{"id":21953,"date":"2014-06-27T07:30:01","date_gmt":"2014-06-26T21:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/?p=21953"},"modified":"2014-06-24T16:43:57","modified_gmt":"2014-06-24T06:43:57","slug":"andy-williams-of-every-time-i-die","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/2014\/06\/andy-williams-of-every-time-i-die\/","title":{"rendered":"Andy Williams of Every Time I Die"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n<\/a>\u201cI think it\u2019s honestly like in our head, that the minute that this becomes a compromise and doesn\u2019t feel fresh, I don\u2019t want to do it anymore, that\u2019s the one thing with all of us, the minute it feels like work is when it\u2019s time to just hang it up, like I don\u2019t want to do that you know?\u201d<\/p>\n

From release: Hardcore heroes\u00a0Every Time I Die\u00a0will release a new album\u00a0From Parts Unknown\u00a0on June 27 via\u00a0Epitaph Records in Australia and New Zealand. Cathartic and chaotic but always anchored by guitar-fueled hooks, the new album finds Every Time I Die pushing into brighter emotional territory than they\u2019ve ever explored before. From Parts Unknown<\/em>\u00a0is an album of depth from a band that has more than earned their hardcore chops. It has every marking of legendary status.<\/p>\n

In Buffalo just chilling at home we chatted to Andy of ETID about the band\u2019s new album and its creation, as well as evolving as a band and their goal\u2026<\/p>\n

To start us off, the new album is titled \u2018From Parts Unknown\u2019, what does the title represent to you?<\/strong>
\nI mean if you\u2019re asking me personally, to me it\u2019s an ode to professional wrestling, but it means something completely different. Keith wanted it to be basically, his lyrics on this record he kind of pulls an uplifting route, the lyrics are very positive on this and I think it\u2019s something that we haven\u2019t done before and I think that\u2019s what he means from parts unknown. Then again, I could be way off on that, for me, that\u2019s where The Ultimate Warrior is from\u2026<\/p>\n

Yeah you mention the word positive and I\u2019ve also seen hopeful used in the creation of these songs, was that a conscious decision or just something that in essence happened?<\/strong>
\nFor him I think it was conscious, for us, with us playing guitar, we\u2019re writing a record just trying to get songs out, so whatever he comes up with is definitely going to be the vibe of the band, the image of whenever he figures out what\u2019s going to be on the record, you know what I mean? Then we honestly don\u2019t hear lyrics, it\u2019s the last thing we hear just due to the fact that he does vocals last usually, so then when you hear the lyrics or read the lyrics you\u2019re like \u2018holy shit, alright, I get that\u2026\u2019 he\u2019s in a very uplifting mood, and it\u2019s pretty awesome.<\/p>\n

In terms of your playing on the album, how did you go into this creative process?<\/strong>
\nIt was kind of weird, like \u2018Thirst\u2019 there was a few songs that I had written, I think I had like five songs written way in advance, like I had \u2018Thirst\u2019 written, I was talking about \u2018Thirst\u2019 like fuck, when we were in Australia, maybe even before, we could\u2019ve played that song when we toured Australia last\u2026 so I\u2019ve had songs written for a while, but I\u2019m sitting at home and I\u2019ll pick up a guitar and fuckin\u2019 play, and at some point in time we\u2019re gonna need to make a record, you know what I mean? Then the big problem we had with this record is that we only had eighteen days to write it, so the five songs I threw at it were like ok, here\u2026 it wasn\u2019t trying to throw a vibe out or this is the songs, it was this is what I have, if you guys like it we can use them, if not we can cut them up and use some riffs from them and take the best parts of each bit and write around it. Then we said yes to the A Day To Remember tour right in the middle of it, so we were supposed to have two months to write the record, but then A Day To Remember offered us this thing and we went to Europe and did it, like we had eight days before that tour and ten days after that tour, and it was just like \u2018fuck dude, just write anything, whatever comes into your head just get it down, fuckin record it, have it and then we\u2019ll just figure it out. So we were in a crazy pressure cooker and then it ended up that everything we were writing was very thrashy and we were like \u2018fuck it let\u2019s just go with this\u2019.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>It comes out at the end of June, so as no one has heard it yet, give us three words you feel best describe the album\u2026<\/strong>
\nWow\u2026 *pauses* shredded fucked-up trash. Yeah fucked-up being one word. *laughs*<\/p>\n

