{"id":23963,"date":"2014-11-24T07:30:38","date_gmt":"2014-11-23T20:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/?p=23963"},"modified":"2014-11-23T20:01:21","modified_gmt":"2014-11-23T09:01:21","slug":"christian-%e2%80%98cc%e2%80%99-coma-of-black-veil-brides","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/2014\/11\/christian-%e2%80%98cc%e2%80%99-coma-of-black-veil-brides\/","title":{"rendered":"Christian \u2018CC\u2019 Coma of Black Veil Brides"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n<\/a>\u201c\u2026we\u2019re just five dudes playing in a band and we\u2019re just fortunate to be in a position to help somebody in a time of need or have a positive influence on somebody\u2019s life, but lyrically a lot of our message is positive and inner strength and to get through the hard times and stuff, so I think a lot of people relate to that and I think definitely in a time of need use that as a crutch so to speak.\u201d<\/p>\n

From release: Black Veil Brides have been continually building momentum and expanding their ever growing \u2018BVB Army\u2019 since the release of their debut album \u2018We Stitch These Wounds\u2019 in 2010. Their debut video,’ Knives and Pens\u2019 has been viewed over 100 million times on YouTube. The band has released three critically acclaimed albums to date. Their last release landed at #7 on the US Billboard 200 Chart, selling 42,000 copies its first week and it soared to the #1 Spot on the US iTunes Top Album Chart. The band recently scooped up an award for \u2018Most Dedicated Fans\u2019 at the inaugural Alternative Press Music Awards. That award will sit alongside Black Veil Brides numerous Kerrang awards and three Revolver Golden God Awards. Now Hollywood\u2019s ominous, ever entertaining Black Veil Brides have just released their self-titled fourth album\u2026<\/p>\n

In Philadelphia (after he remembered where he was) we chatted to CC from BVB about the band\u2019s new album and working with the legendary Bob Rock, as well as Australia, a dedicated fan base, evolution and more\u2026<\/p>\n

So your newest album has just been released, did you all go into making it with an idea of how you wanted it all to play out?<\/strong>
\nI mean we did and we didn\u2019t. We wanted to make a rock and roll album so that was first and foremost, like this is a rock record, let\u2019s bring some of the heavier stuff back, I mean I don\u2019t think we had every aspect and or detail written out exactly how we wanted it like under a microscope so it was kind of interesting to see where some of the songs began during pre-production and the writing process and where they finished when we were done with mixing. I think we\u2019re all very happy with the way it came out and we\u2019re getting an exceptional response to it.<\/p>\n

Tell us about the experience of working with Bob Rock and what he brought to the band.\u00a0<\/strong>
\nOh man, he brought Bob Rock, he approached us, he heard \u2018In The End\u2019 and said he was interested in working with us and we were absolutely honoured that he would even consider working with us, so he said \u2018Hey, would you want to do a record?\u2019 and we said, hell yeah, absolutely, as we\u2019re all huge fans of his work, stemming from all of our influences it was kind of a match made in heaven if you think about it, I mean like everyone we\u2019re influenced by he\u2019s recorded previously. Working with him was an absolute please and it was my favourite tracking session I\u2019ve ever had with any kind of producer and collectively he has just a great disposition and he was more of an open orchestrator rather than a controlling producer or anything like that, so to have him coach us and guide us and let us get the heavy parts out that we wanted to and have the blistering guitar solos, he was kind of shooting for that and he would push us and guide us in a way without controlling it so much. So having such a laid back guy but still one that\u2019s so professional and gets the job done the way we wanted it to was an absolute pleasure to work with and I\u2019m stocked with the way it came out. I actually miss him as a person, he was a great guy to be around and having his stories about the bands throughout the years was absolutely incredible.<\/p>\n

