HASTE THE DAY To Tour With ATREYU, AS I LAY DYING

August 15, 2007

Greg Maki of Live-Metal.net recently conducted an interview with HASTE THE DAY vocalist Stephen Keech. Excerpts follow.

Live-Metal.net: Why did you decide to play the Warped Tour this year?

Stephen Keech: It actually just worked out. We had wanted to play the Warped Tour for a while. It's great exposure, so many different kids than we usually play for. You have the kids that usually come to our shows and they go to shows regularly, and then the kids at Warped Tour, they go to one show a year and that's Warped Tour, which is awesome. So it's cool that we get to play for a lot of kids that aren't used to being exposed to music.

Live-Metal.net: So how's it going so far?

Stephen Keech: Really good. We're really excited about the way things are going. We're on an awesome stage, the Smartpunk stage, and, yeah, kids are having fun every day. Every once in a while, we'll hit a rough spot, but it always gets redeemed by… We played recently in North Carolina and that was insane for us. It was one of the best shows on the tour. It was awesome.

Live-Metal.net: Are there any bands here that have really kind of caught your eye?

Stephen Keech: Oh yeah. CIRCA SURVIVE is one of my favorite bands, and I've gotten to see them a few times. It's awesome. They're a very big inspiration on me, vocally. So it's cool.

Live-Metal.net: What's next after Warped Tour for you guys?

Stephen Keech: We've got one show in Panama, which we're really excited about 'cause we've never been to Panama before. So we'll be there for about four days, just hanging out.

Live-Metal.net: How did that happen?

Stephen Keech: A promoter in Panama, who I think is a pastor at a church or something, contacted us and God provided for us to be able to go over there. And then we'll have about a month off, and then we'll be going out with ATREYU, which we're really, really excited about. Just found out yesterday that that got confirmed, so we're pretty excited about that. Then AS I LAY DYING right after that. So we've got a very exciting lineup for the rest of the year.

Read the entire interview at Live-Metal.net.

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