{"id":4194,"date":"2014-11-19T09:13:56","date_gmt":"2014-11-19T14:13:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altwire.net\/?p=4194"},"modified":"2023-12-06T06:36:40","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T11:36:40","slug":"altwire-interview-pierce-the-veil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/altwire.net\/fr\/interview-altwire-percer-le-voile\/","title":{"rendered":"[AltWire Interview] Pierce The Veil"},"content":{"rendered":"

Post-hardcore rock band Pierce The Veil<\/a> are slowly working their way to the top of the rock world, one album at a time. In 2012, their album \u2018Collide With The Sky\u2019 was released and was met with huge success. With nearly a quarter-million copies sold to date, the album scored #12 on Billboard\u2019s top 100 albums and took the #1 spot on the Hard Rock, Modern Rock\/Alt Albums, and Rock Albums charts.<\/h4>\n

Following the release of the album, Pierce The Veil<\/a> had a 100% sold out headline tour in October and November of 2012, and were also named one of MTV\u2019s Buzzworthy Breakthrough Artists in that same year. \u2018King For A Day\u2019, a single off the album featuring Kellin Quinn, has recently gone gold and has racked up over 38 million views on YouTube.<\/p>\n

Recently, the guys have been working on a new album and have just kicked off a co-headlining world tour with Sleeping With Sirens. AltWire had the chance to talk with Pierce The Veil bassist, Jaime Preciado, about the upcoming album and their world tour. Check out what he had to say!<\/p>\n

AltWire [Mattison Keesey]: When I reached out to your publicist about doing the interview, she sent me a bunch of information on you guys. One of the things she mentioned that really stood out is that you have a very \u2018rabid\u2019 fan base. I must admit, your music is very contagious, but \u2018rabid\u2019 is a very intense word. Would you describe your fan base as rabid?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jaime Preciado \/ Pierce The Veil:<\/strong> That\u2019s crazy! I was unaware of the term, of \u201crabid.\u201d I guess in general, our fans are just very, very aggressive, they let us know all the time how much they care about our music and the guys in the band. We\u2019ve been putting ourselves out there and we don\u2019t really hold anything back as far as who we are. For social media, we\u2019re not trying to make an image, we\u2019re just trying to be ourselves and I think kids really respect that. I feel like they can really relate to us. I guess in the best way possible, rabid is accurate.<\/p>\n

AW: I like it, It\u2019s different and nothing like I\u2019ve ever heard. I would definitely say that your song \u2018King For A Day\u2019 featuring Kellin Quinn is rabid, considering it has 37 million + views on YouTube. Were you guys expecting this song to blow up the way that it did?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jaime Preciado \/ Pierce The Veil:<\/strong> We knew from the very beginning as the whole thing came about to us through social media. We started getting emails and posts from the fans saying \u201cHey, have Kellin in one of your songs,” you know? We didn\u2019t know Sleeping [With Sirens] or Kellin at the time, but we kept getting requests to do it. So we were just in the studio, like, what if we did it? It\u2019d be fun. We\u2019ve always been a band that liked to work with other artists and do some writing with different people…just to keep us fun and interesting. When we were growing up, and when I was growing up, we always thought it was really cool [when bands collaborated] and you always wondered about bands that went on tour together. Like, when I was younger, I wondered if they were friends, if they jammed together, and those things. So we try to keep that out in the open. So, yeah, \u2018King For A Day\u2019 turned out awesome. I think Kellin took that song to a whole new level and it shows. So we\u2019re really excited to have made that happen.<\/p>\n

AW: \u2018King For A Day\u2019 actually just went Gold! Congratulations! That\u2019s Awesome!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jaime Preciado \/ Pierce The Veil:<\/strong> Yeah, thank you so much! We were pretty stoked on that.<\/p>\n

AW: Speaking of Kellin Quinn, and Sleeping With Sirens you guys have an upcoming tour with Sleeping With Sirens. If I\u2019m not mistaken, you guys have done one show so far?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jaime Preciado \/ Pierce The Veil:<\/strong> Actually, we\u2019ve done three so far. We\u2019re in Lubbock, TX right now; and we actually have a day off today. But we\u2019ve played in Fresno, Pomona, and [most recently] New Mexico last night.<\/p>\n

AW: Well, I know it\u2019s hard to say with just three shows, but how\u2019s it going so far?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jaime Preciado \/ Pierce The Veil:<\/strong> It\u2019s going awesome! My body feels like it got hit by a truck, but that\u2019s because we haven\u2019t played a show in almost a year.<\/p>\n