I think one of my favourite things was he said \u2018wow, you\u2019re actually getting me excited about metal again\u2019 and coming from Bob Rock, that\u2019s something, and having him say that was kind of like, oh man, if the sixteen year old version of me heard that and knew I\u2019d be here he\u2019d pat me on the back, but you know, it was really cool working with him, one of the best times of my life. It was also really weird, we did guitars and vocals in Vancouver and we went to The Cult show and the Dwight Yoakam show with him, and he\u2019s a rock star in his own regard, people were coming up to him like \u2018Hey can I get your autograph?\u2019 and he\u2019s so cool, he doesn\u2019t try hard and he\u2019s so chilled and he\u2019s a Canadian that lives in Maui *laughs* so he\u2019s definitely laid back and an easy going guy, so I mean just being around a guy like that and having such a great knowledge, he just knows how to get things done with the tones I mean he used different recording techniques that we weren\u2019t familiar with on this like in particular, Andy, when he was tracking vocals instead of having him wear headphones to track vocals and have his voice go through the headphones for the studio music, he just set up studio monitors that he would set up behind the microphone which was a technique he used for Metallica and James Hetfield, so having that it gave Andy kind of a more live feel, kind of like he was performing more than recording and so I definitely thing that he got some great vocal tracks, some of the screaming stuff and even higher notes got a little adrenalin flowing in Andy that he wouldn\u2019t necessarily be using if he wasn\u2019t using studio monitors for his ears like headphones, so it was just interesting to be a part of the whole process.<\/p>\n

This new album has come just under two years after ‘Wretched and Divine’ which is a pretty quick turnaround, was the goal to always have a record out so soon?<\/strong>
\nYeah, I mean we pump records out, we\u2019ve done one every year consecutively, one of the years releasing an EP which had a few songs, like five songs or so, but yeah, we don\u2019t have much time off between records if any time off. I mean this one flew by, it was like we\u2019ve got plenty of time, we\u2019ll release an album, then all of a sudden it was like oh we go into the studio next week and start writing, then we fly to Vancouver to finish it after we track drums in North Hollywood. This one actually flew by, but time flies when you\u2019re having fun, we have a very busy touring schedule, and when we\u2019re not touring, we\u2019re either writing and when we\u2019re not writing we\u2019re recording so it\u2019s kind of nonstop for us, occasionally we\u2019ll have a month off, but it\u2019s good to stay busy and stay relevant I guess\u2026<\/p>\n

You mentioned touring and I have to ask, when can we expect to see you back in Australia?<\/strong>
\nOh my god, I wish it was next week, I love Australia\u2026 next year we have January off, February we go to Canada and The US, then we\u2019re scheduling a world tour, we do Europe shortly after that, so I\u2019m not exactly sure when we\u2019re going down to Australia but I know it\u2019s in the works and I\u2019m very excited to go down there. It\u2019s going to be a good time as always, it\u2019s definitely my favourite place on Earth to be and perform, the crowds are great, just culturally I love Australia and I can\u2019t wait to come down there. I\u2019m really excited to come down there just as long as my band members stay out of the ocean this time we\u2019ll be good\u2026<\/p>\n

Oh yeah, watch out for sharks\u2026<\/strong>
\nYeah, a couple of my dudes ended up on Bondi Rescue or something like that, probably should even mention that as they\u2019re really embarrassed about it, but we had a little too much fun at the beach one day out at Bondi Beach and we ended up making an appearance on there\u2026 *laughs*<\/p>\n

I’ve noticed that your fan base is one dedicated bunch man, what do you think it is about the music of BVB that they attach to so fanatically?<\/strong>
\nI think it\u2019s everything, I think it\u2019s the music, I think it\u2019s the lyrical content and I think it\u2019s us as people, it\u2019s all of our personalities I think, and having each member, all five of us are different and for the fans to be able to relate to us personally via our online social media websites, that\u2019s one thing in addition to the music, we have people come up to us every single day and say \u2018oh your band saved my life\u2019 but we\u2019re just five dudes playing in a band and we\u2019re just fortunate to be in a position to help somebody in a time of need or have a positive influence on somebody\u2019s life, but lyrically a lot of our message is positive and inner strength and to get through the hard times and stuff, so I think a lot of people relate to that and I think definitely in a time of need use that as a crutch so to speak. To be in that position and to have fans that are that dedicated I feel very fortunate.<\/p>\n