You worked with Kurt Ballou of Converge as producer on this album, what did he bring to the band that may have been missing previously?<\/strong>
\nHonestly a sixth member, like that honestly was like the biggest thing, he literally just locked into the way that we do things immediately and he questioned us, he made us feel uncomfortable when we needed to feel uncomfortable to kind of shake things up and it was just the coolest thing he said about the whole thing was \u201clisten, my name\u2019s on this, so I don\u2019t want to put out something that I don\u2019t feel is good\u201d and that was like, OK this dude gets it. That was the biggest thing, he was honestly like a sixth member of Every Time I Die in the making of this and it was awesome.<\/p>\n

That could then set up a future relationship for touring as well doesn\u2019t it?<\/strong>
\nI would hope so, I think that would be a killer show for anyone that would come.<\/p>\n

Now I dig The Gaslight Anthem, and Brian Fallon makes an appearance on is it \u2018Old Light\u2019, how did that come about?<\/strong>
\nTo be honest the song itself, I have these fucked up, if I could go back and show you in the history of Every Time I Die the songs that I write in my head that are fucked up pop songs, that\u2019s what it is. Like I wrote and I wanted to write a pop song, like my version of what I would like to hear on the radio. Then somehow, Keith and Brian are pretty good pals, like we\u2019re friends with all the dudes but I think those two are pretty close, and then he was like \u2018I want him to sing on this song\u2019 and I was like \u2018whoa that\u2019s crazy\u2019 *laughs* like it worked out, at first, Brian\u2019s got a really interesting voice, and when I heard it when the song was finished I was like \u2018ugh, I don\u2019t know if this is going to work\u2019 his voice is great but is it going to make sense with this song, and then fuck man, you hear what he did and it\u2019s so fucking killer, it\u2019s just insane.<\/p>\n

The other track that stood out for me was \u2018Moor\u2019\u2026<\/strong>
\nThat was a weird one, as I had basically I watched this Harry Nilsson documentary and he was talking about how he wrote \u2018One is the loneliest number\u2019 and then obviously Three Dog Night did it later, but he wrote it with a dial tone at the time he was trying to call his girlfriend, but anyway that\u2019s how I wrote the song, I heard a constant noise and it fits and I thought cool, Harry Nilsson, he wrote that song through a dial tone going over and over again\u2026 so then I went to sleep and when I woke up I got on garage band and started fucking around with piano stuff and I handed it to Keith and I was like I have this idea and I played it on the guitar and Keith played it on the piano and he was like but slow it way down, it just worked out. Dude, that song is so creepy it gives me kind of chills when I hear the song because it\u2019s so random for us.<\/p>\n

After seven albums, how do you evolve as a band to keep everything fresh and not in a word, repetitive?<\/strong>
\nI think it\u2019s honestly like in our head, that the minute that this becomes a compromise and doesn\u2019t feel fresh, I don\u2019t want to do it anymore, that\u2019s the one thing with all of us, the minute it feels like work is when it\u2019s time to just hang it up, like I don\u2019t want to do that you know? I think everyone would probably agree with that, I think it\u2019s just everyone cylinders are firing at the same time and we all have the same goal to just destroy, we want to just be the best band on the planet and it\u2019s just a matter of not being stale. There\u2019s one thing we always go back to, like when you watch \u2018Some Kind Of Monster\u2019 with Metallica, they always bring up the word \u2018stock\u2019 in that documentary *laughs* the minute Every Time I Die becomes \u2018stock\u2019 we\u2019re fuckin\u2019 done *laughs* yeah we don\u2019t ever want to do that.<\/p>\n

Is there a renewed source of energy for a new album, you\u2019d be touring, you\u2019d be tired but does this invigorate you again?<\/strong>
\nYeah kind of, I guess you kind of get a little reset button in there, mentally I don\u2019t think we\u2019re getting tired, but we were physically we were getting tired, I mean we did that A Day To Remember tour in Europe and the shows were fucking enormous, like we played to ten thousand people in London and it was just like crazy, like we\u2019ve never played shows like that\u2026 we\u2019ve played festivals, but never a show, and I think when it got announced that we were doing it, everyone was apprehensive to say yes to a tour like that, then we were like well fuck, when are we going to be able to do a tour like that? We should at least say yes\u2026 and then I remember these specific shows going on stage and thinking \u2018fuck man, I\u2019m just not feeling it\u2019 like I just didn\u2019t have it in me today, and then you go out there and you set your pedal board down and there\u2019s fucking five thousand people here and these kids are going crazy, so like boom instantly you get pumped up and you\u2019ve gone all Hulk Hogan and get fired up and play and that\u2019s that. Now we get to do that every single show because we have a new record out, so it kind of gives you a new release. We did have two and half months off too, but I\u2019m really fuckin pumped right now, I need to get back out on the road because I\u2019m going crazy.<\/p>\n

