First of all, it’s been 10 years already? Time flies. Halestorm’s self titled debut album is the home to their hit songs “I Get Off” and “It’s Not You.” According to guitarist Joe Hottinger they working on some ideas to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the first album.
“It’s a trip, man. It’s the ten-year anniversary of our first record and we’re putting together a special package for that first album right now. Lzzy and I just went through all these demos we made from 2005 to 2008 when we were making that first record. I had forgotten all about them. It’s like hearing these songs for the first time again. They weren’t terrible. There’s a reason they didn’t make the first record. The thing was there; the magic was there, that we fight for even today. I kind of realized that we’re doing what we’ve always done. We’re lucky. I get to do what I love with the people I love and travel the world doing it. What more could you ask for in a life? That’s what we were doing back when we were playing bars around Pennsylvania. Just doing what we love with people we love. It was on a much smaller scale. But what a trip. I think we’re going around the world twice this year. We end in Australia and Japan again before the end of the year. It’s awesome. It’s tiring, but awesome.”
The interview was conducted by our friend Ned at a former Woodward owned rock station. Check out more here.
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