In this day and age, there are few bands who are willing to stop and reprocess their place within the music industry, and fewer who are willing to sacrifice the glitz and the glamour of what they have already achieved in order to start fresh and do what feels right. One of those exceptions is We Are The Fallen, a band that has come together in a somewhat improbable twist of fate. With their paths crossing and the stars aligning, Carly Smithson (a prior American Idol contestant), and bandmates Ben Moody, Rocky Gray, and John LeCompt (former Evanescence members), as well as Marty O’Brien (who has backed bands including Static-X and Disturbed), brought to life, We Are The Fallen.
Who says a girl can’t rock? Leading the charge on vocals, Carly Smithson fronts the hard-hitting band whose tracks are haunting yet chillingly ethereal. While individually the band members had found successes with other projects, it was only when all five came together did they strike true gold and find magic in the music that they naturally were able to express as a collective. One thing that is very clear though, is the fact that there are no egos in this band, everyone puts their bandmates ahead of themselves, where each role is just as important as the next, and the respect and genuine care between members is visible. Undoubtedly it is important to remember where you come from, but for We Are The Fallen, it is exciting to see where they are going, and with their histories behind them, they have embarked on a new chapter together and are making a huge name for themselves. With their debut album Tear The World Down released this past Spring, the band has been touring and with a recent stop in Vancouver, asapmusicblog was lucky enough to sit down with bandmates Carly and John to discuss Canada, social networking, summer plans, and more!
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→ asapmusicblog.ca: So you guys have done a couple tour dates in Canada already, what’s the vibe been like up north?
Carly Smithson: I think actually, our favourite show ever – I know mine was Edmonton.
John LeCompt: Yeah, it was a big show for us.
CS: It was in the biggest mall [West Edmonton Mall] in America, in the world or something like that? For me, that was my favourite crowd of the whole tour since March. It was one of my favourite audiences, those people were nuts, it was great. So yeah, favourite has been in Canada, and one of our favourite moments with the band was waking up to see our music video for the first time in Montreal on TV at 7:30 am. It was pretty amazing.
JL: It was funny, she was trying to take pictures of the TV and stuff.
CS: I did! (laughs) I took pictures of the TV and sent them to everybody like an idiot at 7:30 in the morning! Very funny. Yeah, the best audience and that first moment of seeing our video both happened in Canada.
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