OBTIUARY’s Donald Tardy Talks 15th Anniversary Of Back From The Dead Album In New Interview

Roadrunner Records recently conducted an interview with OBITUARY drummer Donald Tardy about the 15th anniversary of their 1997 album Back From The Dead. An excerpt from the interview is below:

Roadrunner Records: Did you feel like you needed to change your sound at all for Back From The Dead, or was it a continuation of what you’d already been doing?

Donald Tardy: “Obituary has never been a band that tries to focus on what we think fans would want from a new album, nor did we ever try too hard to change things just to change things. Back from the Dead had enough changes in what we did before, because of the approach we took to recording with a different producer in a new studio setting; that alone was the big change we agreed to and focused on. Other than that, we stuck to our game plan when it came to writing songs and recording them – which was, write songs we will be proud of and ones we want to play for ourselves. We always kept the mindset that if we liked them; we believed our fans would like them. We never allowed outside influences to creep into our brains while creating new material. We have always been that way as individuals and as a band in full – Obituary took on a life of its own, and is bigger than any one member. So as soldiers, we go with the flow and write songs we love that truly represent the Obituary style.”

Roadrunner Records: After Back From The Dead, Obituary had a long layoff, and you all pursued different projects. What did you learn during your hiatus? Do you think it made you a better band?

Donald Tardy: “During the hiatus, I spent three years touring the planet, drumming for Andrew W.K., performing to a click track live, so that taught me a lot. Mainly, it taught me to be calm and relaxed no matter how pumped up I was for the magnitude of the show. It was very easy to get overexcited and get ahead of the cowbell when performing on such huge stages, on massive performances like Saturday Night Live, Conan O’Brien, and the big tours we were invited on with AEROSMITH and at Ozzfest. I learned how to be patient and control my nerves as a drummer during those years, and I think that really helps me nowadays with Obituary, both live and in the studio.”

Read the entire interview here.

Tracklisting is as follows:

‘Threatening Skies’
‘By the Light’
‘Inverted’
‘Platonic Disease’
‘Download’
‘Rewind’
‘Feed on the Weak’
‘Lockdown’
‘Pressure Point’
‘Back from the Dead’
‘Bullituary’ (Remix)

Source : Bravewords.com