On evolution, what do you see as the most notable change that’s occurred in your time with BVB?<\/strong>
\nEverybody says this and I\u2019m not just saying it because everybody tells me, it\u2019s about the band visually, I mean visually we\u2019ve had a lot of changes, we had makeup and wore more of a theatrical appearance and I think we\u2019ve definitely toned that down a lot, and I think first off the bat is most noticeable difference, I mean musically I think our new album is the most mature we\u2019ve ever had and I think it\u2019s advanced and progressed a lot and not one of our albums sounds like the other and that\u2019s kind of by design, we want them all to be a little bit different and offer the fans something different. You know, I think it\u2019s natural just to evolve and I think those two would be the biggest changes to be honest, I think we\u2019re just getting better at song writing and just visually evolving. We didn\u2019t stop for any particular reason, it was multiple things, it was just us evolving and now if you go on the internet you can see a bunch of bands that look like we did in 2012 and we\u2019re proud to be the forefathers and influences bands and such, but just getting ready every day we just ended up being cartoon characters of ourselves on stage, so I don\u2019t know, we\u2019re still theatrical, we\u2019re still wearing a little bit of make up in live stuff and photo shoots, it\u2019s still there and hasn\u2019t gone away completely but I think it was just us growing up a little bit.<\/p>\n

OK, let’s get a quick fire insight into you personally…<\/strong><\/p>\n

First album you ever bought?<\/strong>
\nOh my god, I don\u2019t know it might have been \u2018Appetite for Destruction\u2019 either that or \u2018The Black Album\u2019 I don\u2019t know, I\u2019d always just steal my sisters albums *laughs* but the first one I ever purchased might have been the Metallica \u2018Black Album\u2019 or Guns N Roses \u2018Appetite\u2019\u2026<\/p>\n

Favourite 80’s hair band?<\/strong>
\nI don\u2019t know, probably Crue for 80\u2019s hairbands, Motley Crue, yeah I\u2019d go with them\u2026<\/p>\n

First concert you went to?<\/strong>
\nOh my god I was just thinking about this the other day\u2026 first concert I went to, I think it was Spineshank, Mudvayne and Coal Chamber. I wasn\u2019t allowed to go to concerts so I snuck out of the house for that one, but yeah that was my first one.<\/p>\n

Have you ever met CC Deville from Poison?<\/strong>
\nNo, I thought I did but it was just some whacked out guy, it wasn\u2019t him. We thought it was him, we were in Hollywood and we kept going back and forth wondering if it was him but it turns out it wasn\u2019t but it looked exactly like him, but no I haven\u2019t met the real CC Deville.<\/p>\n

And purely because the album is called IV, it made me think of the Rocky movies, so which is your favourite?<\/strong>
\nOh man, you know what I haven\u2019t watched them in so long that I couldn\u2019t even tell you, however I will tell you this, a bunch of us ran up to the stairs because we\u2019re in Philadelphia and there\u2019s a big photo of Rocky at the top of them, so that happened last night, so funny you mention that one *laughs*<\/p>\n

Lastly, let\u2019s look ahead to the future. Finish this sentence, in 2015, Black Veil Brides will…<\/strong>
\nWill be touring for the majority of the year, getting no rest and rockin\u2019 the house *laughs* because we are definitely not planning on getting any rest until Christmas next year, we\u2019re gonna be kicking ass every night.<\/p>\n

Well let\u2019s see if we can get you here for Soundwave 2016\u2026<\/strong>
\nOh I wish, I want to get there before then, I love Soundwave and it\u2019s definitely my favourite festival tour to be on, besides that I would just like to come down and do a headlining tour of Australia. We haven\u2019t done that yet, so I think there\u2019s something in the works, I\u2019m not giving anything away, I know I haven\u2019t seen any dates, but there has been some talks, but definitely next year, so hopefully something pans out and we get there sooner rather than later.<\/p>\n

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

From:<\/strong>\u00a0Hollywood, CA, USA<\/p>\n

Band members:<\/strong>\u00a0Andy Biersack \u2013 Vocals, Ashley Purdy \u2013 Bass, Jinxx \u2013 Guitar, Jake Pitts \u2013 Guitar, Christian \u2018CC\u2019 Coma – Drums<\/p>\n

Website:<\/strong>\u00a0http:\/\/www.blackveilbrides.net\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Latest release:<\/strong>\u00a0IV \u2013 (Out Now – Universal Music Australia) \u2013 Check out our review HERE<\/a><\/p>\n

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