4 on the Billboard 200 chart back in May. So I think it actually adds to the album another dimension, another kind of flavor that we wouldn't have otherwise." "And it's another flavor that we've never really done before. "As I said, I just didn't see this one - I just didn't see that this would work - and it came out great, in my opinion," he added. We made it our own, and I think it sounds amazing. It has a blues-ish, southern vibe to it, and I can't really imagine that DEATH PUNCH could remake this song.' And then we did it - we made the song in the studio, we recorded it - and when Ivan was recording the vocals, it started to really come together when I was, like, 'Wow!' And in retrospect, I'm glad we did it, because it completely fits the record - it doesn't stick out like a sore thumb. I was the one who was, like, 'Ahhh… I don't hear this song. "Īs for FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH's decision to tackle "Blue On Black", Zoltan said: "In this particular case, actually, the guys wanted to do this song. If all those criteria are there, then it's a go. " Ivan is a very emotional kind of guy who re-lives all his lyrics when he's singing, so if he's lyrically not connected to a song, he's not gonna sing it - he just simply won't," Zoltan continued. And that, actually, is not that easy, because everybody has to agree, so the whole band has to agree that we actually like that song. Everything you cover has to be something that is fun to redo, fun to interpret in your own style, your own voice. The band selected the historic Pioneer Saloon in "Ghost Town" Goodsprings, Nevada as the background for the video.Īsked how FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH goes about choosing which songs to cover, Zoltan told "Whiplash", the KLOS radio show hosted by Full Metal Jackie: "First and foremost, it has to be fun. The clip was was directed by Dale "Rage" Resteghini from a treatment written by FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH guitarist Zoltan Bathory. Behind-the-scenes footage from the making of the music video for FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH's cover of "Blue On Black", a blues rock song originally recorded by the KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD BAND in 1998, can be seen below.
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