Did I miss this memo or something? Apparently Howard Jones, lead singer of Killswitch Engage is a huge HIM fan. He recently said this to Kerrang magazine:
"I got a heartagram tattoo after my first European tour with Killswitch Engage. I felt very alone and homesick during that tour. I missed people at home who I love, I missed my family, I missed my friend, and I basically got through it by listening to HIM almost constantly on the bus. It's very honest music about missing someone, or losing someone, which I think everyone can relate to at some point or another.
Razorblade Romance is my favorite record. That's the first one I heard, and I was completely blown away by how heavy it was, even though it's got a real pop edge to it. It's just so dark, but really uplifting at the same time. That's what everything with HIM seems to be like, a mix of dark stuff and light stuff. Love is a very good thing, but it can cause a lot of pain.
A lot of people when they talk about emotion in music think it just means anger, but that's not true. You can have songs about losing something that made you happy, without it sounding like a cheesy love song. I can identify a lot with HIM's lyrics, it's very simple because everybody misses people, everybody has people they love."
hmm...veeery interesting. Wasn't expecting that.
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