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\"Coheed<\/a>
\n\u201c\u2026when I\u2019m on stage I get to be something else, there\u2019s this strange transformation that happens that kind of brings out a part of my personality that doesn\u2019t get exercised all that often in everyday life. So that\u2019s what I love about it, I get to meet another side of me.\u201d<\/p>\n

From Release: After traversing the outer limits of science fiction over seven acclaimed concept albums, COHEED AND CAMBRIA\u2019s latest offering \u2018The Color Before The Sun\u2019 marks the bands first non – conceptual album and the first to be recorded live in the studio. Founder and songwriter Claudio Sanchez explores his emotions nakedly, plainly and unabashedly. COHEED AND CAMBRIA continue their love affair with Australia by bringing their signature sound down under once again, serving up a selection of musical delights both new and old from their storied career spanning over 2 decades.<\/p>\n

While at home in Brooklyn NY, we gave Claudio Sanchez a call to discuss the upcoming Coheed and Cambria tour, The Color Before The Sun, stepping away from The Amory Wars, creativity and much more\u2026<\/p>\n

You\u2019re heading back to Australia, with the new album out, how are you shaping your set lists these days?<\/strong>
\nYou know we\u2019re actually just about to start doing that tomorrow, we start rehearsals for the US Run so we\u2019re going to start to put together what we think is the right move for the support of \u2018The Color Before The Sun\u2019. I mean I would imagine that the set will probably be heavy on the newer stuff but there will definitely be those main stays, those staples that we put in there. Of course coming to Australia we don\u2019t always get the chance to come all that often, so we\u2019ll keep that in mind when addressing the set, probably won\u2019t be as close as to what it is in the States, but a nice rounded selection of songs that are new, but a lot of old that we don\u2019t get to play all that often there.<\/p>\n

Being here a number of times and your live show always being an experience for the fans, what do you personally take away from performing live?<\/strong>
\nWhen I play live there\u2019s a part of my personality that isn\u2019t really extended in my everyday life, like when I\u2019m home and in my comfort zone, not to say that I\u2019m not in my comfort zone on stage, but when I\u2019m at home and relaxing I tend to be very introverted and quiet. Like for example I live in New York City but there\u2019s an anonymity that comes with being here there\u2019s so many people you\u2019re almost invisible in a way and I very much like that, but when I\u2019m on stage I get to be something else, there\u2019s this strange transformation that happens that kind of brings out a part of my personality that doesn\u2019t get exercised all that often in everyday life. So that\u2019s what I love about it, I get to meet another side of me.<\/p>\n

\u2018The Color Before The Sun\u2019 is the band\u2019s first to step away from The Amory Wars, why was now the time to try something different?<\/strong>
\nYou know I think it\u2019s because I\u2019m old enough now, when I created the idea of The Amory Wars and the concept record for Coheed and Cambria I did it because like I said I was very shy, very introverted, I kept to myself and as a front man I didn\u2019t really realise the sort of thing that you give up when you\u2019re that person, so I created this concept to basically hide my true feelings. All of the Coheed records come from a very real place, so for me it was a way to basically create a mask, and now at thirty seven years old and experiencing the things I have I feel really comfortable with just allowing pulling back the curtain and just sort of showcasing my experiences without that disguise.<\/p>\n

Was it somewhat difficult to step away from what you\u2019ve done for so long in terms of working around a concept or idea or as you said was it as simple as growing older?<\/strong>
\nIt came in a strange way was a product of the circumstance, I had moved out of my country home and into the city situation and while there I found I wasn\u2019t creating as I normally did and I found it very frustrating and hard, but with that came this sense of exposure and I don\u2019t know, there was just something about it and I attribute it a lot to living here. So at first I guess you could say it came naturally but it came with a fight\u2026 it was just something hard for me to understand, and it wasn\u2019t until my wife had expressed to me that we were pregnant with our son Atlas that everything kind of came into focus and I decided to not fight what I was creating and just allow it to grow naturally.<\/p>\n

So musically have we seen the end of The Amory Wars?<\/strong>
\nAbsolutely notttttt *laughs* The best part about \u2018The Color Before The Sun\u2019 is that it\u2019s actually allowed me to look at The Amory Wars objectively and start to finish some of the pre-existing stories that haven\u2019t been told yet in comic book form and also ponder and contemplate what is going to happen next, and I\u2019ve already started to outline some of those things, so I foresee Coheed and Cambria going back into The Amory Wars and continuing.<\/p>\n

Now, there are certain songs that come along in music that just hit me, and \u2018Here To Mars\u2019 did that and was my favourite song of the year last year. When you come up with a song like this what\u2019s the vibe like in the studio and when you finally get to listen to the finished product?<\/strong>
\nOh I mean even in the studio that was great, but even when I came up with the song and listening to it back on the demos, and realising that it was something very special, certainly for the relationship with my wife, again that song kind of spawned out of us realising that we are collaborators in art, but here we were about to collaborate in life and it just resonated so strongly that it just came in a song. Just listening back to it, even in the demo stages it just felt very positive and exciting, so yeah\u2026<\/p>\n

