{"id":27473,"date":"2015-08-17T21:20:22","date_gmt":"2015-08-17T11:20:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/?p=27473"},"modified":"2015-09-08T21:32:29","modified_gmt":"2015-09-08T11:32:29","slug":"michael-%e2%80%98padge%e2%80%99-paget-of-bullet-for-my-valentine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/2015\/08\/michael-%e2%80%98padge%e2%80%99-paget-of-bullet-for-my-valentine\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael \u2018Padge\u2019 Paget of Bullet For My Valentine"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n<\/a>\u201cWe\u2019re still all kind of young, we\u2019ve got a fire, an ambition and we just want to be a timeless band, we want to be as big as we possibly can, reach as many fans as we can and just continue to make music, I mean that\u2019s the main thing, right?\u201d<\/p>\n

From Release: Over the course of their career,\u00a0Bullet For My Valentine\u00a0has sold millions of records, amassed a worldwide army of fans, garnered hundreds of millions of video\/track streams, appeared on dozens of magazine covers and received mass critical praise for their highly-influential albums. Now, the band looks to transcend genres and trends with their game-changing album,\u00a0VENOM. <\/em>Their heaviest record to date sinks its teeth into listeners with a powerful delivery by vocalist\/guitarist Matt Tuck, ferocious riffs by guitarist Michael \u201cPadge\u201d Paget and rapid-fire rhythm courtesy of drummer Michael \u201cMoose\u201d Thomas. On\u00a0VENOM<\/em>\u00a0the trio maintains their signature balance of heavy, coupled with surging melody, and pushes themselves to the next level.<\/p>\n

In St Louis and having the spit chewed out of him by bugs or so he tells us, we had a fun chat with Padge of Bullet For My Valentine about heading to Australia for Soundwave 2016, the band\u2019s new album \u2018Venom\u2019 and much, much more\u2026<\/p>\n

Welcome to Soundwave 2016, how does it feel being the first band announced for the festival?<\/strong>
\nOh excellent, man, it\u2019s been two and half, maybe three years since we\u2019ve been down there, so as a band and I\u2019m sure I can speak for all the boys, we love going down to Australia it\u2019s like a second home for us, we\u2019ve always been well received down there and to be the first band announced on Soundwave is pretty fuckin\u2019 radical.<\/p>\n

You’ve played it a couple of times before, what are some of your best memories of Soundwave?<\/strong>
\n*laughs* Aside from the shows, probably the after show parties, man, everyone loves to drink down there and everyone\u2019s really friendly and happy and it\u2019s always a good time you know what I mean.<\/p>\n

Other than the big Soundwave news, you’ve just released ‘Venom<\/a>‘ and congrats on a big record, are you a little relieved that it’s out there for everyone to hear now?<\/strong>
\nYeah, yeah, between the last record and this one it\u2019s been a long time and again I can speak for all of us, we all busted our asses writing and recording and just making this the best record we possibly could and personally I think it\u2019s the best record we\u2019ve ever released, we know we\u2019ve got something special and we\u2019re all really proud of it. To get it out there is a relief, it\u2019s nice, now we can get out there and start playing some new stuff *laughs*.<\/p>\n

It’s a heavy album, did you guys go in with an idea of how you wanted the album to sound or come together?<\/strong>
\nWe wanted a heavy record, definitely, from a guitar point of view I realized we had to pull something out of the bag and I think me and Matt really did, and Moose\u2019s so up there in his drumming on this record. After the ten years we\u2019ve been doing it we\u2019ve really stepped up as musicians and it really does show on this record and I think we can all pat ourselves on the back because it\u2019s happy times man, its good times, everyone\u2019s happy.<\/p>\n

In the two years since ‘Temper Temper’ what if anything did you do differently this time around?<\/strong>
\nWell we actually demoed songs this time around which is\u2026 good\u2026 *laughs* we did all the pre-production and demoing at my home studio and we all chilled out and were working as friends and band members instead of fuckin\u2019 enemies or whatever, it was just the way a record should be written. All the work we did back in Wales really paid off when we came to record the album and again I think it really does show through on the finished product.<\/p>\n

You also worked with Colin Richardson again as producer who of course did your first two albums, what was the idea behind going back to Colin?<\/strong>
\nMe and Moose were talking \u00a0and were like well who do you think is gonna be the producer and we said it\u2019s got to be Colin, he\u2019s the one who brings everything sonically to the table, and we went around America to LA and Nashville and met a bunch of producers and none of them seemed to really connect and I think the main thing with Colin is that he doesn\u2019t fuck with the band, he just kind of lets the band do their thing while sonically he does his thing and I think that\u2019s really important. Too many producers tend to fuck with band\u2019s music and make a fuckin mess of it and Colin never does that and that\u2019s really important.<\/p>\n

