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A Day To Remember Explain What Will Save Rock

10/17/2014
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(Radio.com) For a band that has no record label support, A Day To Remember are bigger than they've ever been. Having sold out nearly all twenty Parks & Devastation Tour dates in support of their self-funded album, Common Courtesy, the Ocala, Fla. five-piece is one of the most respected acts in the hard rock scene.

The band has garnered respect by more than just fans. ADTR recently announced and sold out their second Self Help Festival, designed to highlight up-and-coming bands of the same genre; the first was held earlier this year in March in San Bernardino, Calif. Frontman Jeremy McKinnon explains the sold out Philadelphia concert is to "have a place for just our style and bands like us." The band created a lineup "that we want to see and that we feel this group of fans want to see." Guitarist Kevin Skaff notes that band realized musicians are treated much better at European festivals and ADTR wanted to bring that level of backstage hospitality to the States.

Living in a dance and hip-hop dominated universe, McKinnon addresses what he thought could be done to keep the rock genre from continuing to shrink. "I would just say it's going to take that next big record, that next big song, to really show the world, this is still alive and well. It's just a matter of time. You have folk music with Mumford & Sons. They had that huge album then all of a sudden pop music is writing folk songs and I think that's really cool. It's just a matter of time."

As the band's chief lyricist, McKinnon is always surprised how fortunate to have fans connect with his words. "It's pretty amazing to see it in a live setting too," he says. "There's some nights you go out there and play and you can just feel the aura around the whole room, like everybody's vibing on the same thing together." Those shows are the ones that set the bar, he explains. "It's amazing that fans actually listen to our music and a meaning in it and more than just, 'oh, we play breakdowns.'"

Varied tastes? McKinnon admits nothing is off-limits. Read more here.

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