Con la noticia de la separación de Underoath la revista AltPress.com se puso en contacto con el vocalista de la banda Spencer Chamberlain y su guitarrista Tim McTague. La entrevista completa la puedes leer en este link. La entrevista esta muy interesante por lo que te invitamos a leerla toda.
En este artículo resaltamos algunas preguntas y declaraciones por parte de Specner.
How much of this has to do with the Christian community’s expectations of the band? There was so much of that in the band’s history.
I don’t know if you remember it, but a few years ago we decided that we weren’t going to be a Christian band anymore and that made a lot of people angry, as well. I think that was another thing where Underoath did what we wanted. We wanted to be honest with everybody. There were some members who didn’t believe that anymore. When those kids grow up, they might feel the same way that some of our guys do. I came into a huge problem with it over the years, seeing how some of these kids reacted and treated each other, other Christians and non-believers. It was a very uncomfortable thing for me. The judgment there was worse than anywhere else and I didn’t like it.
When you put any sort of label on your band, you’ve already cut off a lot of the world. Music is a universal language—it might be the only universal language there is. I go to Japan, and I see people cry over lyrics that I wrote. And I think, “you don’t even speak English, but it still means something to you.” When you put the word “Christian” or whatever in front of it, you no longer have made it a universal language. That really bothered me and some of the other [guys in the band]. When we made that announcement, people were confused and didn’t understand why, but being out there for so long and seeing different effects that something positive is supposed to have on somebody changes your viewpoint. I think everyone is entitled to believe whatever they want to believe and I don’t think it should be labeled as far as bands go. You should just be a band. I didn’t write songs about God and we were a Christian band: I know bands that aren’t Christian bands that write a lot of songs about God. You’re entitled to do whatever you want; just don’t label it as far as that goes.
Cuando le preguntaron a Sprencer si iba seguir en la indrustria de la música estas fueron algunas de las declaraciones en la primera crítica como Aaron comenzo con The Almost pero se reconocer la sinceridad con la que Spencer habló, en la segunda cuenta que ya tiene música propia pero a su tiempo develará su nuevo proyecto y en la última asegura que Underoath nunca será olvidado.
"I never wanted to make the mistake that Aaron made and release something at the same time, because I think he could have gone way further with the Almost, but he had to do double duty with Underoath. I saw that happen and was like, “Dang, that sucks.” I feel bad, but this band happened first. It’s not fair for us to sit there while he tours with the other band, but that really did hurt that band. Not that they’re not doing well, but I feel like it was bad timing."
"In my mind, I’m writing stuff I want to hear and I can’t do anything with. I’m already halfway done recording it. I have 30 songs—it’s different [sounding] and some of the fans will come with me, but some of them will probably be mad at me. I made that decision when I started writing songs. I was like, “If I’m writing some style of music and it’s just not as good as my favorite band then I’m doing something wrong.” So, I took all of the elements from the things that I loved and sat down and decided to make something that I want to listen to. I’ve got a lot of stuff to share with people and a lot of stuff to say. That’s as much detail as I’m going into—I am not stopping. There is another band and I’ll make that announcement when the time is right."
"I think we were part of something important. I feel like when I look back on it in 10 years, people will remember Underoath. And no offense, I’m not talking shit, but I think there are a lot of bands in that scene no one will ever remember."
