Minggu, 03 Juli 2011
Rabu, 15 Juni 2011
Welcome to The Family
Hey kids! (hey kids)
Do I have your attention?
I know the way you've been living
Life's so reckless, tragedy endless
Welcome to the family
Hey!
There's something missing
Only time will alter your vision
Never in question, lethal injection
Welcome to the family
Not long ago you'd find the answers were so crystal clear
Within a day you found yourself living in constant fear
Can you look at yourself now?
Can you look at yourself?
You can't win this fight
And in a way it seems there's no one to call
When our thoughts are so numb and
Our feelings unsure
We all have emptiness inside,We all have answers to find
But you can't win this fight!
Hey kids!
I have to question
What's with the violent aggression?
Details blurry, lost him too early
Welcome to the family
Hey!
Why won't you listen?
Can't help the people you're missing
It's been done, a casualty re-run
Welcome to the family
I try and help you with the things that can't be justified
I need to warn you that there is no way to rationalize
So have you figured it out now?
So have you figured it out?
You can't win this fight
And in a way it seems there's no one to call
When our thoughts are so numb and
Our feelings unsure
We all have emptiness inside,We all have answers to find
But you can't win this fight!
Gunning for you and all mankind,
I've lost my mind
Psychotic rabid dementia, I won't be fine
I see, you're a king who's been dethroned
Cast out, in a world you've never known
Stand down, place your weapons by your side
It's our war, in the end we'll surely lose but that's alright!
So have you figured it out now?
So have you figured it out?
And in a way it seems there's no one to call
When our thoughts are so numb and
Our feelings unsure
We all have emptiness inside,We all have answers to find
But you can't win this fight
Deep inside,where nothing's fineI lost my mind
You're not invited,so step aside
I've lost my,
Deep inside,where nothing's fineI lost my mind
You're not invited,so step aside
I've lost my...
Do I have your attention?
I know the way you've been living
Life's so reckless, tragedy endless
Welcome to the family
Hey!
There's something missing
Only time will alter your vision
Never in question, lethal injection
Welcome to the family
Not long ago you'd find the answers were so crystal clear
Within a day you found yourself living in constant fear
Can you look at yourself now?
Can you look at yourself?
You can't win this fight
And in a way it seems there's no one to call
When our thoughts are so numb and
Our feelings unsure
We all have emptiness inside,We all have answers to find
But you can't win this fight!
Hey kids!
I have to question
What's with the violent aggression?
Details blurry, lost him too early
Welcome to the family
Hey!
Why won't you listen?
Can't help the people you're missing
It's been done, a casualty re-run
Welcome to the family
I try and help you with the things that can't be justified
I need to warn you that there is no way to rationalize
So have you figured it out now?
So have you figured it out?
You can't win this fight
And in a way it seems there's no one to call
When our thoughts are so numb and
Our feelings unsure
We all have emptiness inside,We all have answers to find
But you can't win this fight!
Gunning for you and all mankind,
I've lost my mind
Psychotic rabid dementia, I won't be fine
I see, you're a king who's been dethroned
Cast out, in a world you've never known
Stand down, place your weapons by your side
It's our war, in the end we'll surely lose but that's alright!
So have you figured it out now?
So have you figured it out?
And in a way it seems there's no one to call
When our thoughts are so numb and
Our feelings unsure
We all have emptiness inside,We all have answers to find
But you can't win this fight
Deep inside,where nothing's fineI lost my mind
You're not invited,so step aside
I've lost my,
Deep inside,where nothing's fineI lost my mind
You're not invited,so step aside
I've lost my...
Avenged Sevenfold (Metalcore Band)
“They’re cheesy. They sing nowadays; they should scream like they used to. They’re sellouts.”
They fight. They fuck. They destroy hotel rooms.
They’re misunderstood.
They are warm. They are loyal. They are brave. They are authentic.
They are disciplined.
As musicians, the members of Avenged Sevenfold are definite virtuosos in a time when being accomplished artists seemingly means so little. They are inquisitive and never fully satisfied with their own work. They seek to grow and improve every day, regardless of the obstacles or costs involved.
They are a rock band. They are rock stars. They are Avenged Sevenfold.
Avenged Sevenfold, the album, is a self-produced effort. While the band shared co-production credit on 2005’s million-selling City Of Evil with Mudrock, this new album is solely their responsibility — and they’re primed to accept it.
But attaining such stature didn’t arrive in an overnight jaunt. To the contrary, Avenged Sevenfold had been an integral part of the independent, underground rock scene years before breaking through on commercial radio. In fact, the Orange County, California-based act launched its career several years ago (they were barely out of high school) with the release of its debut in July 2001 of Sounding The Seventh Trumpet.
Miles of van touring ensued, performing in tightly packed clubs, and sweating shoulder-to-shoulder on both national and international levels. Despite the truly D.I.Y. affair (which still found the fledgling act putting on an eye-opening, elaborate stage show), Avenged Sevenfold never offered anything less than a full-throttle set. The band released its second independent full-length in August 2003, Waking The Fallen, a couple years later, greatly expanding on its metal-based foundation and giving us a not-so-subtle nudge that something exciting was in the imminent forecast.
Our suspicions were confirmed a couple years later, with Avenged Sevenfold’s breakthrough 2005 Warner Bros. debut, City Of Evil, featuring the wildly popular single “Bat Country.” That was the turning point for the fearless, genre-bending quintet that, after years of clocking in on the independent level, had finally advanced towards a milestone they had been seeking throughout their careers.
A7X wrapped 18 months of relentless touring in October 2006 and immediately began writing Avenged Sevenfold. After the success of City Of Evil — where they proved they had truly captured the imagination of music fans of all shapes and sizes — they became the only band to headline Warped Tour and Ozzfest while simultaneously hitting Number One on MTV’s TRL. The natural question was whether the band would continue its creative odyssey or return to the formula that brought them such success on the last go-around. Thankfully, they continued their musical exploration without caving in to any outside influences.
For this self-titled release, the act returned to the garage at M. Shadows’ parents’ home where these high-school friends had penned every other song in their discography. The band sought to delve into genres and recording techniques they had discovered on the road. For instance, they wanted to incorporate the narrative lyrics and biting guitar tones they’d admired in country music, as well as the powerful bottom end of hip-hop they felt would only add to the power of their music and message.
“All those months on the bus we really weren’t finding new rock that was moving us,” says frontman M. Shadows. “Instead, we were listening to everything from Toby Keith to T.I., and finding elements we could incorporate into what we were doing to make our next record more interesting to us.”
In the studio, Avenged Sevenfold enlisted engineers Fred Archambault and Dave Schiffman (System Of A Down, Johnny Cash, Red Hot Chili Peppers), and the team went to work.
The resulting sound and rhythm of Avenged Sevenfold is, in a word, eclectic. Yet it’s still trademark A7X. “‘Scream’ has a groove we really wanted to inject into this record,” says guitarist Synyster Gates. “And on ‘Lost,’ you can hear the influence melodic bands like NOFX have always had on our band.”
A7X composed the string sections, including the individual instrument orchestration, with the assistance of Marc Mann and Steve Bartek from Oingo Boingo (and who currently orchestrate for Danny Elfman). With the soaring strings in “Afterlife,” the haunting and theatrical performance of “A Little Piece Of Heaven,” or the gentle vocals of a child in “Unbound,” the band’s creative and varied approach is surprising. Percussionist Lenny Castro brought a dynamic to “Brompton Cocktail,” and noted pedal steel and banjo player Greg Leisz added a country flair to the song “Dear God.” Yet as Gates adds, “it’s the dueling guitars, Shadows’ voice and the Rev’s brutality that make every one of the songs sound like Avenged Sevenfold.”
Lyrically, Shadows was striving for something more personal on the new album. “I feel we all experience a certain inner conflict, the push and pull between how we think we should act, or want to act, and the temptations and human instincts that we often blame when we don’t end up being the person we want to be.”
In fact, the album’s first single, “Almost Easy,” focuses on more similar temptations. “Afterlife” addresses the notion of “memento mori,” or the need to remember that death may intervene before we have reconciled differences with friends or loved ones.
These guys worked their asses off making Avenged Sevenfold (enlisting studio legend Andy Wallace to mix the record), literally sweating every detail with the same (if not stronger) conviction they had years earlier in trying to prove themselves to the masses. But it’s best you understand what was really going on during the three months these five best friends were holed up making Avenged Sevenfold.
They were having the time of their lives
They fight. They fuck. They destroy hotel rooms.
They’re misunderstood.
They are warm. They are loyal. They are brave. They are authentic.
They are disciplined.
As musicians, the members of Avenged Sevenfold are definite virtuosos in a time when being accomplished artists seemingly means so little. They are inquisitive and never fully satisfied with their own work. They seek to grow and improve every day, regardless of the obstacles or costs involved.
They are a rock band. They are rock stars. They are Avenged Sevenfold.
Avenged Sevenfold, the album, is a self-produced effort. While the band shared co-production credit on 2005’s million-selling City Of Evil with Mudrock, this new album is solely their responsibility — and they’re primed to accept it.
