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the time?
Rick Wartell: It was something that we
thought we’d try. It absolutely didn’t end up
working out. Kory’s a great guy and he’s a
great vocalist for more of a rock/punkish
style. We gave it a shot, but we were just on
different pages, trying to put together two
different styles that ended up not happening.
So we parted ways, we’re still friends, everything’s cool. I think everyone understood
that it was just an experiment that didn’t
happen for us. I don’t regret it.
IE: Kyle has been the singer for a few years
now and this is actually his second stint
with the band. I loved his voice while in
Exhorder, but it gives a different dynamic to
the Trouble sound. People just naturally
associate Eric Wagner’s voice with classic
Trouble. Does this bother you that some fans
might not give the new stuff a chance?
Rick Wartell: When Kyle came to work with
us the second time around, it just gelled.
Maybe he’s not a traditional doom singer,
but Kyle has range and a voice that’s as powerful as anyone that I’ve heard. And not only
that, he’s a Trouble fan and he gets what
we’re doing, and he understands how to use
his voice with Trouble music. As far as people accepting him, we never thought about
that and we didn’t think about that with
Kory, we do what we want to do basically
and if it appeals to us, we go down that road.
When Kyle came to the band to work on The
Distortion Field with us, we just knew it was
clicking. Fortunately, the Trouble fans are
accepting him and that’s a bonus for us. We
never tried to find someone that Trouble fans
were going to accept, that’s not the way to go
about writing properly, for us anyway. It’s
about finding people that you like to work
with that get what you’re doing and can contribute, and that’s what Kyle does.
IE: I listened to The Distortion Field again
before our interview and rememebered that
there’s some great stuff on there and Kyle
does a great job on vocals. Will the new stuff
be a continuance of what you guys created
on the last album?
Rick Wartell: Absolutely. I think right now
we’re working on 12 different songs; there’s
some heavy ones and there’s some upbeat
ones. But I think it is a continuation from The
Distortion Field, it just seems to be the direction we’re going in at this point and we’re
really happy with it. Since that was Kyle’s
recording debut with us I think he did a
great job, but we met and had discussions
and he in retrospect felt that he could do better. And with this new record I think he’s
even more focused on what we’re doing. I
think people are going to like what we’re
doing with this record.
IE: Trouble has established itself as a metal
institution in Chicago. What’s the emotion
level when playing a hometown show and
how geared up are you to play Brauerhouse
this month?
Rick Wartell: We’re really looking forward to
it. First of all, we’ve never played there so
we’re interested to see what this place is all
about and what kind of draw we do there.
It’s in my neighborhood, which is awesome
because I can get there quickly. We always
love playing Chicago, to see familiar faces
over the years that have come to shows. We
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