Thousand Foot Krutch Retraction
I pitch 98% of every article I write. That’s because I dig writing about bands that I love so I pitch them. I was thrilled when HM Editor Doug Van Pelt contacted me to write a piece on some bros, Thousand Ft. Krutch.
I’ve written over three hundred feature articles in magazines like Guitar Player, Modern Drummer and Hit Parader. I’ve covered Rob Zombie, Skynyrd, Three Days Grace, Daughtry and Nickelback four times. I’ve never had to write a retraction. That was until now!
I was horrified when Doug sent me an email from Thousand Ft. Krutch’s publicist saying I had made a blunder in my article. I indicated that producer Ken Andrews couldn’t produce the band because he was out partying with Tommy Lee. That's what I heard Trevor (McNevan) say.
When I spoke with Trevor about producers he had bandied about several different names that the band had been considering for the new disc. We then started talking about producer Ken Andrews and how he arrived in the eleventh hour to save the day. In the midst of our conversation Trevor mentioned that the band almost didn’t get Ken because he’d been out partying with Tommy Lee. I thought, “Bingo” that’s the lead to my story!
Well after talking with the bands manager James, I found out that Trevor was NOT talking about Ken when he mentioned partying with Tommy Lee. He was actually making reference to another producer that the band didn’t end up working with.
I still thought to myself, pretty cool. After all being Googled with Tommy Lee can’t hurt a producer’s career. Who wouldn’t want that?
So as I’m talking to James he tells me that Ken is a really cool cat. He also tells me that Ken is a Christian. At that point I realized that I owed Ken an apology, that there was a miscommunication and I attributed something to the wrong cat. I was really bummed about that.
I apologize Ken, I’m sure we’ll talk really soon since we have so many mutual friends in the Krutch Kamp. I say again, KEN ANDREWS NEVER PARTIED WITH TOMMY LEE, PERIOD!
Oh and one more thing, I indicated the band had three months to record their latest opus the Flame In All Of Us. That was true because they had ALWAYS been crunched for time between records. What I didn’t mention was that they only took three weeks to get the record done. That meant something to Trevor and the band. They were proud of that so I thought I’d mention it.
Enjoy the article.
Peace,
Steven Douglas Losey
THOUSAND FOOT KRUTCH
by Steven Douglas Losey
**The band needed a producer and Ken Andrews (Beck, Pete Yorn, Tenacious D) was who they wanted. **The stars seemed to align. “We only had a small window to work with,” McNevan says. “We had already been through a couple producers and had taken time off the road, but in the eleventh hour we were suddenly able to get Ken.”
So began the journey for Thousand Foot Krutch. Their latest opus, The Flame in All of Us, has the band feeling confident and Trevor McNevan feeling ready to tell the world about a new sound and a new-found freedom. “There wasn’t any fear going in a new direction and trying new things,” McNevan recalls. **“With Ken at the helm there wasn’t any hesitation and it was all very natural for us.”
So from the first note to the last, Thousand Foot Krutch infused some direction into the new music with clarity and passion. They went for different feels and different vibes, they tried new things musically. “We’ve always wanted to work with a string section and an orchestra,” McNevan chimes. “Stevie Black was coming from a session with Elton John and we sat down with him. Hearing those elements in the studio was a powerful experience and something I’d never experienced.”
It wasn’t only new perspective that inspired the band’s sound, but it was actually having three **weeks to record the album as well. “In the past, we never had more than two weeks to lay down the tracks,” McNevan said. “This time, however, we had three **weeks, which took the whole process up another level. **The band recorded the album in 3 weeks, not because they were limited but because things just fell into place so well”
Over the band’s ten year career, they have sprinkled rap-rock, alternative, and modern rock melodies throughout their sound, all while weaving a certain texture and thread through each disc. “Lately I’ve been feeling like this record is the first step in a new direction for this band,” McNevan states. “I think we purposefully tied in what we’ve done in the past while still reinventing ourselves in a lot of ways.”
While strings and orchestras are meshed with big choruses and epic musical interludes, the band’s MO seems to have blossomed into something with a grander scheme. “There’s a lot of different connections that this record makes with people as a whole,” McNevan recounts. ”I feel like they can see our hearts in it and the honesty we come from. It also begs a lot of questions like, ‘Who am I and why am I here?’”
Why they’re here, who they are? Those are big questions for a band that threw up their “Rawkfist” and told people to “Move.” Thousand Foot Krutch has come full circle to a place that they’ve always strived for with a record that delivers heft both lyrically and thematically. “The Flame in All of Us is really about common threads between people and human nature,” McNevan says. “It’s about connecting people and the details in the grand scheme of things. It’s about taking a lot of steps outside of the box and speaking to people about what He’s trying to say”.
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Comments
Huh. Well, you know. Odd. It doesn't seem that the edits are major in the slightest. It's not like the article was "controversial" in any fashion? Oh well.
Interested in the new record.
Ken Andrews' solo stuff is pretty awesome too, he's a really cool guy. Didn't know he was a Christian either. His lyrics definitely aren't clean, so watch out if that's what you're expecting... But Ken's a great guy and he's had a great career as a musician and a producer. His myspace is www.myspace.com/kenandrews and you can hear some songs there.
Hey, it's a good interview anyway. I think everybody in life has made a mistake or two, huh?