But attaining such stature didn’t arrive in an overnight jaunt. To the contrary, Avenged Sevenfold had been an integral part of the independent, underground rock scene years before breaking through on commercial radio. In fact, the Orange County, California-based act launched its career several years ago (they were barely out of high school) with the release of its debut in July 2001 of Sounding The Seventh Trumpet.
Miles of van touring ensued, performing in tightly packed clubs, and sweating shoulder-to-shoulder on both national and international levels. Despite the truly D.I.Y. affair (which still found the fledgling act putting on an eye-opening, elaborate stage show), Avenged Sevenfold never offered anything less than a full-throttle set. The band released its second independent full-length in August 2003, Waking The Fallen, a couple years later, greatly expanding on its metal-based foundation and giving us a not-so-subtle nudge that something exciting was in the imminent forecast.
Our suspicions were confirmed a couple years later, with Avenged Sevenfold’s breakthrough 2005 Warner Bros. debut, City Of Evil, featuring the wildly popular single “Bat Country.” That was the turning point for the fearless, genre-bending quintet that, after years of clocking in on the independent level, had finally advanced towards a milestone they had been seeking throughout their careers.
A7X wrapped 18 months of relentless touring in October 2006 and immediately began writing Avenged Sevenfold. After the success of City Of Evil — where they proved they had truly captured the imagination of music fans of all shapes and sizes — they became the only band to headline Warped Tour and Ozzfest while simultaneously hitting Number One on MTV’s TRL. The natural question was whether the band would continue its creative odyssey or return to the formula that brought them such success on the last go-around. Thankfully, they continued their musical exploration without caving in to any outside influences.
For this self-titled release, the act returned to the garage at M. Shadows’ parents’ home where these high-school friends had penned every other song in their discography. The band sought to delve into genres and recording techniques they had discovered on the road. For instance, they wanted to incorporate the narrative lyrics and biting guitar tones they’d admired in country music, as well as the powerful bottom end of hip-hop they felt would only add to the power of their music and message.
“All those months on the bus we really weren’t finding new rock that was moving us,” says frontman M. Shadows. “Instead, we were listening to everything from Toby Keith to T.I., and finding elements we could incorporate into what we were doing to make our next record more interesting to us.”
In the studio, Avenged Sevenfold enlisted engineers Fred Archambault and Dave Schiffman (System Of A Down, Johnny Cash, Red Hot Chili Peppers), and the team went to work.
The resulting sound and rhythm of Avenged Sevenfold is, in a word, eclectic. Yet it’s still trademark A7X. “‘Scream’ has a groove we really wanted to inject into this record,” says guitarist Synyster Gates. “And on ‘Lost,’ you can hear the influence melodic bands like NOFX have always had on our band.”
A7X composed the string sections, including the individual instrument orchestration, with the assistance of Marc Mann and Steve Bartek from Oingo Boingo (and who currently orchestrate for Danny Elfman). With the soaring strings in “Afterlife,” the haunting and theatrical performance of “A Little Piece Of Heaven,” or the gentle vocals of a child in “Unbound,” the band’s creative and varied approach is surprising. Percussionist Lenny Castro brought a dynamic to “Brompton Cocktail,” and noted pedal steel and banjo player Greg Leisz added a country flair to the song “Dear God.” Yet as Gates adds, “it’s the dueling guitars, Shadows’ voice and the Rev’s brutality that make every one of the songs sound like Avenged Sevenfold.”
Lyrically, Shadows was striving for something more personal on the new album. “I feel we all experience a certain inner conflict, the push and pull between how we think we should act, or want to act, and the temptations and human instincts that we often blame when we don’t end up being the person we want to be.”
In fact, the album’s first single, “Almost Easy,” focuses on more similar temptations. “Afterlife” addresses the notion of “memento mori,” or the need to remember that death may intervene before we have reconciled differences with friends or loved ones.
These guys worked their asses off making Avenged Sevenfold (enlisting studio legend Andy Wallace to mix the record), literally sweating every detail with the same (if not stronger) conviction they had years earlier in trying to prove themselves to the masses. But it’s best you understand what was really going on during the three months these five best friends were holed up making Avenged Sevenfold.
They were having the time of their lives
Quotes by Jimmy "The Rev" Sullivan (Kalimat yang Pernah di ucapkan The Rev)
"EVERY FIFTH GRADER'S FAVORITE BAND IS METALLICA"
.........
"WHAT ABOUT BEING NAKED IN THE LIQUOR STORE? I WAS NAKED IN A LIQUOR STORE AND..."
"TO BE INVISIBLE SO THAT I COULD KILL JOHNNY AND NO ONE WOULD KNOW."
"I DON'T BLAME ANYONE FOR WANTING TO FUCK US."
"I THINK WEVE DONE AS MANY DRUGS IN ONE NIGHT AS ANYONE HAS EVER COMBINED."
"HE HALLUCINATED THAT WE WERE REPLACING HIM WITH THE BASSIST OF ATREYU!"
"I WORKED IN A FUCKING LAUNDROMAT."
"YEAH, I WOULD JUST GO AND OPEN IT UP, BRING MY PILLOW AND BLANKET, AND SLEEP UNTIL IT WAS TIME TO LOCK UP. IT WAS COOL. I WOULD BRING MY FUCKING TV/VCR AND JUST CHILL."
"COME ON, I KNOW THE WEIRDEST THING. THE WEIRDEST THING IS THAT CHICK ............THAT CAME UP AND ASKED ME TO CUT HER WITH A KNIFE. ISN'T THAT THE WEIRDEST THING?"
IVES ARE ANTI- ABORTION. I DON’T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH ABORTION"
"Oh Shit! What's in the bucket?
What's in the bucket but a bucket of shit
but a bucket of grapes,
and the grapes in the mouth make you happy down south.
Make you getta big boner what ya gonna do.?"
"One day, dude, I'm just gonna get off the bus, and I'm gonna.. I'm gonna run into the woods, and I'm Never coming back! And when I come back, I'm gonna be the knife master! "
“I SPILT PAINT ALL OVER THE BAR, THEY ALMOST FIRED ME.?"
"Let's come and laugh at me !!! let's come laugh at the artissstt !!!!"
"you guys are my best friends and I’m having the best time in the fucking world. I’m a little too close to Johnny right now but that’s okay"
"This is a lesson about life: This is one person. This is another person. This is one person trying to understand another person, even though it doesn't have room to download the other person into it's brain. It cannot understand the other person, even though it tries to. So he ends up overflowing with knowledge."
"Well, what a great.. What a great audience! What a great audience!"
Look at the size of that fucking duck! LOOK AT THAT DUCK!!! JESUS CHRIST!! Come here, you fucking.. stallion duck!"
"I'm outa here, I'm only playing one song, and I'm not coming back for ten years! And when I come back..!"
"Just a spoonfull of Jimmy helps the whole world go down!"
"Let's see what is up with this dog today... *picks up Synyster's dog, and it starts spazzing out* Hey dog. What's wrong with you? Dog! *puts down the dog and it walks away completely fine* Jesus Christ!"
"Fuck Prada! Lickin' on my nuts, suckin' on my nuts, suckin'... fuckin' grindin' DOWN on dem nuts."
"Hey! I had an epileptic fucking seizure, dude! Yeah, I was looking directly there and then all the lighting, like I couldn't see drums or the crowd or anything. But just crazy colors. Nothing but flashing and explosion and I'm all OH MY GOD! I'm all am I concience? And then I just closes my eyes and tried to hibernate. It's crazy."
"Id like to thank God, whichever one, hahaha whichever one I believe in, which im not sure about yet. Just kiddin Dad, my best friend right here, thank you guys for much more than this award right here!"
""Look at all these pigeons, think they can just trust us humans? You can't trust us humans!"
"My life is kinda like a story that if I told you about it you probably wouldn’t believe. It would seem like fiction. That’s me"
"The first couple of months when you release an album, the crowds don't know the songs quite as well, so the shows get better after a few months."
"I'm just proud and I'm touched when I see someone with a new Avenged Sevenfold tat. and now ...I always make sure I check them out if they're sportin'one. That's meaningful when you put someone else’s ink on your body."
"Over all Avenged Sevenfold the album is 10 times better than the others."
"I don't do well with technology."
"Everyone in this band has beaten Johnny up at some point."
"I beat myself off 17 times in one day. That's the worst beating I've ever handed out. I was so sore that it was hard to get that last load out."
"Your clothes you would think would always be clean when you live in a laundry mat, but no!! I lived in a laundry mat for 6 months and I only washed my clothes twice."
"Spiders and fuckin shit on my face. I'm not happy about it at all. There is nothing to be happy about spiders on my face. But it's gonna look cool."
"What gives Dr. Pillowfucker the right to ask us that stupid question?"
"Like most bands we're a family, family before band. If we broke up tomorrow, we'd still be friends."
''The people in this band are my best friends on the planet. Some of them longer then other and some of them truly are my heart and my soul’’
"WHY!!!"
