![]() Check out our interview with both Andy Biersack and Ashley Purdy of Black Veil Brides below. He continues, “I remember being eight years old and I said to my dad, ‘You know she’s not really into you, she’s just trying to get tips right?’ That’s something my dad talks about, how funny that was to him, at that age I was perceptive to the leechy nature of the Hooters-like aesthetic.” With an edge of humor in his voice, Biersack states, “Now I assume all women are into me, that’s a safe bet.” Clearly witty, charming and intelligent, a safe bet it is. “I remember coming to one of these with my dad when I was a kid and totally buying into the Hooters chick thing with her sitting at the table with us” shares Biersack. While they waited for their wings frontman Andy Biersack ordered a mug of Angry Orchard while bassist Ashley Purdy got a 7 and 7 all while making our cute waitress Sam laugh. We got to sit down with the guys for an exclusive interview…at Hooters. 27, Black Veil Brides had a massive press day in New York City. With their new self-titled fourth studio album due out on Oct. I’m always fighting’ cause I know you’re trying’ but you can never take this dream from me.Black Veil Brides members Andy Biersack and Ashley Purdy chat about the band’s self-titled new release. What made me tough almost killed me.at least that’s how I remember the story.īut I survived and I won’t walk down the same old road that they all followed We do it our own way, no matter what they try to say about about it. We’re always running away and we don’t even stop to think about it Somewhere down the line I might figure it out This hell on earth, I just want to run away Growing strong, the voice of my father said The correct lyrics to “They Don’t Need to Understand,” by Andy Black, taken from his official facebook page: I wish you all a happy life, those who love me, hate me and in between because I know that have I found my way and it lead to me being on stage with my heroes, I know that you will all find yours as well. Thank you Jerry, thank you Alternative Press and thank you to every one of you who reads this. ![]() It’s okay to not always be well liked by your peers and it’s okay to sometimes be afraid of the unknown…often the greatest among us find themselves in that darkness and that is where they create their finest art. I am still that kid that doesn’t know exactly how to fit in and that is always made more obvious when the “popular” people (not unlike high school) poke fun at me or Black Veil Brides…in fact as I write this the singer in a band that many of you follow whom I don’t know personally has continued on that bully style teasing on his social media, but because of bands like the Misfits I learned that it’s okay to be misunderstood and weird. A few days ago I was able to get onstage and sing with Jerry, Dez and Eric and to say it was one of the greatest moments of my life would be an understatement. ![]() It made all that I feared something that I wanted to sing along with. Here were these ghouls dressed in all black with scary makeup and costumes and yet they sang with fun and often doo wop style melodies…the combination of these things together was so profound that it changed my entire psyche. I was 11 years old when I found the Misfits and it changed my life. And because of my deep love of KISS and in particular the Demon character that Gene Simmons portrayed I always associated rock music with “scary” imagery and in some way it attracted me to it even more. The odd thing is that despite my fear of the dark the only things I’d ever find myself wanting to draw were bats, ghouls, ghosts etc. This was something that was so constant and so difficult to deal with that I would completely withdraw from socialization with other kids and stay in my room.drawing, singing, creating. I would rationalize that if I were able to wash my hands enough times or run down the hall fast enough or count high enough quickly then I would in some way (don’t ask me how) stop the monsters or villains in my mind from getting to me and I’d be safe. I’ve never shared this publicly but as a very young kid I struggled with obsession compulsive behaviors that were brought on from a crippling fear I had of death, the darkness and all things “spooky”.
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