Ivan Moody from Five Finger Death Punch recently made a guest appearance on 101 WRFI’s ‘Talkin’ Rock With Meltdown’ Podcast.
Speaking about what he wants people to take away from F8, Moody says, “I want them to take away from it what I put in. We started this band over 14 years ago and for us it had gotten to a point… lets just call a spade a spade… the last couple of albums, for me, were stagnant, they were monotonous.”
“There were definitely tracks that I was very proud of obviously – I Refuse, When The Seasons Change, The Pride, Sham Pain – but all in all, it just felt like we weren’t doing ourselves any justice.”
“And so I really went to the table on this one and said listen, where have we been, where are we now and where the hell are we going because this is either going to change or else we might as well just call it a day.”
“So it was really about going back to basics and having a new vision. It [F8] just really encompasses where we are now which is the appreciation of it for me. I think fans are going to really love that part of it. It’s not the same record. It’s not even close to the same record. As a matter of fact, every song on it speaks volumes about where we’ve come. All the bells and whistles included and we didn’t leave any stone unturned. I think it speaks by itself.”
On how sobriety played a key role in the writing process for he says, “Well to me that was the biggest part and going back to my roots and to remember that music has been the universal language for me. It has been therapy as well as a family member for as long as I can remember. And it didn’t take alcohol for me to love music or to be passionate about it.”
“Rob Zombie said it best when he said, ‘If you can’t be crazy without drugs or alcohol, you can’t be crazy.’ and so that’s really the mentality I went at it with. How much do I love this? How big of a passion do I still have in my heart do I still have to write records and how much of myself am I still willing to expose – and being sober, the answer was all of it. “
“This [F8] is the first thing I’ve written since I got sober. For me this was a big deal. It was not only therapy, but again it was like shedding skin and becoming who I needed to be and not who everyone thought I was meant to be.”
Fans can check out the full interview where Ivan talks more about F8, the writing process, his feelings on whether he’s “made it” yet and finally his CBD product range Moody’s Medicinals over on WRIF.
Click here to listen to the full podcast.
Five Finger Death Punch recently anounced that its Spring U.S Tour, which was scheduled to take place arenas across the United States in April and May 2020 with special guests Papa Roach, I Prevail and Ice Nine Kills, has now been rescheduled for later this year due to the global Coronavirus outbreak.
The revised tour dates are as follows.
Fall/Winter U.S Tour Dates 2020
Sept 28, 2020 Sunrise, FL BB&T Center
Sept 30, 2020 Atlanta, GA Infinite Energy Arena
Oct 2, 2020 St. Louis, MO Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
Oct 4, 2020 Birmingham, AL Oak Mountain Amphitheater
Oct 5, 2020 Nashville, TN Bridgestone Arena
Oct 8, 2020 San Antonio, TX AT&T Center
Oct 9, 2020 Houston, TX Toyota Center
Oct 11, 2020 Fort Worth, TX Dickies Arena
Oct 14, 2020 Denver, CO Red Rocks Amphitheater
Oct 16, 2020 Portland, OR Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Oct 18, 2020 Tacoma, WA Tacoma Dome
Oct 20, 2020 San Diego, CA Viejas Arena
Oct 22, 2020 Los Angeles, CA The Forum
Oct 23, 2020 Phoenix, AZ Talking Stick Resort Arena
Oct 25, 2020 Kansas City, MO Sprint Center
Oct 27, 2020 Baltimore, MD Royal Farms Arena
Oct 28, 2020 Newark, NJ Prudential Center
Oct 30, 2020 Pittsburgh, PA PPG Paints Arena
Nov 1, 2020 Camden, NJ BB&T Pavilion
Nov 2, 2020 Worchester, MA DCU Center
Nov 5, 2020 Chicago, IL Allstate Arena
Nov 6, 2020 St. Paul, MN Xcel Energy Arena
Nov 8, 2020 Detroit, MI Little Caesars Arena
Nov 9, 2020 Cincinnati, OH Heritage Bank Center
