Jordan bmth8/6/2023 ![]() The doctor was like ‘It’s not super-serious but you just need to stop’. "Even the rupture thing, it wasn’t that big a deal. It’s scary because it freaks you out more than it should," Oli explained. "If you get ill, catch a flu, it’s game over. In February, the band cancelled the final two shows of their US tour, or risked doing permanent damage to their lead singer. I think if more bands were more willing to not be afraid ‘Yeah, we’re a metal or heavy rock band but this song has got some electronic influences’ Why not? If you want to integrate those elements, why not!?” These days, Oli's more cautious about looking after himselfīMTH's recent Australian shows were some of the band's first since Oli Sykes recovered from rupturing a vocal cord. In other genres, that’s not so prevalent. I think that’s a big part of why rock music is suffering in a way at the moment, because it’s so unwilling. In fact, it might be the very thing that keeps rock relevant. ![]() Jordan Fish says experimenting with sounds and genres outside of the scenes and styles that BMTH came up in isn't an accident, it's the aim. "You’ll start with ‘ Medicine’ and before you know it, you’re listening to our first record, because once you get the band - what we’re doing, our messages, our whole thing - it’s hard to ignore the rest of it." Mixing genres is probably necessary for rock music's survival I think our band – even our heavier, older stuff – if you can get into one of our songs you’ll get into all of them sooner or later," Oli said. "It is a weird thing for a band to admit that they’re happy to be the gateway band. Liam bringing out the guns with Bring Me The Horizon's Jordan Fish (L) and Oli Sykes (R) ( triple j) They're not afraid of being a 'gateway' band Now people are saying, wish they’d got back to That’s The Spirit sound. People were saying, ‘this is commercial crap, wish they’d go back to Sempiternal’. That’s what people say now when That’s The Spirit came out. ![]() “People are going to say, I wish they’d go back to amo. "It's going to get much worse," Oli joked. We’d rather make mistakes and experiment, do stuff that’s never been heard before and take that risk than just play it safe." Bring Me The Horizon have yet to evolve into their Final Form Carve out our own little niche and be our own thing, whatever that is. When we meet fans… I can’t think of any time anyone’s said anything other than ‘I love it!’” "There’s a bunch of people who say they hate it but there’s a bunch of people saying they absolutely love it and it’s the best thing we’ve ever done. It might’ve not been heavy enough or it lacks something that I thought made that band special." They've gained as many new followers as they have lost older fans I used to be like that when I was a kid, used to get records everyone else was saying was seminal, I’d be like ‘This is nowhere near as good as the last record’. There’s people who like our band for one type of sound or vibe we’ve done and they don’t want us to change that." "At the same time, we understand… you can’t please everyone. You spend a year on a record, it’s always going to sting a little bit," Oli said. Loading They're not above the criticism targeting their changing sound. Watch the full video interview below and read on for some highlights. Liam's such a big BMTH fan, he actually came back early from his holidays to interview the vocalist, and guitarist Jordan Fish, going deep on how the band's sonic evolution, where the draw inspiration from, trying to stay healthy on tour, and much more. "They would realise if we did that it'd be quite boring." "Even though people tell us they want the same thing, and they'd wish we'd wrote the record we wrote last time, I don't think people actually want that," frontman Oli Sykes told triple j Breakfast's Liam Stapleton. The secret to their success? Never repeating themselves. Bouncing between heavy rock, pop-leaning choruses, bass-heavy electro, and beyond, the British group's sixth record is their most divese release yet, but probably also their most controversial, losing them some of the older metalhead fanbase.īut amo still went #1 in Australia, and the group are still going strong and selling out shows 15 years into their career. "We just want to do something different."īring Me The Horizon were in the country last week, tearing through East Coast arenas behind their latest triple j featured album amo.
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