"Going from playing a backroom of a bar to a show for 80,000 people...that's pretty wild." - 2007 -
"The album, the music, and the live shows that's what we are here to do." - 2006 -
"We love being on the road. I get really bored if I'm home... for too long or in one spot for too long. Touring is more fun, but the act of creating music that people love is also very satisfying."
"The first couple of months when you release an album, the crowds don't know the songs quite as well, so the shows get better after a few months."
"I'm just proud and I'm touched when I see someone with a new Avenged Sevenfold tat. and now I always make sure I check them out if they're sportin'one. That's meaningful when you put someone else’s ink on your body."
"Like most bands we're a family, family before band. If we broke up tomorrow, we'd still be friends."
"I call it the double-ride thing just for the lack of a better definition because no one does it.
"It is very hard to keep yourself on the bells without being able to look. You can't look at the two places at the same time. My right hand naturally can find the ride on its own, so I have to look at the bell on the left, and you also have to bring it over to hit the snare, so it gets a bit hard and that's when you start looking like a fucking octopus weirdo, its awesome!"
"I love it, I live for it. I've never been able to stay in one place and I just like the Excitement of getting out there and playing live and the whole lifestyle that comes along with it. I like to party when the time to party is right, as we all do, I believe. Being in new countries every week is just awesome when you take in the foreign culture. When we go to other countries, we always make sure we have a couple days between shows and get to see the places we want to see. It's perfect-you're on vacation and your working, too. I'm obsessed with seeing as much of the world as possible."
"Over all Avenged Sevenfold the album is 10 times better than the others."
"Critical Acclaim is just in your face madness going, it all just sticks to that and doesn't transition to something that's completely left field."
"The biggest headlining show we ever done were at the Gibson Amphitheater in L.A. That was an overwhelming moment. Also, a great moment was the first time we went out on stage with Metallica. Oh and meeting a lot of my idols like Vinnie Paul. Those moments are always really rewarding."
"I started playing double bass in the 6th or 7th grade but no one ever taught me, so I didn't really figure out how to build up my endurance and stamina to just do straight sixteenth-notes as fast as you want until much later, until I was about 19 or so."
"I don't do well with technology." referencing when his i-pod broke loosing over 4500 rare and vintage songs.
"It was a bit of a letdown. It was just like drinking something that tasted kind of bad and didn't do a thing for you. In the long run, I would have just rather let the King cobra live, you know? Because he was a cool looking Motherfucker."
"I can write any style that I choose. I've always been heavily influenced by Danny Elfman, Oingo Boingo, Mr. Bungle, and bands like that. With all the different parts and the cinematic feel."
"What's up, Regina?"
"I'm Gonna Kill you, Because i have mental problems, because i need lasik !!"
.........
"WHAT ABOUT BEING NAKED IN THE LIQUOR STORE? I WAS NAKED IN A LIQUOR STORE AND..."
"TO BE INVISIBLE SO THAT I COULD KILL JOHNNY AND NO ONE WOULD KNOW."
"I DON'T BLAME ANYONE FOR WANTING TO FUCK US."
"I THINK WEVE DONE AS MANY DRUGS IN ONE NIGHT AS ANYONE HAS EVER COMBINED."
"HE HALLUCINATED THAT WE WERE REPLACING HIM WITH THE BASSIST OF ATREYU!"
"I WORKED IN A FUCKING LAUNDROMAT."
"YEAH, I WOULD JUST GO AND OPEN IT UP, BRING MY PILLOW AND BLANKET, AND SLEEP UNTIL IT WAS TIME TO LOCK UP. IT WAS COOL. I WOULD BRING MY FUCKING TV/VCR AND JUST CHILL."
"COME ON, I KNOW THE WEIRDEST THING. THE WEIRDEST THING IS THAT CHICK ............THAT CAME UP AND ASKED ME TO CUT HER WITH A KNIFE. ISN'T THAT THE WEIRDEST THING?"
IVES ARE ANTI- ABORTION. I DON’T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH ABORTION"
"Oh Shit! What's in the bucket?
What's in the bucket but a bucket of shit
but a bucket of grapes,
and the grapes in the mouth make you happy down south.
Make you getta big boner what ya gonna do.?"
"One day, dude, I'm just gonna get off the bus, and I'm gonna.. I'm gonna run into the woods, and I'm Never coming back! And when I come back, I'm gonna be the knife master! "
“I SPILT PAINT ALL OVER THE BAR, THEY ALMOST FIRED ME.?"
"Let's come and laugh at me !!! let's come laugh at the artissstt !!!!"
"you guys are my best friends and I’m having the best time in the fucking world. I’m a little too close to Johnny right now but that’s okay"
"This is a lesson about life: This is one person. This is another person. This is one person trying to understand another person, even though it doesn't have room to download the other person into it's brain. It cannot understand the other person, even though it tries to. So he ends up overflowing with knowledge."
"Well, what a great.. What a great audience! What a great audience!"
Look at the size of that fucking duck! LOOK AT THAT DUCK!!! JESUS CHRIST!! Come here, you fucking.. stallion duck!"
"I'm outa here, I'm only playing one song, and I'm not coming back for ten years! And when I come back..!"
"Just a spoonfull of Jimmy helps the whole world go down!"
"Let's see what is up with this dog today... *picks up Synyster's dog, and it starts spazzing out* Hey dog. What's wrong with you? Dog! *puts down the dog and it walks away completely fine* Jesus Christ!"
"Fuck Prada! Lickin' on my nuts, suckin' on my nuts, suckin'... fuckin' grindin' DOWN on dem nuts."
"Hey! I had an epileptic fucking seizure, dude! Yeah, I was looking directly there and then all the lighting, like I couldn't see drums or the crowd or anything. But just crazy colors. Nothing but flashing and explosion and I'm all OH MY GOD! I'm all am I concience? And then I just closes my eyes and tried to hibernate. It's crazy."
"Id like to thank God, whichever one, hahaha whichever one I believe in, which im not sure about yet. Just kiddin Dad, my best friend right here, thank you guys for much more than this award right here!"
""Look at all these pigeons, think they can just trust us humans? You can't trust us humans!"
"My life is kinda like a story that if I told you about it you probably wouldn’t believe. It would seem like fiction. That’s me"
"The first couple of months when you release an album, the crowds don't know the songs quite as well, so the shows get better after a few months."
"I'm just proud and I'm touched when I see someone with a new Avenged Sevenfold tat. and now ...I always make sure I check them out if they're sportin'one. That's meaningful when you put someone else’s ink on your body."
"Over all Avenged Sevenfold the album is 10 times better than the others."
"I don't do well with technology."
"Everyone in this band has beaten Johnny up at some point."
"I beat myself off 17 times in one day. That's the worst beating I've ever handed out. I was so sore that it was hard to get that last load out."
"Your clothes you would think would always be clean when you live in a laundry mat, but no!! I lived in a laundry mat for 6 months and I only washed my clothes twice."
"Spiders and fuckin shit on my face. I'm not happy about it at all. There is nothing to be happy about spiders on my face. But it's gonna look cool."
"What gives Dr. Pillowfucker the right to ask us that stupid question?"
"Like most bands we're a family, family before band. If we broke up tomorrow, we'd still be friends."
''The people in this band are my best friends on the planet. Some of them longer then other and some of them truly are my heart and my soul’’
"WHY!!!"
"Going from playing a backroom of a bar to a show for 80,000 people...that's pretty wild." - 2007 -
"The album, the music, and the live shows that's what we are here to do." - 2006 -
"We love being on the road. I get really bored if I'm home... for too long or in one spot for too long. Touring is more fun, but the act of creating music that people love is also very satisfying."
"The first couple of months when you release an album, the crowds don't know the songs quite as well, so the shows get better after a few months."
"I'm just proud and I'm touched when I see someone with a new Avenged Sevenfold tat. and now I always make sure I check them out if they're sportin'one. That's meaningful when you put someone else’s ink on your body."
"Like most bands we're a family, family before band. If we broke up tomorrow, we'd still be friends."
"I call it the double-ride thing just for the lack of a better definition because no one does it.
"It is very hard to keep yourself on the bells without being able to look. You can't look at the two places at the same time. My right hand naturally can find the ride on its own, so I have to look at the bell on the left, and you also have to bring it over to hit the snare, so it gets a bit hard and that's when you start looking like a fucking octopus weirdo, its awesome!"
"I love it, I live for it. I've never been able to stay in one place and I just like the Excitement of getting out there and playing live and the whole lifestyle that comes along with it. I like to party when the time to party is right, as we all do, I believe. Being in new countries every week is just awesome when you take in the foreign culture. When we go to other countries, we always make sure we have a couple days between shows and get to see the places we want to see. It's perfect-you're on vacation and your working, too. I'm obsessed with seeing as much of the world as possible."
"Over all Avenged Sevenfold the album is 10 times better than the others."
"Critical Acclaim is just in your face madness going, it all just sticks to that and doesn't transition to something that's completely left field."
