Says Flynn, "We always had the fan base. We were selling out House of Blues in L.A. and Irving Plaza in New York and stuff. I think the media really came back around on The Blackening, which was rad. We got this whole new fan renaissance with a whole new generation. It was killer. I think it's like any band. If you're going to evolve and stay relevant you ride the waves that happen and, you know, there's good waves and bad waves. We've somehow managed to ride the waves past the bad waves."
He also discusses recording cover songs, saying, "For this record, I really wanted to try and bring in some new stuff to the picture. During the course of The Blackening we had recorded a cover of Iron Maiden's "Hallowed be Thy Name." We agreed to do it, based on the fact that it's one of our favorite songs and because we felt it would be a challenge and it would be a song that no one would really want to take on because it's a pretty fuckin' epic song. I wasn't really certain if I could sing that high and pull it off. I knew I could hit the notes but I wanted it to sound real and heavy. I didn't want it to sound thin and weak, like some singers sound. To my surprise, I actually pulled it off and did it a lot better than I thought I was going to. It really pushed me. Then a friend of the family passed away. It was pretty sad, and I recorded a cover of Heaven and Hell's "Die Young." It was just me on acoustic. Pretty high notes RJD's hitting there at the end. The perfect grit. It's the perfect fucking grit."
Read the whole interview here.
Members of Machine Head will be signing every day at the Rockstar Energy Drink tent on the Mayhem tour. Text MFHEAD to 67463 on the day of the show to receive signing times and be entered for a chance to win an autographed guitar from Machine Head!
Source: http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/news/story.aspx?newsitemID=23150
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