Throughout a brand new look on The Mistress Carrie Podcast, former FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH guitarist Jason Hook spoke about his exit from the band practically 4 years in the past. He stated (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “There is not any animosity there. There’s nothing there. It is like all the pieces. Over time, relationships and insurance policies change. With excessive success, recognition, funds, it impacts egos and personalities and roles and all that stuff.”
Hook added that it is harder to be in a band than it’s to be in a wedding. “As a result of with a wedding, if there’s an issue, you solely must work it out between the opposite celebration,” he defined. “In a band, you would be strong with this man, however it’s nonetheless a large number with [one of the other guys]. It is okay with him. It is a mess with this man. After all, it is approach tougher. It is like having 4 wives.”
Jason additionally talked concerning the formation of his new band FLAT BLACK, by which he’s joined by singer Wes Horton, bassist Nick Diltz and drummer Rob Pierce.
“Very intentionally I wished to make [FLAT BLACK] a four-piece,” he stated. “My favourite bands have been all the time four-piece bands. I cherished PANTERA. I cherished VAN HALEN, QUEEN, LED ZEPPELIN, KISS, BEATLES. I do not need to listen to one other guitar participant. I am gonna take up that total fucking area. I am taking the entire fucking area. It isn’t a imply factor. It isn’t an indignant factor. It is simply I need to create components that may occupy that center area of the music. So we acquired the inspiration, the bass, the drums, all of the harmonies and the vocals and all that stuff, however I designed what I will do to occupy that total area. So I used to be very adamant about making it for a four-piece band.”
In October 2020, FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH confirmed that it had formally parted methods with Hook eight months earlier throughout the band’s sold-out European enviornment tour. He has since been changed by famend British virtuoso Andy James, who made his recording debut with FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH on “Damaged World”, a track that was included on the second installment of the group’s greatest-hits assortment, “A Decade Of Destruction – Quantity 2”.
After his restoration from emergency gallbladder surgical procedure on the finish of 2019, Hook needed to go away halfway from FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH‘s tour of Europe to deal with additional problems.
Jason, who joined FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH in 2009, stated about his exit from the band: “As for the rationale I am leaving… effectively, there actually is not only one. I have been in bands my total life and I really feel like I’ve performed all the nice that I can right here. It is time to go the baton and transfer on to new challenges.”
Final month, Hook advised Jake Daniels of the Rock 100.5 The KATT radio station about how the brand new group got here collectively: “Properly, I used to be fairly hell-bent on beginning a brand new band. Music’s in my blood. It is part of my DNA, and I simply knew that… I did not actually care how lengthy it took. It simply needed to be potent. And so, one [musician] at a time… I discovered Rob first, and he is superior. After which, after all, Nick; he is from Los Angeles. All my guys are simply stellar gamers. And I wished to have an excellent pack of songs. And so right here we’re.”
Relating to the significance of getting alongside along with his bandmates on a private degree, Hook stated: “Properly, it was a little bit of a prerequisite to search out guys that have been mentally secure and freed from drama and that we might hold. It is all concerning the hold. Once you’re on tour, you are caught on this submarine, this rolling submarine, for 18 months. It is essential that everybody is suitable. The personalities, I wished to be very particular about that this time round… We’re getting alongside nice.”
Thus far, FLAT BLACK has launched three singles from its upcoming debut album, which is able to arrive in March 2024 by way of Fearless Information. The LP, produced by Hook, was recorded at each Jason‘s dwelling studio and The Hideout Recording Studio in Las Vegas.
FLAT BLACK made its stay debut on August 24 on the FivePoint Amphitheatre in Irvine, California because the assist act for GODSMACK.
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