You did mention it had been over ten years of the band and it’s also been ten years since the release of ‘The Poison’ so in that time what for you has been the most noticeable change in the way that Bullet now works?<\/strong>
\nProbably the departure of Jay, fortunately on a positive note, we\u2019ve managed to fill his boots with a \u00a0great guy and he really has helped set the band up in so many great ways, vocally and rhythmly and you know, so with a negative comes a positive which is a good thing moving forward.<\/p>\n

Being in the band since its inception, is there still something you want to do that you haven’t yet had the chance to?<\/strong>
\n*laughs* In the band or\u2026 *laughs* I\u2019m only joking dude *laughs* We\u2019re still all kind of young, we\u2019ve got a fire, an ambition and we just want to be a timeless band, we want to be as big as we possibly can, reach as many fans as we can and just continue to make music, I mean that\u2019s the main thing, right?<\/p>\n

What I love is that it truly sounds like you love this and don\u2019t really consider it a job\u2026<\/strong>
\nI love it man, I\u2019m so passionate about it, I mean the shit jobs I used to do, they were *ugh* soul destroying but now that I\u2019ve got this, every day I wake up and I\u2019m so blessed to be able to do this job as I\u2019m sure my band members are as well, we have everything going for us and I don\u2019t think any of us want to put a foot wrong with that you know.<\/p>\n

So as a fan of music and what you do, has there been one ultimate pinch me moment you’ve experienced in your time with Bullet?<\/strong>
\nThere was this one show in Estonia which is on the border of Russia where we played with Metallica to like 90,000 people, I think it\u2019s the biggest crowd we\u2019ve ever played to and it was like a sea of blonde hair and obviously me being a dude it was like I think I\u2019ve died and gone to heaven, boys\u2026 *laughs*<\/p>\n

Oh man, playing with Metallica alone is a moment in itself\u2026<\/strong>
\nYeah, yeah we\u2019ve done it a couple of times, they\u2019re really nice guys. I think the first time Lars walked into the dressing room with a bowl of salad and was like \u201cHow\u2019s it going guys?\u201d *chewing sounds* it\u2019s like fuckin\u2019 hell, it\u2019s Lars *laughs*<\/p>\n

So has there been anyone that you have played with that you\u2019ve been star struck by?<\/strong>
\nProbably a lot of them, man, I\u2019m a bit of a fan boy, like with this example, Corey\u2019s in our dressing room just chatting away and I\u2019m like oh shit, don\u2019t look at the star, don\u2019t look at the artist, totally fan boy, but I guess that happens whenever we support bigger bands, it happens a lot, so I\u2019m still a fan boy at 36 fuckin\u2019 years old\u2026 *laughs*<\/p>\n

It\u2019s OK, man, I\u2019m 39, I do the same thing\u2026 *laughs*<\/strong>
\n*laughs*<\/p>\n

So what I like to do with everyone is get them to look ahead and predict the future, so finish this sentence for me… In 2016 Bullet For My Valentine will…<\/strong>
\nDestroy all\u2026 *laughs* Hopefully\u2026 *laughs*<\/p>\n

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Catch Bullet For My Valentine: Appearing at Soundwave 2016<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Saturday 23 January, 2016 \u2013 Brisbane<\/p>\n

Sunday 24 January, 2016 \u2013 Sydney<\/p>\n

Tuesday 26 January, 2016 \u2013 Melbourne (Australia Day public holiday)<\/p>\n

Head to\u00a0<\/strong>www.soundwavefestival.com<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>for full details & further line up announcements.<\/p>\n

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

From:<\/strong> Bridgend, Wales<\/p>\n

Band members: <\/strong>Matthew \u201cMatt\u201d Tuck \u2013 vocals, guitars Michael \u201cPadge\u201d Paget \u2013 guitars, Michael \u201cMoose\u201d Thomas \u2013 drums, Jamie Mathias – bass, vocals<\/p>\n

Website:<\/strong> \u00a0http:\/\/www.bulletformyvalentine.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Latest release: <\/strong>Venom \u00a0\u2013 (out now-\u00a0 Sony Music Australia)<\/p>\n

BUY<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>VENOM<\/span><\/em>:\u00a0<\/strong>iTunes<\/a>, Google Play<\/a>, \u00a0JB Hifi<\/a>, Sanity\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

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