Jay Ryback at Away-team.com recently caught up with REV THEORY guitarist Julien Jorgensen. An excerpt is available below.

Q: Your last album Light It Up was a tremendous success. This time around you’ve enlisted the services of super-producer Terry Date. Aside from his stellar resume, what made you pick a guy like Terry?

Jorgensen: "I think it was just obviously, like you said, we’re such big fans of all the records he’s done, and the bands he’s worked with. And ya know, I talked to my A&R; guy in Kansas City, we were playing Rockfest in 2008 I think it was, we were in the middle of the cycle for Light It Up, and… I’m sorry 2009, and he had said to me 'Man, to capture the sound and energy of you guys live…' which is what we wanted to do, 'I think Terry Date would be perfect.' I looked at him and was like 'Absolutely.' So he reached out to Terry, and Terry was interested, and we felt like it was just the right fit. Definitely the right guy for the music, and the record we were making."

Q: Was there a certain quality that you feel like Terry was able to bring out in you this time around? I mean, what was the recording process like?

Jorgensen: "Terry is great at capturing the true essence of the band. And he’s really great at capturing the character of a band. I think that’s why his records stand the test of time. Recording with him was awesome, he pushed us to… basically we recorded the bass and the drums live off the floor. The record was really raw, and it was a really good experience. We didn’t take any shortcuts, we really dug into the parts, and he was just a wealth of knowledge. So the whole process was awesome, from stories from what he had done before, to all the little tricks he had up his sleeve, the whole thing was just a treat man. It was a good time."

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