Andy Wood: DoFret interview

Q: You are also the guitarist for the band Down From Up, who's newest CD is due to be released soon - can you tell us a bit more about the band? What plans do you have with the band for the rest of this year? Any UK or Europe dates coming up?

A: I'm so stoked about the new Down From Up stuff!! It's currently in the later half of the writing stages but this record is a bit different from the previous album. I'm really aiming for every song to be just a huge anthem! I really love albums like Appetite For Destruction, Van Halen's 1984, Metallicas Black album, and thats the kind of rock record I wanna make, an album full of anthems! Other fun things that are new to DFU is the introduction of 7 string guitars into the music, with Suhr on the edge of the release of their new 7 string modern I just felt the need to bring all that fun low B stuff into DFU. Also, the writing process has been A LOT longer this time around, I'm really hoping for the record to touch just as many non-musicians as it does all of the guitar guys out there, and thats a big challenge. To help on that front we are working with several really big names on this record (although I'm not at liberty to let the cat out of the bag just yet). But in the end i think the album will be worth all of the extra time and effort put into it. As for the rest of this year, it will consist of going into the studio and recording the new DFU album and getting ready for launch. We might do a small tour this year but it really depends on how the studio scheduling goes. As for Europe, I certainly hope its a possibility in the not so distant future, but right now everything is hinged on the new DFU record.

full interview: http://www.dofret.co.uk/interviews/andy-wood-interview

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