{"id":34757,"date":"2018-06-09T13:00:05","date_gmt":"2018-06-09T03:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/?p=34757"},"modified":"2018-06-09T13:24:39","modified_gmt":"2018-06-09T03:24:39","slug":"tyler-connolly-of-theory-of-a-deadman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/2018\/06\/tyler-connolly-of-theory-of-a-deadman\/","title":{"rendered":"Tyler Connolly of Theory of a Deadman"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>\u201cSo now we finally get to come, so yeah it actually is a dream come true, it\u2019s a place that a lot of people just want to visit but we get to play music too.\u201d<\/p>\n

From Release: With their sixth studio album, Wake Up Call, Theory hit the reset button, diving into a new sound, a new approach, even a new location. The more melodic, intimate style that defines the project is a bold move for one of the leading rock bands in the world. Since forming in British Columbia in 2001, Theory of a Deadman \u2014 Connolly, guitarist Dave Brenner, bassist Dean Back, and drummer Joey Dandeneau \u2014 have placed nine songs in the Top 10 on the US rock charts, including the Number One hits \u201cBad Girlfriend,\u201d \u201cLowlife,\u201d \u201cSo Happy,\u201d and \u201cAngel.\u201d To celebrate the success of Wake Up Call and the heavy radio play of the lead single Rx (Medicate) The Canadian Rock Powerhouse THEORY are headed to Australia for the VERY FIRST TIME!<\/p>\n

In Halifax Nova Scotia, Tyler from Theory gave us a call to talk about the band\u2019s upcoming first ever tour of Australia, their newest album \u2018Wake Up Call\u2019, covers, advice, and much more!<\/p>\n

You’re finally heading to Australia! After so long, how pumped are you to finally be heading Down Under?<\/strong>
\nOh we\u2019ve been waiting for years man, every record we\u2019ve done we\u2019ve always said when can we go to Australia because we know they have those festivals down there and we have a lot of friends in other bands that go there and everybody says the same thing, they all say the people are great, it\u2019s beautiful, you\u2019ve gotta go blah blah blah and we\u2019re like yeah keep rubbing it in. So now we finally get to come, so yeah it actually is a dream come true, it\u2019s a place that a lot of people just want to visit but we get to play music too.<\/p>\n

When you’re coming to a territory for the first time how do you go about structuring a set list?<\/strong>
\nI don\u2019t know, you know I think it\u2019s a little easier now because we can reach out to some fans but it\u2019s tough because fans always have songs they always want to request that we never play *laughs* but it\u2019s easier now because of streaming so you can just go on line and find out or ask the label and they\u2019ll tell you what the top streamed songs are, so you get kind of a good base of what fans are listening to the most and most likely what they\u2019ll be requesting so that\u2019s kind of how we start so it makes it a little easier.<\/p>\n

So we can expect songs like \u2018Santa Monica\u2019 and \u2018Bad Girlfriend\u2019 and songs like that in there?<\/strong>
\nYeah, the first time we ever went to Russia we played a whole set and when we came off on the encore they were chanting the song we never play and we used to play thirteen years ago and we had no clue that I guess that was the song that did really well there so we didn\u2019t play it and felt bad.\u00a0 So you never know, we definitely have some core songs but you never know we\u2019ll get down there and someone will say why didn\u2019t you play \u2018Invisible Man\u2019 or something I don\u2019t know.<\/p>\n

As a fan of the band from the beginning have you been aware of the love from down here?<\/strong>
\nNo not really, we\u2019re not really privy to it and I\u2019m sure we have Australian fans but now it\u2019s one of those things we\u2019ve never seen it, we hope there is.<\/p>\n

So are we calling you Theory now is the \u2018of a Deadman\u2019 dropped off or are we just changing it up a little bit?<\/strong>
\nYou know we\u2019re just trying to push people in the direction of like the Red Hot Chili Peppers people calling them the Chili Peppers, people call it Zeppelin, there\u2019s a band in Canada called The Tragically Hip people call them The Hip, so I think we\u2019re trying to create more of an easy way to remember us, so if there is another band called something Theory it\u2019s just we\u2019re trying to take ownership of the name Theory and I think it makes it easier for everybody wanting to say Theory and know what you\u2019re talking about.<\/p>\n

Your newest album \u2018Wake Up Call\u2019 sees the band take on a bit of a different direction; did you set out to do something different this time around?<\/strong>
\nNot really to be honest it just started with the songs, I think every album we\u2019ve written started with the songs and we\u2019ve kind of decided what point we wanted to take it in whatever direction but there\u2019s no real conscious effort in the beginning to say I want to write more songs on piano or more of an alternative popular feel or less heavy, we never had any of those conversations we just kind of listened to the demos and worked them up and said ok this is what we\u2019ve got what do we want to do with them kind of thing.<\/p>\n

