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Time I Die on tour now with Bleeding
Through and Haste the Day. Every Time
I Die
Everytime I Die rocks California on tour
By
Brigid McGuire
Online Forty-Niner
Diversions Editor
The name might sound a little silly or morbid, depending on the way you look
at, but you cannot deny the power behind Every Time I Die’s music. The
group’s new album,’“Gutter Phenomenon,” is a new mix
of rock, metal and hardcore. The group consists of Jordan Buckley and Andrew
Williams on guitar, Mike Novak on drums and Keith Buckley on vocals.
Every Time I Die is currently on tour with Bleeding Through, Haste the Day
and Between the Buried and Me. I managed to catch an interview with Andrew
Williams while he was at Joe’s Crab Shack in Nashville, Tenn., waiting
for a table with Bleeding Through.
“
I really like this tour,” Williams said, “All of the bands hang
out together.”
The group has headlined tours in the past, but recently has been an opening
band and will also tour with the Vans Warped tour this summer.
“
I like supporting (on a tour),” said Williams, “You always look
better.”
He also said it takes the pressure off the group’s performance.
The group’s new album sounds a lot different than their past two albums; “Hot
Damn!” and”“Last Night in Town.”
“
Every band now sounds the same, we wanted to do something different to set
ourselves apart from everything else,” Williams said.
Every Time I Die appears to tour constantly and on every tour they have a different “game” they
play.
“
On our Story of the Year tour, we would always tuck in our t-shirts whenever
we would be talking to someone,” Williams said, “People stopped
talking to us after awhile, because we would creep them out.”
Now the group’s shtick includes making everyone believe their huge pro-wrestling
fans.
“
My favorite is Ric Flair,” Williams said.
Not every thing is a game though.
“
I grew a huge beard on this tour,” Williams said, “I look like
a Viking.”
The first single off the album, “Kill the Music,” jumps right into
a fast-paced mix of heavy drums and guitar riffs.
The lyrics are an ode to sex and being alone, “There’s no difference
between being holy and alone. That’s why I’m early fleeing the
scene.”
Darren Doane directs the video for the single and guest stars Michael Madsen
form “Reservoir Dogs,””“Kill Bill Volumes 1 and 2.” The
music video cuts from shot to shot of each band member as Madsen directs the “video” and
then gets angry at the band, produces a bullwhip and beats up Jordan Buckley.
The hardcore music scene has really blown-up in the last few years and many
bands are becoming a huge commercial success. Williams didn’t seem to
mind that they are growing in popularity, but he didn’t seem to like
all of the attention.
“
People are all lemmings,” he said, “they just follow the leader,
and no one is themselves.”
“
Gloom and How It Gets That Way,” is another epic song off of”“Gutter.” It
is a short 1:57 minute-song, but the band delivers a fast sing along, “The
King Is Dead.” The song is just pure hardcore/metal.
Every Time I Die had a huge scare earlier this year, when their tour van crashed
on an icy highway in Wyoming. The crash took place on the same stretch of highway
that Bayside drummer, John Holohan, died on Oct. 30, 2005.
“
I was asleep and then the van flipped over. I had Keith on top of me and I
had glass in my back,” Williams said, “I broke a window with my
head.”
All band members escaped serious injury.
Every Time I Die will be playing at 6:30 p.m. April 1 and 2 at the House of
Blues in Anaheim.
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