"The biggest headlining show we ever done were at the Gibson Amphitheater in L.A. That was an overwhelming moment. Also, a great moment was the first time we went out on stage with Metallica. Oh and meeting a lot of my idols like Vinnie Paul. Those moments are always really rewarding."
"I started playing double bass in the 6th or 7th grade but no one ever taught me, so I didn't really figure out how to build up my endurance and stamina to just do straight sixteenth-notes as fast as you want until much later, until I was about 19 or so."
"I don't do well with technology." referencing when his i-pod broke loosing over 4500 rare and vintage songs.
"It was a bit of a letdown. It was just like drinking something that tasted kind of bad and didn't do a thing for you. In the long run, I would have just rather let the King cobra live, you know? Because he was a cool looking Motherfucker."
"I can write any style that I choose. I've always been heavily influenced by Danny Elfman, Oingo Boingo, Mr. Bungle, and bands like that. With all the different parts and the cinematic feel."
"What's up, Regina?"
"I'm Gonna Kill you, Because i have mental problems, because i need lasik !!"
M. Shadows Bercerita Tentang Tur Tanpa The Rev & Alasan MP Keluar Dari DT
Ketika "Nightmare" berada dipuncak Billboard album Chart dimana kau mendengar kabar itu?
M.: Kami sudah diberitahu bahwa ada kemungkinan album kami berada disana satu minggu sebelumnya. Staf di label rekaman dan manager kantor kami telah menghitung jumlah penjualan dan sangat berseangat. Tapi bagi kami, hanya merilis rekaman sudah berarti sebuah kesuksesan. Tentu saja, alangkah baiknya jika menjadi nomor 1 di chart. Ketika aku benar-benar mendengar berita itu, aku sedang berada di radio dengan Jason Ellis sebagai pembawa acaranya, manager kami datang membawa Sampanye dan memberitahu bahwa album kami berada di nomor 1. Zack dan aku ada disana dan kami memanggil teman band yang lain untuk merayakannya. Keren tapi disaat yang cukup sedih.
Bagaimana dengan tur? Anda sudah bersama Mike Portnoy selama 3 bulan saat ini, apa perasaan anda sudah berubah? Apa yang anda rasakan tentna gtur sebagai Avenged Sevenfold? Apakah anda menemukan sesuatu yang berubah?
M.: Ketika kami pertama kali melangkahkan kaki ke panggung, kami sangat gugup dan takut. Saat itu di Montreal ketika kami bermain bersama Mike untuk pertama kalinya. Kami sangat khawatir dengan lineup kami. Setelah beberapa saat, kami mampu bermain seperti kami sebelumnya tapi tetap saja kami mengingat Jimmy setiap malam dan merindukannya. Mulai sekarang kami tidak pernah bermain di panggung sama seperti sebelumnya dan tidak pernah bisa menunjukkan diri kami yang sebenarnya. Masih bermain di panggung setiap malam dan terendam dalam energi fan, membuat kami senang untuk bermain. Sangat menyenangkan. Tidak akan pernah sama seperti yang kami lakukan sebelumnya tapi disana kami masih bisa bersenang-senang. Begitu juga dengan Mike. Kami membuat yang terbaik untuk waktu yang kami punya.
[konser pertama A7X tanpa Jimmy]
MONTREAL, QUE.: July 25, 2010-- Shadows Fall perform during day 2 of HeavyMTL 2010 at Parc Jean Drapeau in Montreal Sunday July 25, 2010. PHOTO BY TIM SNOW
Anda menggunakan suara Jimmy dari pro tool dan mendatangkan dia di panggung selama tur
M.: Ya, itu benar!
Suaranya memiliki karakter dan itu sangat krusial dalam lagu. Tampaknya tidak ada orang lain yang bisa menyanyikan bagiannya
M.: (laugh) Ya itu benar, tidak ada satupun yang bisa menyanyikan bagiannya. Dia memiliki suara yang tinggi dan karakter yang unik. Kami tau fans ingin mendengar suaranya setiap malam begitu juga dengan kami.
Jadi pada dasarnya kami bermain setiap pertunjukkan dan kami bisa memainkan suara Jimmy juga. Semua orang akan senang dengan mendengar suaranya. Pastinya itu menjadi moment yang sangat emosional. Semua orang yang datang ke konser akan sangat bersemangat. Mereka bertanya-tanya bagaimana kami memainkan bagiannya saat konser, jadi semua orang mengatakan kepada kami bahwa itu ide yang mengesankan untuk menciptakan kembali suaranya seperti itu.
Pastinya tidak ada tapi Jimmy bisa menyanyikan bagiannya, itu benar! Tanpa dia kami tidak akan pernah bisa memainkan lagu-lagu seperti "Critical Acclaim" atau "A Little Piece of Heaven"! Ini sangat spesial untuk fans untuk bisa merasakan kehadirannya. Mereka akan mengingatnya selama mendengar suaranya. Banyak fans yang menunjuk ke langit sambil tersenyum....it’s very cool.
Kau bilang ada senyuman disana tapi pastinya ada kesedihan juga ..?
M.: Tidak, kami kami bisa melihat mereka merasa senang mendengar suaranya. Seperti mereka sedang merayakan kehidupannya. Ada banyak air mata di "So Far Away" tapi fans tampak seperti meyakinkan ketika suaranya datang di "Critical Acclaim" dan " Afterlife", aku bisa melihat itu dari panggung. Lebih nyaman mendengar suaranya daripada orang lain yang menyanyikan atau tidak ada sama sekali. Konser adalah tempat untuk merayakan dan dimana kami bisa mendengar suaranya. Juga tempat dimana kami memperkenalkan lagu baru kamu untuk pertama kalinya jadi itu sangat emosional. Pertama kalinya kalian melihat kami tanpa Jimmy saat ini, dan hanya untuk saat ini. (laugh) Pokoknya, ini tentang rock dan bersenang-senang.
Kau telah melakukan konser tanggal 17 September di Irvine, itu dekat dengan tempat tinggalmu.Bagaimana?
M.: Well...itu kacau... dibandingkan dengan tempat lain (tertawa sinis) Banyak teman-teman dan keluarga bilang mereka ingin melihat konser kami...itu sedikit menganggu...banyak teman yang tidak menegerti kami melakukan ini setiap malam. Jadi mereka bertanya pada kami untuk membuat pesta atau nongkrong setelah konser saat kami pulang setelah waktu yang cukup lama...tapi bagi kami tur akan tetap berlanjut dan kami punya banyak hal yang harus dilakukan, seperti melihat tekanan dan semacamnya, jadi kami tidak bisa pergi keluar dan membuang-buang waktu setelah konser. Kami harus bersiap-siap untuk hari selanjutnya. Jadi, konser di kampung halaman sangat gila. Teman-teman baik kami tidak tahu bagaimana sibuknya kami...tapi orang tua dan keluarga Jimmy datang dan itu adalah malam yang spesial bagi Mike yang bertemu keluarga Jimmy untuk pertama kalinya. Keluarga dan teman2 kami yang tahu Jimmy dengan baik datang dan sangat emosional untuk pertama kalinya mereka melihat kami bermain tanpa Jimmy. Aku pikir mereka mengingatkan realita lagi dengan melihat konser kami tanpa Jimmy.
[MP with Sullivan Family]
Bagaimana reaksi keluarga Jimmy?
M.: "Mereka menikmatinya. Pada waktu yang bersamaan, itu sangat sedih tapi mereka mengatakan berulang-ulang pada kami bahwa mereka ingin kami bahagia. Semua orang tau tidak ada orang yang bisa menggantikan Jimmy. Teman kami, teman Jimmy dan orang tuaku mengingatkan kenyataan pahit bahwa kami akan ke panggung tanpa Jimmy setiap malam. Mereka bersama Jimmy selama seperti kami, jadi ini berat bagi mereka juga bagi kami. Orang tuaku yang membesarkan ku melihat Jimmy selama 18 tahun. Di panggung tanpa Jimmy terlihat agak aneh bagi mereka atau bagi siapapun.
Ngomong-ngomong berita Mike Portnoy meninggalkan Dream Theater (DT) seharusnya menjadi kejutan besar bagi anda juga... atau apakah anda sudah tau sebelumnya?
M.: Tidak sama sekali! (Laugh) Aku telah mendengar dia tidak begitu senang berada di DT sebelumnya. Ia mempertanyakan apakah untuk menjaga siklus terjadi selamanya tanpa istirahat, seperti menulis dan membuat rekaman, melakukan tur, membuat rekaman lagi...Apa yang Mike paling suka tentang menjadi band adalah seperti kami, anggota band adalah teman terbaik. Sepertinya dia suka sikap kami, bahwa kami berhenti membuat musik jika itu tidak menyenangkan lagi. Kami tidak akan memiliki ruang ganti untuk masing2 dari kami dan bergaul secara terpisah. Jika kami berada disituasi seperti itu, kami tidak akan melanjutkan tur. Dia suka keluarga kami seperti hubungan dekat. Dam kami berbagi bagaiaman rasanya seperti kami membuat album bersama. Dia sadar dia ingin pergi dari siklus yang membuat dia membuat rekaman dan pergi tur karena memiliki tanggung jawab.