AW: And you\u2019re only three deep!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jaime Preciado \/ Pierce The Veil:<\/strong> Yes, well, that will happen. But, no, it honestly felt like we were never gone. It\u2019s been almost a year since we played a show. So going back, you have a kind of nervousness, like, do we still have it? Are we still good? What\u2019s going on? But when the opening song starts, the kids remind us, like, “Hey man, were here to rock,” and we have a really great time. It\u2019s been so far so good.<\/p>\n

AW: You guys have a lot to go, so I\u2019m happy to hear it\u2019s off to a great start!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jaime Preciado \/ Pierce The Veil:<\/strong> Yeah, it\u2019s going to be fun, especially being out with these guys. We\u2019ve toured with Sleeping [With Sirens] in the past, and being able to come back when our bands are in a different place than we were when we toured 2 or 3 years ago is really cool. The fact that we’re doing a full tour, and having different legs and stuff, is very unique in our genre. Bands don\u2019t really do things like that, but we\u2019re really excited to be a part of it.<\/p>\n

AW: Can we maybe expect some Pierce The Veil\/Sleeping With Sirens collaborations on stage?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jaime Preciado \/ Pierce The Veil:<\/strong> Yeah! That\u2019s a very big thing to expect. We try to get together and do as much cool stuff as possible to make the shows really fun and make them different. If you might have seen us before, or not, you\u2019d definitely want to come out and check out this show because it\u2019s a little bit different.<\/p>\n

AW: I actually haven\u2019t had the pleasure of seeing you guys yet, I will be next week in Lancaster, and I hear you guys put on an incredible live show, so I\u2019m pretty excited. Can you maybe give some spoilers about what else to expect from this tour?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jaime Preciado \/ Pierce The Veil:<\/strong> Tons of nudity.<\/p>\n

AW: Nice! That\u2019s what I like to hear!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jaime Preciado \/ Pierce The Veil:<\/strong> But, no, your close to Philadelphia right, it\u2019s like an hour and 45 minutes from Lancaster?<\/p>\n

AW: Yeah, about that.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jaime Preciado \/ Pierce The Veil:<\/strong> Ok, so going over there is always a good vibe. We\u2019re from California so the weather is always fun. We like the cold.<\/p>\n

AW: What!? Why?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jaime Preciado \/ Pierce The Veil:<\/strong> Not that we like the cold, but we\u2019re used to 70 degrees and sunny all the time, so it\u2019s cool to visit all these other places that have so many different types of weather. But, the kids are awesome, and the shows are always great. So we’re really excited to go there.<\/p>\n

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We’re really appreciative of all our fans and we try to give them that 5 minutes of our time to just say thanks, and I think they really appreciate that.<\/h3>\n

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AW: I know Philly is known to get pretty wild. I\u2019ve never heard a band or artist that is disappointed with Philly.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jaime Preciado \/ Pierce The Veil:<\/strong> Yeah, definitely. Philly gets pretty wild, and you guys have the cheesesteaks, which is just a treat. Yeah, we\u2019ll wait two hours for one. I can\u2019t wait!<\/p>\n

AW: I think it\u2019s not until February that you guys will be in Philly, I think?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jaime Preciado \/ Pierce The Veil:<\/strong> I believe so, but I\u2019d have to check. I don\u2019t know off the top of my head. But we’re definitely coming there soon, I think we’re actually going to be there for two nights, if I\u2019m not mistaken.<\/p>\n

AW: Yeah, I did see that, at the Electric Factory.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jaime Preciado \/ Pierce The Veil:<\/strong> Yeah, that\u2019s going to be the best. I\u2019m going to eat like, 48 cheesesteaks! It\u2019s going to be amazing!<\/p>\n

AW: Yeah, Maybe take some to go?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jaime Preciado \/ Pierce The Veil:<\/strong> Yeah, take some to go, mail some to my friends!<\/p>\n

AW: Aside from Philly, is there any one place that you guys are most excited to go?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jaime Preciado \/ Pierce The Veil:<\/strong> Honestly, I think in the past, like last year, we toured so heavily and got to go to a lot of places we\u2019ve never actually been to. We went to Southeast Asia and we also went to South America, so that was crazy for us. We also try to go down south to see how the kids are, and we\u2019ve got a couple fans down there, so we were really, really, really, excited for that. So I think [we are excited] just going to places like that, places that we\u2019ve always wanted to go to, but never had a chance to. Whether, the market wasn\u2019t there yet, or the band wasn\u2019t there yet. Those places for us were just intense. Those kids, man, there\u2019s something in the water down there. Those guys are freaking rabid. I love it! They\u2019re insane.<\/p>\n

AW: Rabid, there it is again, it must be accurate!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jaime Preciado \/ Pierce The Veil:<\/strong> Yeah, it\u2019s awesome, and they make you feel really special out there. [It’s] like you\u2019re more than just a guy in a band. I don\u2019t really know how to explain it, but it was awesome. If we could go back to those places again, it would be really sweet.<\/p>\n

