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Killswitch Engage's mixture of classic and new metal sounds has earned them appeal with young and old fans. Band members Justin Foley and Howard Jones explain how pairing different music styles on the same tour can only lead to success.
POSTED ON: OCTOBER 23, 2009
VIDEO TRANSCRIPT
00:00:00:14 [Music]
00:00:17:18 And if there is a bunch of bands
00:00:19:18 that are just different in their sounds,
00:00:22:00 and they merge on a tour, come on that's awesome.
00:00:26:19 [Music]
00:00:32:01 We are a melodic metal band to begin with but we try to
00:00:35:05 expand our horizons and always push it.
00:00:39:05 [Music]
00:00:42:00 This tour is awesome, we are having a great time.
00:00:45:18 It's only been on for two days. How do you know it's awesome?
00:00:48:12 Because we hadn't had any merch, so we don't have anything to
00:00:51:15 worry about that at all. It's been stress free.
00:00:53:24 I am merchant, because we don't have any thing for sale.
00:00:57:16 [Music]
00:01:30:28 If there was any great place to film this,
00:01:32:15 it's here.
00:01:34:02 [Music]
00:01:53:18 The younger people haven't turned on us yet.
00:01:59:08 The only ones who have turned on us by now so...
00:02:01:26 I mean they are good about that.
00:02:05:16 But once you get that 21 plus,
00:02:07:21 then they get jaded and they just give bomb,
00:02:11:05 you are singing too much, you are screaming too much.
00:02:15:28 You are not as good as your last record;
00:02:17:10 all your records sound the same.
00:02:19:01 I say what...
00:02:20:20 how did that one work?
00:02:22:18 [Music]
00:02:48:18 We have been playing for a long time,
00:02:49:24 and I think we just try to do whatever it is we do.
00:02:52:04 I don't know...
00:02:54:07 Metal has gotten more popular luckily,
00:02:58:03 so would be around the right time for that.
00:02:59:21 Yeah that's great.
00:03:01:05 We would just kind of hope for the best
00:03:02:28 and things have gone really well,
00:03:05:08 and we have been able to go out on tour with some of the bands
00:03:08:21 that we really like.
00:03:10:05 Here we are, we are in Canada with In Flames
00:03:13:28 and Protest the Hero and BT Band; come on.
00:03:16:26 [Music]
00:03:45:18 Metal seems to reach out the people everywhere,
00:03:47:03 I really don't know what it is, it reached out to me
00:03:50:05 and I don't know why I just liked it.
00:03:53:01 [Music]
00:04:16:28 For me, I mean people see me pretty much the same.
00:04:19:07 In a lot of places,
00:04:22:18 I don't know people are soaked about music,
00:04:24:13 soaked about metal
00:04:27:16 and little tiny differences,
00:04:29:06 but in the end I mean the show is always kind of feel
00:04:30:24 pretty much the same to me.
00:04:32:28 Maybe I am missing stuff.
00:04:34:14 No not at all.
00:04:36:12 There were times where it seemed different but now,
00:04:39:02 it's kind of leveled.
00:04:41:26 [Music]
00:05:02:13 That's kind of the cool thing about
00:05:03:26 touring and getting different bands in,
00:05:07:16 I mean when you get a band that sounds like you
00:05:11:03 or doesn't sound like you and you just bring it all in,
00:05:16:15 that really makes it so much better,
00:05:19:00 just exposing people to different types of music.
00:05:22:15 That's great.
00:05:23:28 I mean don't get me wrong,
00:05:25:27 if we tour with Radiohead that will fail.
00:05:29:17 But seriously when it comes to heavy music, if there is bunch
00:05:33:10 of bands that are just different in their sounds
00:05:37:10 and they merge on a tour, come on that's awesome!
00:05:43:06 [Music]
00:05:58:13 Can I fight you now?
00:06:05:13 [Music]
00:00:17:18 And if there is a bunch of bands
00:00:19:18 that are just different in their sounds,
00:00:22:00 and they merge on a tour, come on that's awesome.
00:00:26:19 [Music]
00:00:32:01 We are a melodic metal band to begin with but we try to
00:00:35:05 expand our horizons and always push it.
00:00:39:05 [Music]
00:00:42:00 This tour is awesome, we are having a great time.
00:00:45:18 It's only been on for two days. How do you know it's awesome?
00:00:48:12 Because we hadn't had any merch, so we don't have anything to
00:00:51:15 worry about that at all. It's been stress free.
00:00:53:24 I am merchant, because we don't have any thing for sale.
00:00:57:16 [Music]
00:01:30:28 If there was any great place to film this,
00:01:32:15 it's here.
00:01:34:02 [Music]
00:01:53:18 The younger people haven't turned on us yet.
00:01:59:08 The only ones who have turned on us by now so...
00:02:01:26 I mean they are good about that.
00:02:05:16 But once you get that 21 plus,
00:02:07:21 then they get jaded and they just give bomb,
00:02:11:05 you are singing too much, you are screaming too much.
00:02:15:28 You are not as good as your last record;
00:02:17:10 all your records sound the same.
00:02:19:01 I say what...
00:02:20:20 how did that one work?
00:02:22:18 [Music]
00:02:48:18 We have been playing for a long time,
00:02:49:24 and I think we just try to do whatever it is we do.
00:02:52:04 I don't know...
00:02:54:07 Metal has gotten more popular luckily,
00:02:58:03 so would be around the right time for that.
00:02:59:21 Yeah that's great.
00:03:01:05 We would just kind of hope for the best
00:03:02:28 and things have gone really well,
00:03:05:08 and we have been able to go out on tour with some of the bands
00:03:08:21 that we really like.
00:03:10:05 Here we are, we are in Canada with In Flames
00:03:13:28 and Protest the Hero and BT Band; come on.
00:03:16:26 [Music]
00:03:45:18 Metal seems to reach out the people everywhere,
00:03:47:03 I really don't know what it is, it reached out to me
00:03:50:05 and I don't know why I just liked it.
00:03:53:01 [Music]
00:04:16:28 For me, I mean people see me pretty much the same.
00:04:19:07 In a lot of places,
00:04:22:18 I don't know people are soaked about music,
00:04:24:13 soaked about metal
00:04:27:16 and little tiny differences,
00:04:29:06 but in the end I mean the show is always kind of feel
00:04:30:24 pretty much the same to me.
00:04:32:28 Maybe I am missing stuff.
00:04:34:14 No not at all.
00:04:36:12 There were times where it seemed different but now,
00:04:39:02 it's kind of leveled.
00:04:41:26 [Music]
00:05:02:13 That's kind of the cool thing about
00:05:03:26 touring and getting different bands in,
00:05:07:16 I mean when you get a band that sounds like you
00:05:11:03 or doesn't sound like you and you just bring it all in,
00:05:16:15 that really makes it so much better,
00:05:19:00 just exposing people to different types of music.
00:05:22:15 That's great.
00:05:23:28 I mean don't get me wrong,
00:05:25:27 if we tour with Radiohead that will fail.
00:05:29:17 But seriously when it comes to heavy music, if there is bunch
00:05:33:10 of bands that are just different in their sounds
00:05:37:10 and they merge on a tour, come on that's awesome!
00:05:43:06 [Music]
00:05:58:13 Can I fight you now?
00:06:05:13 [Music]