Jadi dia bilang ke anggota DT lainnya bahwa ia ingin punya waktu untuk bermain bersama A7X dan memberi DT istirahat untuk sementara waktu tetapi mereka menjawab mereka tidak memiliki niat untuk melakukannya. Aku tahu dia akan menelepon mereka dan dia menyarankan DT untuk sedikit istirahat dan memulai lagi setelah musim panas ketika A7X tur berakhir. Tapi mereka bilang tidak dan ia berhenti dari DT saat itu (bitterlaugh), ia mengumumkan bahwa ia meninggalkan band nya, tapi kami jelas tidak tau tentang itu. Mike memberitahu kami di belakang panggung "AKu berhenti dari band ku dan mengumumkannya di Facebook juga" Kami langsung "Apa?" kami benar-benar terkejut. Ini sesesuatu yang berat, kau tau. Benar-benar aneh. Tapi ia membuat keputusannya dan membuat kesimpulan itu.
Apakah Mike bermain mengikuti pola original Jimmy? Atau ia bermain dengan gayanya sendiri?
M.: Mike memainkan bagian Jimmy, hanya dia yang bisa memainkan drum di lagu populer yang diharapkan penonton, seperti "Beast and the Harlot", hampir sama dengan yang Jimmy lakukan. Di lagu baru Mike bermain sebagai dirinya sendiri dan itu lebih menyenangkan. Mike telah melihat Live DVD kami dan video lainnya untuk mempelajari bagaimana Jimmy bermain atau style nya dan menciptakan kembali dengan menambahkan sedikit sentuhannya.
Apa kau pernah memberi Mike instruksi dalam memainkan drumnya?
M.: Ya. Lagu tertentu mempunyai bagian khusus yang kami inginkan sehingga kami memberitahu kepadanya, jika tidak, kami akan memintanya untuk bermain secara bebas dan dia akan melakukan apapun yang dia inginkan. Kami tidak punya niat untuk menahan dia seperti mengatakan "kau harus memainkan ini atau itu", tapi jika permainan drumnya berbeda dengan yang kami butuhkan maka kami mengatakan kepadanya dengan jelas. Jika dia ingin bermain ad hoc pada bagian yang tidak begitu penting dalam lagu kai biarkan. Tapi jika pada bagian yang menurut kami penting, kami memberitahunya apa yang seharusnya.
Aku pikir anda tidak akan membiarkan siapapun untuk mengisi tempat Jimmy semudah kalian berbagi ikatan yang kuat tapi Mike akan menanganggur setelah tur dengan A7X (laugh)
M.: Yeah. (laugh) Kami berbicara tentang hal itu dengan dia. Serius. Kami mengatakan kepadanya kami tidak siap untuk siapapun sebagai member permanent yang baru untuk band kami, terlepas dari seberapa besar orang itu. Kami mencintai Mike dan menghargai apa yang telah dilakukannya bagi kami, menyenangkan bermain dengannya di panggung. Tapi kami tidak bisa berpikir sejauh itu, menghadapi apa yang terjadi sekarang sudah cukup bagi kamu. Kami tidak siap untuk membiarkan seseorang masuk dan maju bersama-sama.
Jadi untuk saat ini, rencana nya adalah melanjutkan tur mempromosikan Nightmare dengan Mike di drum selama yang anda bisa?
M.: Kami akan berada di tur selama 2 tahun aku pikir. Kami memerlukan waktu 2 tahun untuk mengunjungi setiap tempat diseluruh dunia dan kami berencana mengunjungi satu tempat dua kali. Kami akan pergi ke Jepang, Australia, Inggris, eropa dua kali dan sekitar Amerika Utara dua kali juga. Dan kami punya ambisi untuk pergi ke Amerika Selatan saat ini. Jadi kami akan melakukan tur selama 2 tahun. Sangat menyenangkan berada di perjalanan bersama Mike saat ini tapi kami tidak tau apa yang akan terjadi selanjutnya. Dia punya rencananya sendiri... Bagi kami, ini cukup jika 4 dari kami tetap berdiri bersama dan album kami baik-baik saja. Kami menikmati hari ini dan tidak membuat keputusan besar. Ini bukan waktu yang tepat.
Kau tidak membuat perubahan besar pada set list (daftar lagu) untuk tur ini, benarkan?
M.: Sayangnya hampir semua konser kami sebelumnya untuk festival sehingga kami menaruh lebih banyak lagu dari "Nightmare" dan beberapa lagu lama yang populer tapi hanya itu. Ketika kami kembali ke Jepang, kami telah selesai melakukan tur Eropa dan harus menambahkan beberapa lagu dan membuat banyak perubahan. Kami akan mengubah daftar lagu Januari ini. Jika itu festival, waktu terbatas dan sulit untuk memainkan banyak lagu. Jika kami bermain selama 2 jam kami akan membawakan lagu yang lebih keren tapi sedihnya 10 lagu sudah cukup. Kami bermain dihadapan 60.000 orang di festival di Brazil baru-baru ini dan kami hanya diberi waktu 55 menit, jadi kami hanya memainkan 9 lagu!(laugh) Kami melakukan perjalanan 20 jam untuk sampai ke Brazil dan hanya bermain 9 lagu! (laugh) itu yang terbaik yang bisa kami lakukan untuk festival. Itusemua karena kamu menulis lagu-lagu yang panjang.
Apakah ada kemungkinan anda memainkan lagu lain dalam album Nightmare kedepannya, seperti "Fiction"?
M.: Yeah, aku ingin memainkan "Save Me" sebenarnya dan "Danger Line" pastinya. Aku menyarankan kepada yang lain untuk bermain "Fiction" dan mereka setuju denganku. Aku ingin memainkan "Natural Born Killer" juga, sebenarnya aku ingin memainkan setiap lagu dalam album Nightmare. Kami akan menulis ulang set list dalam tur dan kami akan memainkan set list berbeda di tempat yang kami kunjungi dua kali. Dan kau akan mendengar setiap lagu dalam album Nightmare.
Aku ada saat konser Metallica di Jepang untuk pertama kalinya, hanya 2 bulan setelah kematian Cliff Burton dalam kecelakaan bus tur September 1986, dimana mereka bermain bersama Jason Newsted untuk pertama kalinya. Ada simpati aneh dan sangat mengena pada band dari penonton sebelum konser dimulai, aku merasakannya langsung dan mengingatnya. Aku pikir ada merasa simpati yang sama atau bahkan lebih untuk anda saat konser di Jepang ini
M.: Aku sudah merasakan getaran di Montreal, khususnya begitu kuat di Brazil. Di Brazil, kami berbagi panggung di festival dengan band-band besar seperti Rage Against The Machine, Linkin Park dan Incubus tapi fans kami berada di barisan terdepan dari pagi dan terus meneriakkan nama kami! Mereka memanggil A7X dari jam 10 pagi hingga malam ketika kami bermain. Kru di band lain bilang mereka belum pernah melihat hal yang seperti ini sebelumnya. Tempat itu dipenuhi dengan cinta aku bahkan tidak bisa menjelaskan dengan kata-kata ketika kami datang ke panggung. Kami menunjukkan perasaan seperti itu dari fans dimanapun dan sangat menggerakkan. Aku mengharapkan kami akan disambut di sini, di Jepang, dengan suasana yang sama. Beberapa dari fans yang paling bergairah adaah Jepang. Aku bertemu fans di bar tadi malam dan mereka mengatakan hal yang sama. Mereka mengatakan itu yang sangat berarti bahwa kami kembali ke Jepang dan pergi ke panggung. Kami sangat menghargai fans.
Jimmy tidak membawa A7X ke surga bersamanya tapi mengirimkan inspirasi pada kalian dari atas
M.: Of course! kami mencium drumset Jimmy setiap malam sebelum kami pergi ke panggung. Dia memberikan kekuatannya pada kami. Dia pasti bersama kami. Rasanya luar biasa mendengar suaranya dari pro tool. Hebat. Aku tahu kami harus tetap melanjutkan band selama suara dan perasaan kami masih dalam kondisi yang baik. Aku tau kami akan bertemu dengannya lagi suatu hari. Sampai saat itu, kami akan terus melanjutkan band ini dan melakukan yang terbaik untuk dia yang tidak bisa bersama kami saat ini
Anda bilang anda akan tetap melakukan tur selama 2 tahun tapi apakah itu menjadi lebih mudah bagi anda untuk memikirkan masa depan A7X? Anda bilang anda mengambil langkah demi langkah menghadapi kenyataan...
M.: Kami mengambil langkah kecil dan masa depan kami berarti tur dengan rekaman ini yang memiliki arti khusus. Kami akan pergi ke tempat yang belum pernah kami kunjungi dengan rekaman emosional ini dan memainkannya di depan fans yang telah lama menunggu kami. Ada orang yang menunggu kami selama 11 tahun! Kami ingin melakukan yang terbaik untuk album ini. Kami tidak pernah membuat semacam album untuk beristirahat dari rutinitas kami. Tidak mungkin untuk membuat semacam album yang emosional dan bermakna lagi. Jadi kami ingin berbagi bersama semua fans diseluruh dunia.