AW: Will you guys be hanging around to meet the fans after the show?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jaime Preciado \/ Pierce The Veil:<\/strong> Yeah, actually we\u2019ve been doing meet and greets, and we\u2019ll be doing this for the entire tour. If it\u2019s possible, we try to go and check out the city that we\u2019re in and meet some people. There were a couple kids outside the bus so we all came out and said hi to them. We’re really appreciative of all our fans and we try to give them that 5 minutes of our time to just say thanks, and I think they really appreciate that. What\u2019s 10-20 minutes out of your day to say hi and take a couple pictures? We really like doing that. It\u2019s a great way of saying thanks.<\/p>\n

AW: Your 2012 album, \u2018Collide With The Sky\u2019, blew up upon release. Do you think your upcoming album will have the same result?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jaime Preciado \/ Pierce The Veil: <\/strong>Yeah, we worked with the same producer and we\u2019ve never really looked at it, while in the studio, as trying to top another record. We want to make a good record, but it\u2019s more like a different record..a newer, more mature record. We always try to get better at being musicians and songwriters. I think it\u2019s a natural, growing kind of thing. It\u2019s kind of in the back of our heads because we know people are thinking, “Are you going to top the last record,” but I think we just use that to grind it out. Working with Dan Korneff again, our producer on \u2018Collide With The Sky\u2019, we went back with him. I think having that kind of comfort zone, going back to the same person, is something we have never done on any other record. You kind of get used to how the producer works and how he notices what the band does. We got to skip that stuff [this time around]. We just went in, said our hellos and got to work. It was awesome. Dan\u2019s really good at just making things sound good. I don\u2019t know what he\u2019s doing over there, but he could record a shoe hitting the wall and it sounds beautiful. It\u2019s amazing. I don\u2019t know how he does it. So we’re really excited to be working with him.<\/p>\n

AW: How far along are you guys in the process?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jaime Preciado \/ Pierce The Veil:<\/strong> We\u2019re done. We\u2019re literally just finishing up the final little bits and pieces. Just those tiny little things that need to be done. We\u2019re trying to get together a single to be released so we can start playing some new music and hopefully get it out early next year.<\/p>\n

AW: I\u2019m definitely excited for the release. It\u2019ll be a good start to 2015!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jaime Preciado \/ Pierce The Veil:<\/strong> Yeah, it should be a little fun thing, and we\u2019re really excited about it, and for people to hear it.<\/p>\n

AW: Is there any one song you are most excited for the fans to hear?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jaime Preciado \/ Pierce The Veil:<\/strong> I think we\u2019re really excited for the fans to hear the whole record in general. For lack of a better word, we\u2019re just really slow writers. We take our time and make sure that we don\u2019t put out something super fast. We\u2019d much rather take the extra time and we\u2019re very lucky to have that time. Some bands have to put out records really frequently and we\u2019ve gotten really, really lucky that our fans have stuck with us. We can take a year off, and still be relevant. We\u2019re super, super fortunate to have that. I think the record will be great. It\u2019s gonna be fast. It\u2019s gonna have some heavy stuff. It\u2019s gonna have some pop stuff and just be an all around record.<\/p>\n

AW: \u2018Hold On Til May\u2019 was the last song on \u2018Collide With The Sky\u2019, and I think it was really different than what you guys normally do. It really showed your vulnerable side. Can we expect another song like this on the new album?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jaime Preciado \/ Pierce The Veil:<\/strong> It\u2019s not so much like we’re trying to make the same record with the same parts, but there\u2019s definitely some songs that have more of that vibe. If you ask me, I don\u2019t think it\u2019s a similar song, but the mood might be similar. I definitely think it\u2019ll be a new record and I think there will be something for everyone, which has always been our kind of style. We\u2019ve never really been one genre. We bounce around. We\u2019re kind of like the black sheep at shows; which we enjoy. We\u2019ve toured with a lot of heavy bands, and a lot of not heavy bands. We\u2019re stoked to be in the middle of that.<\/p>\n

AW: Well, Jaime that\u2019s all I have for you, but is there anything else you would like to add about the tour or upcoming album?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jaime Preciado \/ Pierce The Veil:<\/strong> Yeah, just that we\u2019re gonna be on tour for a little bit. We\u2019ll be releasing new legs soon, so come check us out.<\/p>\n

AW: Definitely, I can\u2019t wait to see you guys!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jaime Preciado \/ Pierce The Veil:<\/strong> And we can\u2019t wait to come out and get some cheesesteaks!<\/p>\n

Listen to “King for a Day” ft. Kellin Quinn Below:<\/h2>\n