BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE - "We’re Not Trying To Be A Big-Selling Global Rock Outfit; That Was Never The Point"
August 12, 2010, 13 years ago
BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE guitarist/vocalist Matt Tuck is featured in a new interview with IHeartGuitarBlog.com. An excerpt is available below.
Q: Your songwriting is heavy yet accessible. Is that something you work to achieve, or does it just happen?
Tuck: "That’s just how it is, that’s just what we do. People really struggled to deal with that when we first started. They were like ‘You can’t do that!’ and we were like, ‘Well, we are!’ We’re not trying to be a big-selling global rock outfit. That was never the point. We’re just four friends writing music, and this is how it comes out. So to make that into a formula, I don’t know. It’s just something we’ve done very naturally."
Q: In a time when you can hear metal riffs on ads for breakfast cereal, it seems like metal’s just become part of the fabric of the global consciousness
Tuck: "Yeah! I’m very proud of the fact that we’ve opened a lot of doors for the world of metal, you know what I mean? There are some people that like the band or whatever, and there are some people that fucking totally hate us because of what we do, but at the same time, what we’re doing for the genre as a whole is a good thing. We’re bringing it to a whole mass of people who wouldn’t have given a shit before we came along, and that sounds maybe a little bit arrogant, I know, but it’s a fact! We’ve opened the door for this genre to become more of a mainstream, everyday life music. And that’s cool as fuck. We could be as heavy as we want, but we want to be more than that. We want to write songs that will stand the test of time."
Go to this location for the complete interview.
As previously reported, Bullet For My Valentine will return to North America in September. In support of their latest album, Fever, the four-man band will kick-off a 32-date tour on September 16th in Wichita, KS at The Cotillion.
ESCAPE THE FATE, BLACK TIDE and DRIVE A will open all shows.
Fever debuted at #1 on the Rock, Alternative and iTunes Rock charts and #3 on the Billboard Hot 200, marking Bullet For My Valentine's highest American debut to date.
Bullet For My Valentine tour dates:
September
16 - Wichita, KS - The Cotillion17 - Oklahoma City, OK - Diamond Ballroom
18 - Houston, TX - Warehouse Live
19 - Austin, TX - Stubbs
21 - Tampa, FL - The Ritz Ybor
23 - Orlando, FL - House Of Blues
24 - Charlotte, NC - The Fillmore
25 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
26 - Norfolk, VA - The Norva
28 - Scranton, PA - Cultural Center
30 - Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory
October
1 - New York, NY - Roseland Ballroom2 - Albany, NY - Armory
3 - Atlanta, GA - *WKLS radio show / Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
5 - Providence RI - Lupo's
6 - Montréal, QC - Metropolis
8 - Toronto, ON - Sound Academy
9 - Cleveland, OH - Tower City Amphitheatre
10 - Buffalo, NY - Town Ballroom
12 - Indianapolis, IN - Egyptian Room
13 - Madison, WI - Orpheum Theatre
14 - Fargo, ND - The Venue
15 - Winnipeg, MB - The Garrick
17 - Edmonton, AB - Edmonton Events Centre
18 - Calgary, AB - McEwen Hall @ University Of Calgary
20 - Vancouver, BC - Commodore Ballroom
21 - Spokane, WA - Knitting Factory
22 - Seattle, WA - Showbox Sodo
23 - Portland, OR - Roseland
25 - Boise, ID - Knitting Factory
26 - Reno, NV - Knitting Factory
27 - Los Angeles, CA - Palladium