Dan kami sangat menantikan untuk melihat apa yang akan datang sebagai album baru setelah album ini.
M.: Kami telah membuat rekaman untuk waktu yang lama. Semangat dalam diri kami tidak akan pernah memudar. Kami hanya akan menemukan inspirasi baru. Akan menjadi tantangan untuk memuat rekaman baru. Sampai sekarang, kami menulis lagu, Jimmy menulis lagu, kami meletakkannya bersama-sama dan membuat rekaman. Kami harus memenuhi unsur-unsur yang besar yang sekarang hilang. Kamitidak memiliki Jimmy lagi dana ada tantangan besar di depan kami pastinya. Apapun album berikutnya jadinya, orang-orang disekitar kami akan tetap bersama kami. Dalam arti itu akan menjadi tantangan juga, tapi kami siap untuk bertarung dengan itu.
M.: Kami sudah diberitahu bahwa ada kemungkinan album kami berada disana satu minggu sebelumnya. Staf di label rekaman dan manager kantor kami telah menghitung jumlah penjualan dan sangat berseangat. Tapi bagi kami, hanya merilis rekaman sudah berarti sebuah kesuksesan. Tentu saja, alangkah baiknya jika menjadi nomor 1 di chart. Ketika aku benar-benar mendengar berita itu, aku sedang berada di radio dengan Jason Ellis sebagai pembawa acaranya, manager kami datang membawa Sampanye dan memberitahu bahwa album kami berada di nomor 1. Zack dan aku ada disana dan kami memanggil teman band yang lain untuk merayakannya. Keren tapi disaat yang cukup sedih.
Bagaimana dengan tur? Anda sudah bersama Mike Portnoy selama 3 bulan saat ini, apa perasaan anda sudah berubah? Apa yang anda rasakan tentna gtur sebagai Avenged Sevenfold? Apakah anda menemukan sesuatu yang berubah?
M.: Ketika kami pertama kali melangkahkan kaki ke panggung, kami sangat gugup dan takut. Saat itu di Montreal ketika kami bermain bersama Mike untuk pertama kalinya. Kami sangat khawatir dengan lineup kami. Setelah beberapa saat, kami mampu bermain seperti kami sebelumnya tapi tetap saja kami mengingat Jimmy setiap malam dan merindukannya. Mulai sekarang kami tidak pernah bermain di panggung sama seperti sebelumnya dan tidak pernah bisa menunjukkan diri kami yang sebenarnya. Masih bermain di panggung setiap malam dan terendam dalam energi fan, membuat kami senang untuk bermain. Sangat menyenangkan. Tidak akan pernah sama seperti yang kami lakukan sebelumnya tapi disana kami masih bisa bersenang-senang. Begitu juga dengan Mike. Kami membuat yang terbaik untuk waktu yang kami punya.
[konser pertama A7X tanpa Jimmy]
MONTREAL, QUE.: July 25, 2010-- Shadows Fall perform during day 2 of HeavyMTL 2010 at Parc Jean Drapeau in Montreal Sunday July 25, 2010. PHOTO BY TIM SNOW
Anda menggunakan suara Jimmy dari pro tool dan mendatangkan dia di panggung selama tur
M.: Ya, itu benar!
Suaranya memiliki karakter dan itu sangat krusial dalam lagu. Tampaknya tidak ada orang lain yang bisa menyanyikan bagiannya
M.: (laugh) Ya itu benar, tidak ada satupun yang bisa menyanyikan bagiannya. Dia memiliki suara yang tinggi dan karakter yang unik. Kami tau fans ingin mendengar suaranya setiap malam begitu juga dengan kami.
Jadi pada dasarnya kami bermain setiap pertunjukkan dan kami bisa memainkan suara Jimmy juga. Semua orang akan senang dengan mendengar suaranya. Pastinya itu menjadi moment yang sangat emosional. Semua orang yang datang ke konser akan sangat bersemangat. Mereka bertanya-tanya bagaimana kami memainkan bagiannya saat konser, jadi semua orang mengatakan kepada kami bahwa itu ide yang mengesankan untuk menciptakan kembali suaranya seperti itu.
Pastinya tidak ada tapi Jimmy bisa menyanyikan bagiannya, itu benar! Tanpa dia kami tidak akan pernah bisa memainkan lagu-lagu seperti "Critical Acclaim" atau "A Little Piece of Heaven"! Ini sangat spesial untuk fans untuk bisa merasakan kehadirannya. Mereka akan mengingatnya selama mendengar suaranya. Banyak fans yang menunjuk ke langit sambil tersenyum....it’s very cool.
Kau bilang ada senyuman disana tapi pastinya ada kesedihan juga ..?
M.: Tidak, kami kami bisa melihat mereka merasa senang mendengar suaranya. Seperti mereka sedang merayakan kehidupannya. Ada banyak air mata di "So Far Away" tapi fans tampak seperti meyakinkan ketika suaranya datang di "Critical Acclaim" dan " Afterlife", aku bisa melihat itu dari panggung. Lebih nyaman mendengar suaranya daripada orang lain yang menyanyikan atau tidak ada sama sekali. Konser adalah tempat untuk merayakan dan dimana kami bisa mendengar suaranya. Juga tempat dimana kami memperkenalkan lagu baru kamu untuk pertama kalinya jadi itu sangat emosional. Pertama kalinya kalian melihat kami tanpa Jimmy saat ini, dan hanya untuk saat ini. (laugh) Pokoknya, ini tentang rock dan bersenang-senang.
Kau telah melakukan konser tanggal 17 September di Irvine, itu dekat dengan tempat tinggalmu.Bagaimana?
M.: Well...itu kacau... dibandingkan dengan tempat lain (tertawa sinis) Banyak teman-teman dan keluarga bilang mereka ingin melihat konser kami...itu sedikit menganggu...banyak teman yang tidak menegerti kami melakukan ini setiap malam. Jadi mereka bertanya pada kami untuk membuat pesta atau nongkrong setelah konser saat kami pulang setelah waktu yang cukup lama...tapi bagi kami tur akan tetap berlanjut dan kami punya banyak hal yang harus dilakukan, seperti melihat tekanan dan semacamnya, jadi kami tidak bisa pergi keluar dan membuang-buang waktu setelah konser. Kami harus bersiap-siap untuk hari selanjutnya. Jadi, konser di kampung halaman sangat gila. Teman-teman baik kami tidak tahu bagaimana sibuknya kami...tapi orang tua dan keluarga Jimmy datang dan itu adalah malam yang spesial bagi Mike yang bertemu keluarga Jimmy untuk pertama kalinya. Keluarga dan teman2 kami yang tahu Jimmy dengan baik datang dan sangat emosional untuk pertama kalinya mereka melihat kami bermain tanpa Jimmy. Aku pikir mereka mengingatkan realita lagi dengan melihat konser kami tanpa Jimmy.
[MP with Sullivan Family]
Bagaimana reaksi keluarga Jimmy?
M.: "Mereka menikmatinya. Pada waktu yang bersamaan, itu sangat sedih tapi mereka mengatakan berulang-ulang pada kami bahwa mereka ingin kami bahagia. Semua orang tau tidak ada orang yang bisa menggantikan Jimmy. Teman kami, teman Jimmy dan orang tuaku mengingatkan kenyataan pahit bahwa kami akan ke panggung tanpa Jimmy setiap malam. Mereka bersama Jimmy selama seperti kami, jadi ini berat bagi mereka juga bagi kami. Orang tuaku yang membesarkan ku melihat Jimmy selama 18 tahun. Di panggung tanpa Jimmy terlihat agak aneh bagi mereka atau bagi siapapun.
Ngomong-ngomong berita Mike Portnoy meninggalkan Dream Theater (DT) seharusnya menjadi kejutan besar bagi anda juga... atau apakah anda sudah tau sebelumnya?
M.: Tidak sama sekali! (Laugh) Aku telah mendengar dia tidak begitu senang berada di DT sebelumnya. Ia mempertanyakan apakah untuk menjaga siklus terjadi selamanya tanpa istirahat, seperti menulis dan membuat rekaman, melakukan tur, membuat rekaman lagi...Apa yang Mike paling suka tentang menjadi band adalah seperti kami, anggota band adalah teman terbaik. Sepertinya dia suka sikap kami, bahwa kami berhenti membuat musik jika itu tidak menyenangkan lagi. Kami tidak akan memiliki ruang ganti untuk masing2 dari kami dan bergaul secara terpisah. Jika kami berada disituasi seperti itu, kami tidak akan melanjutkan tur. Dia suka keluarga kami seperti hubungan dekat. Dam kami berbagi bagaiaman rasanya seperti kami membuat album bersama. Dia sadar dia ingin pergi dari siklus yang membuat dia membuat rekaman dan pergi tur karena memiliki tanggung jawab.
