Devin Townsend could not make it any clearer that he is not going to reunite Strapping Younger Lad, but individuals hold asking him. He stated it twice in 2022 and he is saying it once more in 2024 because of an interview with Teraz Rock.
Within the interview, Townsend stated he is a very totally different man than he was again when Strapping Younger Lad existed (between 1994 and 2007) and has little interest in bringing it again. It additionally does not assist that Townsend hasn’t spoken to any of his former Strapping Younger Lad bandmates shortly.
“I do not assume so,” stated 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 unique individual. And I do not wish to. I feel that is my reply. And it is a exhausting 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 discovered over the previous couple of years is that I’ve to concentrate to my very own wants, and I simply do not wish to in any respect.”
Townsend later elaborated that attempting to make everybody completely happy solely ends in burnout, and that in his eyes it is not in-line with being true to himself artistically. And actually, does anybody need a Strapping Younger Lad reunion if Townsend’s coronary heart is not in it?
“I feel there’s quite a lot of different individuals who wish to please everyone, and for a few years my complete persona was primarily based on individuals pleasing. Like, I simply wanna make everyone completely happy — I wanna make the viewers completely happy, I wanna make my household completely happy, I wanna make children completely happy, I wanna make administration completely happy, I wanna make the label completely happy — and so that you’re at all times form of dancing for individuals.
“However then, after a sure period of time whenever 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 isn’t the best way ahead artistically and it is not the best way ahead as an individual. And so I do what is true for me now. And it will enchantment to much less individuals not directly, however it’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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