Devin Townsend could not make it any clearer that he will not reunite Strapping Young Lad, but individuals maintain asking him. He said it twice in 2022 and he is saying it once more in 2024 due to an interview with Teraz Rock.
Within the interview, Townsend mentioned he is a very totally different man than he was again when Strapping Young Lad existed (between 1994 and 2007) and has little interest in bringing it again. It additionally would not assist that Townsend hasn’t spoken to any of his former Strapping Young Lad bandmates shortly.
“I do not assume so,” mentioned Townsend. “I do not speak to anyone within the band anymore. And the individual that I’m 25 years previous that’s simply I am a special particular person. And I do not need to. I feel that is my reply. And it is a arduous one as a result of that is tinged with guilt as a result of I do know different individuals need it. But when there’s something I’ve realized over the previous couple of years is that I’ve to concentrate to my very own wants, and I simply do not need to in any respect.”
Townsend later elaborated that making an attempt to make everybody joyful solely ends in burnout, and that in his eyes it isn’t in-line with being true to himself artistically. And actually, does anybody need a Strapping Young Lad reunion if Townsend’s coronary heart is not in it?
“I feel there’s quite a lot of different individuals who need to please everyone, and for a few years my complete persona was based mostly on individuals pleasing. Like, I simply wanna make everyone joyful — I wanna make the viewers joyful, I wanna make my household joyful, I wanna make youngsters joyful, I wanna make administration joyful, I wanna make the label joyful — and so that you’re at all times type of dancing for individuals.
“However then, after a sure period of time once you hit a wall and also you get burnt out and also you fucking crash, like I did, I used to be, like, who the fuck are you doing this for? Why are you so insecure that your wants are to make everyone such as you? It is not the best way ahead artistically and it isn’t the best way ahead as an individual. And so I do what is true for me now. And it will attraction to much less individuals indirectly, but it surely’s what I select, man, as a result of it is, like, life is brief, and that is what I need.”
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