Jadi dia bilang ke anggota DT lainnya bahwa ia ingin punya waktu untuk bermain bersama A7X dan memberi DT istirahat untuk sementara waktu tetapi mereka menjawab mereka tidak memiliki niat untuk melakukannya. Aku tahu dia akan menelepon mereka dan dia menyarankan DT untuk sedikit istirahat dan memulai lagi setelah musim panas ketika A7X tur berakhir. Tapi mereka bilang tidak dan ia berhenti dari DT saat itu (bitterlaugh), ia mengumumkan bahwa ia meninggalkan band nya, tapi kami jelas tidak tau tentang itu. Mike memberitahu kami di belakang panggung "AKu berhenti dari band ku dan mengumumkannya di Facebook juga" Kami langsung "Apa?" kami benar-benar terkejut. Ini sesesuatu yang berat, kau tau. Benar-benar aneh. Tapi ia membuat keputusannya dan membuat kesimpulan itu.
Apakah Mike bermain mengikuti pola original Jimmy? Atau ia bermain dengan gayanya sendiri?
M.: Mike memainkan bagian Jimmy, hanya dia yang bisa memainkan drum di lagu populer yang diharapkan penonton, seperti "Beast and the Harlot", hampir sama dengan yang Jimmy lakukan. Di lagu baru Mike bermain sebagai dirinya sendiri dan itu lebih menyenangkan. Mike telah melihat Live DVD kami dan video lainnya untuk mempelajari bagaimana Jimmy bermain atau style nya dan menciptakan kembali dengan menambahkan sedikit sentuhannya.
Apa kau pernah memberi Mike instruksi dalam memainkan drumnya?
M.: Ya. Lagu tertentu mempunyai bagian khusus yang kami inginkan sehingga kami memberitahu kepadanya, jika tidak, kami akan memintanya untuk bermain secara bebas dan dia akan melakukan apapun yang dia inginkan. Kami tidak punya niat untuk menahan dia seperti mengatakan "kau harus memainkan ini atau itu", tapi jika permainan drumnya berbeda dengan yang kami butuhkan maka kami mengatakan kepadanya dengan jelas. Jika dia ingin bermain ad hoc pada bagian yang tidak begitu penting dalam lagu kai biarkan. Tapi jika pada bagian yang menurut kami penting, kami memberitahunya apa yang seharusnya.
Aku pikir anda tidak akan membiarkan siapapun untuk mengisi tempat Jimmy semudah kalian berbagi ikatan yang kuat tapi Mike akan menanganggur setelah tur dengan A7X (laugh)
M.: Yeah. (laugh) Kami berbicara tentang hal itu dengan dia. Serius. Kami mengatakan kepadanya kami tidak siap untuk siapapun sebagai member permanent yang baru untuk band kami, terlepas dari seberapa besar orang itu. Kami mencintai Mike dan menghargai apa yang telah dilakukannya bagi kami, menyenangkan bermain dengannya di panggung. Tapi kami tidak bisa berpikir sejauh itu, menghadapi apa yang terjadi sekarang sudah cukup bagi kamu. Kami tidak siap untuk membiarkan seseorang masuk dan maju bersama-sama.
Jadi untuk saat ini, rencana nya adalah melanjutkan tur mempromosikan Nightmare dengan Mike di drum selama yang anda bisa?
M.: Kami akan berada di tur selama 2 tahun aku pikir. Kami memerlukan waktu 2 tahun untuk mengunjungi setiap tempat diseluruh dunia dan kami berencana mengunjungi satu tempat dua kali. Kami akan pergi ke Jepang, Australia, Inggris, eropa dua kali dan sekitar Amerika Utara dua kali juga. Dan kami punya ambisi untuk pergi ke Amerika Selatan saat ini. Jadi kami akan melakukan tur selama 2 tahun. Sangat menyenangkan berada di perjalanan bersama Mike saat ini tapi kami tidak tau apa yang akan terjadi selanjutnya. Dia punya rencananya sendiri... Bagi kami, ini cukup jika 4 dari kami tetap berdiri bersama dan album kami baik-baik saja. Kami menikmati hari ini dan tidak membuat keputusan besar. Ini bukan waktu yang tepat.
Kau tidak membuat perubahan besar pada set list (daftar lagu) untuk tur ini, benarkan?
M.: Sayangnya hampir semua konser kami sebelumnya untuk festival sehingga kami menaruh lebih banyak lagu dari "Nightmare" dan beberapa lagu lama yang populer tapi hanya itu. Ketika kami kembali ke Jepang, kami telah selesai melakukan tur Eropa dan harus menambahkan beberapa lagu dan membuat banyak perubahan. Kami akan mengubah daftar lagu Januari ini. Jika itu festival, waktu terbatas dan sulit untuk memainkan banyak lagu. Jika kami bermain selama 2 jam kami akan membawakan lagu yang lebih keren tapi sedihnya 10 lagu sudah cukup. Kami bermain dihadapan 60.000 orang di festival di Brazil baru-baru ini dan kami hanya diberi waktu 55 menit, jadi kami hanya memainkan 9 lagu!(laugh) Kami melakukan perjalanan 20 jam untuk sampai ke Brazil dan hanya bermain 9 lagu! (laugh) itu yang terbaik yang bisa kami lakukan untuk festival. Itusemua karena kamu menulis lagu-lagu yang panjang.
Apakah ada kemungkinan anda memainkan lagu lain dalam album Nightmare kedepannya, seperti "Fiction"?
M.: Yeah, aku ingin memainkan "Save Me" sebenarnya dan "Danger Line" pastinya. Aku menyarankan kepada yang lain untuk bermain "Fiction" dan mereka setuju denganku. Aku ingin memainkan "Natural Born Killer" juga, sebenarnya aku ingin memainkan setiap lagu dalam album Nightmare. Kami akan menulis ulang set list dalam tur dan kami akan memainkan set list berbeda di tempat yang kami kunjungi dua kali. Dan kau akan mendengar setiap lagu dalam album Nightmare.
Aku ada saat konser Metallica di Jepang untuk pertama kalinya, hanya 2 bulan setelah kematian Cliff Burton dalam kecelakaan bus tur September 1986, dimana mereka bermain bersama Jason Newsted untuk pertama kalinya. Ada simpati aneh dan sangat mengena pada band dari penonton sebelum konser dimulai, aku merasakannya langsung dan mengingatnya. Aku pikir ada merasa simpati yang sama atau bahkan lebih untuk anda saat konser di Jepang ini
M.: Aku sudah merasakan getaran di Montreal, khususnya begitu kuat di Brazil. Di Brazil, kami berbagi panggung di festival dengan band-band besar seperti Rage Against The Machine, Linkin Park dan Incubus tapi fans kami berada di barisan terdepan dari pagi dan terus meneriakkan nama kami! Mereka memanggil A7X dari jam 10 pagi hingga malam ketika kami bermain. Kru di band lain bilang mereka belum pernah melihat hal yang seperti ini sebelumnya. Tempat itu dipenuhi dengan cinta aku bahkan tidak bisa menjelaskan dengan kata-kata ketika kami datang ke panggung. Kami menunjukkan perasaan seperti itu dari fans dimanapun dan sangat menggerakkan. Aku mengharapkan kami akan disambut di sini, di Jepang, dengan suasana yang sama. Beberapa dari fans yang paling bergairah adaah Jepang. Aku bertemu fans di bar tadi malam dan mereka mengatakan hal yang sama. Mereka mengatakan itu yang sangat berarti bahwa kami kembali ke Jepang dan pergi ke panggung. Kami sangat menghargai fans.
Jimmy tidak membawa A7X ke surga bersamanya tapi mengirimkan inspirasi pada kalian dari atas
M.: Of course! kami mencium drumset Jimmy setiap malam sebelum kami pergi ke panggung. Dia memberikan kekuatannya pada kami. Dia pasti bersama kami. Rasanya luar biasa mendengar suaranya dari pro tool. Hebat. Aku tahu kami harus tetap melanjutkan band selama suara dan perasaan kami masih dalam kondisi yang baik. Aku tau kami akan bertemu dengannya lagi suatu hari. Sampai saat itu, kami akan terus melanjutkan band ini dan melakukan yang terbaik untuk dia yang tidak bisa bersama kami saat ini
Anda bilang anda akan tetap melakukan tur selama 2 tahun tapi apakah itu menjadi lebih mudah bagi anda untuk memikirkan masa depan A7X? Anda bilang anda mengambil langkah demi langkah menghadapi kenyataan...
M.: Kami mengambil langkah kecil dan masa depan kami berarti tur dengan rekaman ini yang memiliki arti khusus. Kami akan pergi ke tempat yang belum pernah kami kunjungi dengan rekaman emosional ini dan memainkannya di depan fans yang telah lama menunggu kami. Ada orang yang menunggu kami selama 11 tahun! Kami ingin melakukan yang terbaik untuk album ini. Kami tidak pernah membuat semacam album untuk beristirahat dari rutinitas kami. Tidak mungkin untuk membuat semacam album yang emosional dan bermakna lagi. Jadi kami ingin berbagi bersama semua fans diseluruh dunia.