You\u2019re about to head out on Warped Tour in the US, are you looking forward to these shows?<\/strong>
\nYeah, I always look forward to it, believe it or not, I\u2019m the oldest guy in the band and I love doing Warped tour, you kind of to hustle again, like when you\u2019re a new band, you kind of have to hustle and do things, it keeps you on your toes, its awesome.<\/p>\n

On touring, I do always have to ask, when do you think we can expect to see you down in Australia?<\/strong>
\nThere was talk, I mean I guess I can say it as nothing\u2019s in stone and I haven\u2019t heard anything since, but Jeremy from Touche Amore hit me up and said \u2018hey it\u2019s about time we do something together, so let\u2019s go to Australia\u2019 so we talked about that and I sent it to the managers and that was that. So there\u2019s nothing after that, so I would say that\u2019s probably a thirty percent thing *laughs* I think the plan is to get over at some point in time this year.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ve made the trip down here more than a few times, what do you enjoy most about touring Australia?<\/strong>
\nRight now my favourite thing about it is the last time we went over there it was almost like everything was stacked against us. Amity Affliction was touring at the same time, Behemoth was touring at the same time, I mean that Amity show was retarded, it was like Chelsea Grin, Ghost Inside and Amity Affliction, then Behemoth, that show was stacked, then someone else was on tour there and then we had no one *laughs* it was Every Time I Die\u2026 bands from each city we played in and then us\u2026 I remember management were like \u2018well, at least you guys are going to Australia\u2019 but every show was fucking crazy and it was like \u2018ok, cool, I think we finally put our stamp on this country, no let\u2019s move on and get gnarly\u2019 and then the first show I met the Violent Soho dudes, and I\u2019ve had the biggest boner for that band for years, and then to find out that they\u2019re ETID fans, man, it was like meeting The Beatles *laughs* and then we talked to them and were like \u2018Please tour with us, or we\u2019ll tour with you\u2019 an Every Time I Die and Violent Soho tour would be like a dream come true for our band. We met the dudes, and I geeked out, it was the first time I\u2019d fanboy\u2019d over someone in years.<\/p>\n

Well their last album was pretty damn amazing\u2026<\/strong>
\nDude, it\u2019s literally a piece of art, what they put out was absolutely awesome, they killed it.<\/p>\n

After sixteen years as a band, is there anything you are yet to do that you still really want to do?<\/strong>
\nI don\u2019t know, I honestly thought the only thing we wouldn\u2019t do in our career was a weekend with Converge, so like everything is an \u2018I can\u2019t believe it\u2019s happening\u2019 but right now my only goal in life is to wrestle a wrestling match in a ring and that has nothing to do with the band *laughs* I\u2019m just getting old, I\u2019m 37 this year, I don\u2019t know how much I\u2019ve got left in the tank for that, but we\u2019ll see. I know we were talking about like an ETID Rock \u2018N\u2019 Wrestling thing, which would be fucking killer.<\/p>\n

You\u2019d have to get someone like Rowdy Roddy Piper to come out on tour and MC it\u2026<\/strong>
\nOh dude, that would be the coolest thing in the world *laughs*<\/p>\n

Lastly, 2014 is almost half way through now, so let\u2019s predict the remainder of the year, finish this sentence\u2026 by the end of 2014, Every Time I Die will\u2026<\/strong>
\nHopefully play a show with Metallica *laughs* that\u2019s my own goal\u2026 by the end of 2014 let\u2019s hope that 2015 happens *laughs* especially after sixteen years of being a band, let\u2019s just hope 2015 happens.<\/p>\n

Well best of luck with the record and hope to see you in Australia by the end of the year\u2026<\/strong>
\nYou\u2026 I\u2019m going to say you thirty percent will\u2026<\/p>\n

Essential Information<\/span><\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n

From:<\/strong> Buffalo, New York, USA<\/p>\n

Band members: <\/strong>Keith Buckley – Vocals , Andrew Williams – Guitar , Jordan Buckley \u2013 Guitar, Steve Micciche – Bass Guitar, Ryan Leger – Drums<\/p>\n

Website:<\/strong> http:\/\/www.everytimeidie.net<\/a><\/p>\n

Latest release:<\/strong> From Parts Unknown (Epitaph)
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