Big fan of your cover of ‘Wicked Game’ now you\u2019ve done covers but it’s the first time a cover has appeared on one of your albums, so out of all the songs in the world why did this one get the call up?<\/strong>
\nYou know I demoed it and did something between records where I recorded quite a few covers just literally for fun in my studio and there was two or three that we kind of put out there just so fans could hear them so I recorded \u2018Wicked Game\u2019 and let the guys hear it and then the label heard it and they kind of demanded we put it on the record, at first we\u2019re like nah nah nah it should be like a bonus track or something and our A&R guy was very insistent on putting on the record which yeah we\u2019d never done before, but you know, we\u2019ve done six records so I guess it\u2019s time to do it.<\/p>\n

It is one of those songs that\u2019s become timeless too and one of those songs that just stands out\u2026<\/strong>
\nYeah it\u2019s been done a lot I mean it\u2019s interesting I watched a car commercial on TV and there was someone doing a cover of \u2018Wicked Game\u2019 and I kind of laughed I mean there\u2019s nothing you can do it\u2019s a cover, it\u2019s a great song and I\u2019ve already heard a million times how many other bands have covered it but you just gotta be able to do it in your own special way and put your own twist on it and hopefully it turns out great.<\/p>\n

So it’s sometimes easy to say what’s changed in your time in a band but what would you say is the one thing that’s stayed the same in your time together in Theory?<\/strong>
\nProbably the camaraderie with the band members, I think that we all get along really well and we\u2019ve seen bands come and go and it all has to do with the inner turmoil, you get a couple of alpha males and you get four crazy dudes on a tour bus together and stuff goes sideways. So I think that\u2019s one thing after all these years we can stand back and go wow I mean shit we\u2019re like best friends, it\u2019s hard to do but it makes it a lot easier to live with one another and then when the time comes make music.<\/p>\n

When you look back to when you started out was there one piece of advice you were given that you still go back to to this day that you still go back to and has stuck with you?<\/strong>
\nYeah it\u2019s the song writing, I try to look at bands that I idolised growing up and how they\u2019ve become famous in their own right but they always had songs and I think that when you see bands and they kind of focus more on looking cooler or have a big social media presence, we get that a lot about doing more for social media but at the end of the day the songs will live forever, the songs will last a heck of a lot longer than the band will hopefully past our lives. So probably the advice I would give people from when I started to this day is try to write a great song, try to outdo yourself every time.<\/p>\n

Aside from Australia what are the touring plans in 2018 and will you be heading to any other territories for the first time?<\/strong>
\nThis is the first time we\u2019re in Australia but no we\u2019ve done a lot of the world now, there\u2019s still places we\u2019d like to go, we\u2019d like to go to South America, same thing other bands go down there and do festivals and that could be next on our list, maybe 2019 but right now all we\u2019re thinking about is Australia, we already have our stereotypes in order and always talking about the deadliest spiders and snakes, so maybe you can give me a heads up on how mythical that is *laughs* I mean there\u2019s probably not spiders and snakes crawling around the hotel, right?<\/p>\n

Well not the hotel but we\u2019re still alive so you\u2019ll be alright\u2026<\/strong>
\nExactly *laughs* so we\u2019ll all be good.<\/p>\n

Lastly let’s look ahead to the future, finish this sentence for me, in 2018 Theory will…<\/strong>
\nOh man, in 2018 Theory will have visited ten different countries over the year and toured probably I think 275 days, I mean this year has been a tonne of touring this year and we\u2019ve already been touring like crazy and the next tour is eight weeks and that\u2019ll be four countries come that one and I think that\u2019s how 2018 ends.<\/p>\n

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Theory Australian Tour Dates 2018<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Friday June 22nd<\/sup>\u00a0SYDNEY, Manning Bar<\/strong><\/p>\n

Saturday 23rd<\/sup>\u00a0June BRISBANE, Woolly Mammoth<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sunday 24th<\/sup>\u00a0June PERTH, Amplifier Bar<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tuesday 26th<\/sup>\u00a0June MELBOURNE, Prince Bandroom<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Tickets on sale now<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

From:\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>http:\/\/silverbacktouring.com.au\/toadaustralia\/<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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

From: <\/strong>Delta, British Columbia, Canada<\/p>\n

Band members:<\/strong>\u00a0 Tyler Connolly \u2013 Vocals \/ Guitar, Dave Brenner – Guitar, Dean Back – Bass, Joey Dandeneau – Drums<\/p>\n

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

Latest Release:<\/strong> Wake Up Call (Out Now \u2013 Roadrunner Records)<\/p>\n

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