Dan kami sangat menantikan untuk melihat apa yang akan datang sebagai album baru setelah album ini.
M.: Kami telah membuat rekaman untuk waktu yang lama. Semangat dalam diri kami tidak akan pernah memudar. Kami hanya akan menemukan inspirasi baru. Akan menjadi tantangan untuk memuat rekaman baru. Sampai sekarang, kami menulis lagu, Jimmy menulis lagu, kami meletakkannya bersama-sama dan membuat rekaman. Kami harus memenuhi unsur-unsur yang besar yang sekarang hilang. Kamitidak memiliki Jimmy lagi dana ada tantangan besar di depan kami pastinya. Apapun album berikutnya jadinya, orang-orang disekitar kami akan tetap bersama kami. Dalam arti itu akan menjadi tantangan juga, tapi kami siap untuk bertarung dengan itu.
Jimmy "The Rev" Sullivan on Vocals
Eternal Rest
Dark in their hearts,
I can feel it burn inside of me
Tormented young with no souls, haunting me
Pain in their lives all they know is misery
Take these chains away that are holding me down
Critical Acclaim
Shhh… quiet you might piss somebody off
I've had enough, It's time for something real
I don't respect the words you're speaking
Gone too far
A clone
Fuck You
Almost Easy
(singing together)
Mother, Said it all, You'll learn your lesson, But first you fall
Slowly slipped away
Make it all right
Scream
Scream, scream, scream
Ravaged your mind
Afterlife
I am broken, I'm choking on this ecstasy!
Unbreak me, unchain me, I need another chance to live!
Gunslinger
(terdengar samar)
heart's always with you now
My pray have made it through yeah
Brompton Cocktail
Please don't question why
Lost
Lost for most of this life
Most of us just ain't right
A Little Piece of Heaven
Must have stabbed her fifty fuckin times
I can't believe it
Ripped her heart out right before her eyes
Eyes over easy
Eat it, eat it, eat it!
She was never this good in bed even when she was sleeping now she's just so perfect I've never been quite so fucking deep in
Now that it's done I realize the error of my ways I must venture back to apologize from somewhere far beyond the grave
We’re coming back, coming back
We’ll live forever, live forever
Let’s have wedding, have a wedding
Let’s start the killing, start the killing
Cause I really always knew that my little crime would be cold that's why I got a heater for your thighs and I know, I know it's not your time but bye, bye
And a word to the wise when the fire dies you think it's over but it's just begun but baby don't cry
’Cause everybody's gotta die sometime,
We fell apart, let's make a new start
’Cause everybody's gotta die sometime, yeah
Crossroad
I see anger, I see anger, I saw now
Flash of the Blade
In a corner, forgotten by no one
One man, and his honor
Fiction
Now I think I understand
How this world can overcome a man
Not that I could
Or that I would
Let it burn
Under my skin
Let it burn
I hope it's worth it, here on the highway, yeah
I know you'll find your own way when I'm not with you
Save Me
Skull
<span>LIVE VERSION : </span>
Eternal Rest
Dark in their hearts,
I can feel it burn inside of me
Tormented young with no souls, haunting me
Pain in their lives all they know is misery
Holding me down
Go now, run and hide
Burn It Down
Hatred fuels my blood
It's sorrow that feeds your lies
be...a...fraid
it.... feels... so right
somebody's crying
sorrow that feeds your lies
can't buy back time
Blinded In Chains
I live a lie
Predict these things
I have a side
Seize The Day
Seize the day or die, Regretting the time you lost
Trials in life, questions of us existing here
So, what if I never hold you
M.I.A
Not the way I pictured this
I wanted better things
Take this from my consciousness
And please erase my dreams
Scared to make it out alive now
Murder's all I know
Another day, another life
But nothing real to show for
Lend me your courage, stand up and fight
...Alive
Critical Acclaim
I've had enough, It's time for something real
I don't respect the words you're speaking
Gone too far
A clone
Almost Easy
I'm not insane, I'm not insane
slowly slipped away
Make it alright
Scream
Scream, scream, scream
Afterlife
I am broken, I'm choking on this ecstasy!
Unbreak me, unchain me, I need another chance to live!
Gunslinger
heart's always with you now
My pray have made it through yeah
Closer to heaven with you
Brompton Cocktail
so dehumanized
Help me move along
And I take my life tonight 'cause I have the right to die how I wanna
A Little Piece of Heaven
Must have stabbed her fifty fuckin times
I can't believe it
Ripped her heart out right before her eyes
Eyes over easy
Eat it, eat it, eat it!
You had my heart, at least for the most part
We fell apart, let's make a new start
What will you do, not long enough?
I pray to God that you do
Well then I'll break you unchained
If it's not enough, if it's not enough
Not enough
Try again
And again
'Cause I really always knew that my little crime
Would be cold that's why I got a heater for your thighs
And I know, I know it's not your time but bye, bye
And a word to the wise when the fire dies
You think it's over but it's just begun but baby, don't cry
Dear God
Dear God, the only thing I ask of You
We all need that person who can be true to you
Dark in their hearts,
I can feel it burn inside of me
Tormented young with no souls, haunting me
Pain in their lives all they know is misery
Take these chains away that are holding me down
Critical Acclaim
Shhh… quiet you might piss somebody off
I've had enough, It's time for something real
I don't respect the words you're speaking
Gone too far
A clone
Fuck You
Almost Easy
(singing together)
Mother, Said it all, You'll learn your lesson, But first you fall
Slowly slipped away
Make it all right
Scream
Scream, scream, scream
Ravaged your mind
Afterlife
I am broken, I'm choking on this ecstasy!
Unbreak me, unchain me, I need another chance to live!
Gunslinger
(terdengar samar)
heart's always with you now
My pray have made it through yeah
Brompton Cocktail
Please don't question why
Lost
Lost for most of this life
Most of us just ain't right
A Little Piece of Heaven
Must have stabbed her fifty fuckin times
I can't believe it
Ripped her heart out right before her eyes
Eyes over easy
Eat it, eat it, eat it!
She was never this good in bed even when she was sleeping now she's just so perfect I've never been quite so fucking deep in
Now that it's done I realize the error of my ways I must venture back to apologize from somewhere far beyond the grave
We’re coming back, coming back
We’ll live forever, live forever
Let’s have wedding, have a wedding
Let’s start the killing, start the killing
Cause I really always knew that my little crime would be cold that's why I got a heater for your thighs and I know, I know it's not your time but bye, bye
And a word to the wise when the fire dies you think it's over but it's just begun but baby don't cry
’Cause everybody's gotta die sometime,
We fell apart, let's make a new start
’Cause everybody's gotta die sometime, yeah
Crossroad
I see anger, I see anger, I saw now
Flash of the Blade
In a corner, forgotten by no one
One man, and his honor
Fiction
Now I think I understand
How this world can overcome a man
Not that I could
Or that I would
Let it burn
Under my skin
Let it burn
I hope it's worth it, here on the highway, yeah
I know you'll find your own way when I'm not with you
Save Me
Skull
<span>LIVE VERSION : </span>
Eternal Rest
Dark in their hearts,
I can feel it burn inside of me
Tormented young with no souls, haunting me
Pain in their lives all they know is misery
Holding me down
Go now, run and hide
Burn It Down
Hatred fuels my blood
It's sorrow that feeds your lies
be...a...fraid
it.... feels... so right
somebody's crying
sorrow that feeds your lies
can't buy back time
Blinded In Chains
I live a lie
Predict these things
I have a side
Seize The Day
Seize the day or die, Regretting the time you lost
Trials in life, questions of us existing here
So, what if I never hold you
M.I.A
Not the way I pictured this
I wanted better things
Take this from my consciousness
And please erase my dreams
Scared to make it out alive now
Murder's all I know
Another day, another life
But nothing real to show for
Lend me your courage, stand up and fight
...Alive
Critical Acclaim
I've had enough, It's time for something real
I don't respect the words you're speaking
Gone too far
A clone
Almost Easy
I'm not insane, I'm not insane
slowly slipped away
Make it alright
Scream
Scream, scream, scream
Afterlife
I am broken, I'm choking on this ecstasy!
Unbreak me, unchain me, I need another chance to live!
Gunslinger
heart's always with you now
My pray have made it through yeah
Closer to heaven with you
Brompton Cocktail
so dehumanized
Help me move along
And I take my life tonight 'cause I have the right to die how I wanna
A Little Piece of Heaven
Must have stabbed her fifty fuckin times
I can't believe it
Ripped her heart out right before her eyes
Eyes over easy
Eat it, eat it, eat it!
You had my heart, at least for the most part
We fell apart, let's make a new start
What will you do, not long enough?
I pray to God that you do
Well then I'll break you unchained
If it's not enough, if it's not enough
Not enough
Try again
And again
'Cause I really always knew that my little crime
Would be cold that's why I got a heater for your thighs
And I know, I know it's not your time but bye, bye
And a word to the wise when the fire dies
You think it's over but it's just begun but baby, don't cry
Dear God
Dear God, the only thing I ask of You
We all need that person who can be true to you
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