always wanted create a community for people who felt disenfranchised, like myself. From the beginning of the band, this feeling of community was always very important. I think that’s what captured a lot of the, particularly, the early fans of the band, finding something that they could call their own. The fans created the name the BVB Armyand we’re incredibly appreciative and thankful and so fortunate that it caught on in such a way that there are so many people around the world that feel proud to be part of the quote-unquote “BVB Army.” They really appreciate the band and we have mutual respect for them.
As a band, how does playing something like Rock on the Range differ from Warped Tour, aside from the touring aspect?
Rock on the Range is a radio festival, so it’s very centered around rock radio. I think that a festival like that is seen more as a celebration or party for the people who are at the event and, often times, the people who work at the radio station. It’s very fun. I love Rock on the Range. We played it once before and it was one of the most fun days I’ve had in my life.
Warped Tour, from our perspective as a band, it’s more about the community of bands, traveling together and getting the chance to meet and mingle with other bands. There are fuckin’ 150 buses parked up next to the festival and you spend so much time over there meeting different people and bands that you wouldn’t think that you would necessarily become friends with. People you grew up idolizing become your friends. You go to barbecues together, whatever else. I met my girlfriend of two years at a Warped Tour. She was an artist on Warped Tour as well. We got together on Warped Tour. It’s sort of like punk rock summer camp.
Both are great experiences. Both are very different.
Read the full interview here
It’s a community thing. When I was growing up, the thing that I loved about punk rock music or going to rock shows was that I felt like I was a part of something. I always wanted create a community for people who felt disenfranchised, like myself. From the beginning of the band, this feeling of community was always very important. I think that’s what captured a lot of the, particularly, the early fans of the band, finding something that they could call their own. The fans created the name the BVB Armyand we’re incredibly appreciative and thankful and so fortunate that it caught on in such a way that there are so many people around the world that feel proud to be part of the quote-unquote “BVB Army.” They really appreciate the band and we have mutual respect for them.
As a band, how does playing something like Rock on the Range differ from Warped Tour, aside from the touring aspect?
Rock on the Range is a radio festival, so it’s very centered around rock radio. I think that a festival like that is seen more as a celebration or party for the people who are at the event and, often times, the people who work at the radio station. It’s very fun. I love Rock on the Range. We played it once before and it was one of the most fun days I’ve had in my life.
Warped Tour, from our perspective as a band, it’s more about the community of bands, traveling together and getting the chance to meet and mingle with other bands. There are fuckin’ 150 buses parked up next to the festival and you spend so much time over there meeting different people and bands that you wouldn’t think that you would necessarily become friends with. People you grew up idolizing become your friends. You go to barbecues together, whatever else. I met my girlfriend of two years at a Warped Tour. She was an artist on Warped Tour as well. We got together on Warped Tour. It’s sort of like punk rock summer camp.
Both are great experiences. Both are very different.
Read the full interview here
- Monday, May 13th 2013
Google+ Hangout with Andy
- Wednesday, May 8th 2013
Andy's interview on haters and winning 3 golden gods awards
Kerrang! Awards
Go here to vote for Black Veil Brides in every category at the Kerrang! Awards. They are nominated for:
- Best album: Wretched And Divine: The Story Of The Wild Ones.
- Best live band.
- Best international band.
- Hottest male: Andy.
The awards will take place on Thursday 13, June.
- Best album: Wretched And Divine: The Story Of The Wild Ones.
- Best live band.
- Best international band.
- Hottest male: Andy.
The awards will take place on Thursday 13, June.
- Tuesday, May 7th 2013
Teaser of the song "Let You Down"
- Monday, May 6th 2013
Andy posted on his blog
You are standing with your best friends in the world and you’ve just been notified that something that you have all worked on so hard and have put so much of yourself into is receiving an award! You feel so proud and elated, particularly when you are “different” its a hell of a feeling to know that something you have done may have connected so strongly with the other “different” people in this world.
Minutes after you find out that you are being honored in this way you are sent into a room. You enter this room and it’s full of people, these are people who don’t know you…haven’t laughed with you, cried with you…they have shared no pain or joy with you and though you are eager to share in your new found joy with them they suddenly begin to show you that they hate you and your friends. They do not agree with the notion of awarding your hard work and they are actively and openly telling you as much with cursing, booing and wagging middle fingers.
How do you feel? Not necessarily how do you react…but how do you feel?
Read the blog post here
Minutes after you find out that you are being honored in this way you are sent into a room. You enter this room and it’s full of people, these are people who don’t know you…haven’t laughed with you, cried with you…they have shared no pain or joy with you and though you are eager to share in your new found joy with them they suddenly begin to show you that they hate you and your friends. They do not agree with the notion of awarding your hard work and they are actively and openly telling you as much with cursing, booing and wagging middle fingers.
How do you feel? Not necessarily how do you react…but how do you feel?
Read the blog post here
- Saturday, May 4th 2013
KFMA
Check out the pics here.
- Friday, May 3rd 2013
BVB has won "Song Of The Year" - Golden Gods
Black Veil Brides have won "Song Of The Year" for In The End at the Revolver Golden Gods Awards.
They have made history. They're the first band to win three consecutive awards at the Golden Gods.
They have made history. They're the first band to win three consecutive awards at the Golden Gods.
- Thursday, May 2nd 2013
Google+ live chat with Andy!
Van Warped Tour is hosting Google + hangouts chats with Warped artists.
Join on May 13th for a live chat with Andy at 4pm PST/7pm EST. Submist your questions using the hashtag #ASKANDYBVB.
Join on May 13th for a live chat with Andy at 4pm PST/7pm EST. Submist your questions using the hashtag #ASKANDYBVB.