Eight albums in, what keeps you driven? What keeps me driven?<\/strong>
\nLife really\u2026 it\u2019s just wonderful. I take everything and utilise it as fuel for art, for me it\u2019s just life that keeps me excited and just experience.<\/p>\n

With you being the creative man behind the music as well as the comics, how does it differ for you in the creation side of story vs music?<\/strong>
\nIt\u2019s not all that different, certainly coming from the root of it when I first started writing comics it was very much partnered up with The Amory Wars, and so a lot of those kind of stories came out of those songs and so I kind of find this symbiotic relationship between the two, like I almost feel like if I feel like there\u2019s a writer\u2019s block in terms of musically I\u2019ll go to the comics and the comics will then sort of inspire something musically and vice versa. So it\u2019s hard, like I don\u2019t really find it all that difficult, but at the same time it is a different chemistry certainly with my wife being a collaborator on a lot of the stories outside of The Amory Wars, and now we\u2019re actually working on one of The Amory Wars titles together, that\u2019s a little different because there is a relationship there that\u2019s not like the one in Coheed, although the band members are my collaborators as well, it\u2019s really the only difference between the two.<\/p>\n

The imagery of Coheed and Cambria has always been a major part of the band and Coheed fans are very dedicated, my mate JD has numerous Coheed tattoos, what do you think it is about your band that commands this type of dedication?<\/strong>
\nYou know I have no idea *laughs* I don\u2019t know\u2026 You know I think to me it really feels like that those fans that dedicate a part of their body to what we do, I think they really understand that yes there is a concept that is a counterpart of what we do, but at the root of everything there is a very personal message that I think everyone really relates to. That\u2019s what I think is very special and that\u2019s the connection that pulls that certain someone into showcasing it on their skin, so yeah.<\/p>\n

There was talk some time ago that you were trying to make movie (animated possibly) of the Amory Wars story. Is this something that is still happening?<\/strong>
\nNo, it is and it isn\u2019t\u2026 it\u2019s definitely something that we continue to pursue, but it\u2019s such a waiting game, so part of me is like I can\u2019t say anything is truly happening because it is, but no wheels have truly been put in motion. I mean at one point there were and then it falls by the wayside and then gets picked back up, it comes in waves the interest so we\u2019ll see, maybe one day.<\/p>\n

If it does happen, JD has asked if he can be in it?<\/strong>
\nOh sure, if they give me that liberty *laughs*.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ve been a part of Coheed and Cambria for twenty years now, it\u2019s easy to say what\u2019s changed in that time, but what would you say is the one thing that\u2019s stayed the same throughout the past two decades?<\/strong>
\nIt\u2019s heart\u2026 we just continue to persevere and there\u2019s something about this band and I know I\u2019m a part of it so I guess I have to say something positive but I don\u2019t know, I\u2019ve watched a lot of our peers come and go and we\u2019ve been faced with some very big trials in our lineage, losing half the band, some guys coming back, big arrests happening due to chemical dependencies, we just continue to figure out ways to persevere because it\u2019s a love and a passion that we just can\u2019t deny, that we have for what we do artistically. So I think that\u2019s it.<\/p>\n

Lastly, let\u2019s look ahead to the future, so finish this sentence for me, the one thing Coheed and Cambria want to do in 2016 is\u2026<\/strong>
\nOoh\u2026 I don\u2019t know\u2026 well we\u2019re playing Madison Square Garden but it\u2019s the theatre at Madison Square Garden, so it\u2019s not the actual Garden proper, but it\u2019s close enough, so that\u2019s happening. *laughs*<\/p>\n

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Catch Coheed and Cambria in Australia at the following dates:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thursday 5th May – The Metro, Sydney
\nFriday 6th May – Max Watt’s Melbourne (SOLD OUT)
\nSaturday 7th May – Max Watt’s Melbourne
\nMonday 9th May – The Cambridge Hotel, Newcastle
\nTuesday 10th May – Max Watt’s Brisbane
\nWednesday 11th May – The Gov, Adelaide
\nFriday 13th May – Capitol, Perth<\/p>\n

PRESENTED BY TAPERJEAN TOURING, SELECT TOURING, METROPOLIS TOURING AND HYSTERIA MAG<\/p>\n

Essential Information<\/strong><\/h3>\n

From:<\/strong>\u00a0Nyack, NY, USA<\/p>\n

Band Members:<\/strong>\u00a0Claudio Sanchez \u2013 lead vocals, guitar, Travis Stever \u2013 guitar, Josh Eppard \u2013 drums, Zach Cooper \u2013 bass<\/p>\n

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

Latest Release:<\/strong>\u00a0The Color Before The Sun (Out now \u2013 300 Entertainment)<\/p>\n

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