Exclusive: CRIMSON GLORY - "We’re Not Closing The Door To Anything; We’re Open To New Ideas And Working With Other Singers "
September 10, 2009, 14 years ago
As previously reported, CRIMSON GLORY frontman Midnight (real name John Patrick McDonald Jr.) passed away on Wednesday, July 8th at 3:30am EST due to kidney and liver failure at the age of 47. In an exclusive in-depth interview with BW&BK; scribe Carl Begai, guitarist Jon Drenning discussed Midnight's passing, the band's legacy and their upcoming September 11th ProgPower USA show as a tribute to Midnight. Following is a brief excerpt from the story:
Following the tribute show, Drenning reveals that he and his bandmates plan to revive Crimson Glory once again as a further tribute to the legacy Midnight left behind.
“I can’t tell you who’s going to be singing on the next record because we haven’t made that final decision, but at this time Wade is the singer for the band and we’re very happy to have him on board. He gives us the opportunity to make a bridge to the future. We’re keeping our eyes and ears open, though, so I guess I should say we’re not closing the door to anything. We’re open to new ideas and working with other singers, but we haven’t made that decision yet.”A surprising move, perhaps, but to Drenning’s mind a new album is the best way to keep Midnight’s spirit alive.
“Midnight’s passing certainly gave us a wake-up call that our lives are fragile and that we need to use our time wisely. Even in death Midnight is still our singer, and he helped this band obtain our success. We all held on to hope that we’d work with him again – that was always our intention – and we’d rather not make a record with out him. That’s why Crimson Glory has been silent for so many years. Over the last few years we actually talked about the band’s 25th anniversary, that we should get together and do something special for it. We would have done it if Midnight was alive today. I don’t want his death to be in vain, so I want to get out there and do the best I can to represent Midnight and Crimson Glory’s music.”Go to this location for the complete story. Additional interview material is available below:
A Tribute To Midnight — Part 1: Danaë Saree Drenning
A Tribute To Midnight — Part 2: The Truth About Strange And Beautiful
