EVANS BLUE Singer Discusses FIGHT OR FLIGHT Debut In New Interview

CrypticRock.com recently conducted an interview with EVANS BLUE singer Dan Chandler about his new project FIGHT OR FLIGHT. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below.

CrypticRock.com: FIGHT OR FLIGHT is a new project. How did the FIGHT OR FLIGHT project begin for you guys?

Dan Chandler: Well, it started quite a while back, maybe a couple years. Dan [Donegan, DISTURBED and FIGHT OR FLIGHT guitarist] and I played a couple shows and festivals together. He contacted me on Facebook at one point and introduced himself. We kind of became friends, talked music, and every time we'd see each other out we started talking more music. I had some down time and they went on their hiatus with DISTURBED. We tossed around the idea of maybe writing together. Not necessarily of intentions of another project, but, you know, music it's in the blood, man, we just have to keep writing. We kind of just did that, tossed songs back and forth. Before we knew it, we had a whole group of songs and started recording at his house. He brought Mike [Wengren, DISTURBED drummer] into the picture and reached out to a couple of other guys. He shouted over to Warner Brothers and it kind of just went from there. It was really organic; it was nice.

Crypticrock.com: FIGHT OR FLIGHT is comprised of members of DISTURBED, RA, and yourself from EVANS BLUE. Three well-established bands. Tell me briefly what it was like writing music together.

Dan Chandler: You know it actually was mostly Dan and I at first, because at the very beginning it was a matter of tossing song ideas around and reaching out. You get a different chemistry when you have different players, obviously. It kind of brings something new out in you and it's a new feeling again, it's exciting. Pretty much every song was written before we grabbed everybody else. We really didn't know the chemistry between all the members until we got into rehearsal and started jamming. That was very important to us that obviously everybody gets along, everybody is a good player, everybody has the same goals and the same intentions. We all pretty much live and breathe music; it turned out to be a great fit. The chemistry in the room when we jam is definitely there.

Crypticrock.com: The debut album by FIGHT OF FLIGHT, "Life By Design?", is out July 23. What can fans expect of it?

Dan Chandler: I think it's a mix of a lot of meaningful songs. With EVANS BLUE, it's definitely a feel. Obviously, DISTURBED, it's a different feel. This is a brand new thing, so I think it gets us all excited. We have our own passion for what we do. We do it for ourselves, ultimately, I believe, at least I know I do. The fans have always been so supportive to us branching out and doing new things. I think it's a solid rock album. It's not chaotic, it's not too far from what our fans are used to, but it's definitely a new project. It's a different sound and it's pretty solid, man. We're proud of it.

Crypticrock.com: The first single, "First Of The Last", you made a music video for. Tell me what the main concept behind the video is?

Dan Chandler: The bottom line is all about the conspiracy theories that go around and have been around. You may or may not have heard of a few of them. We tried to incorporate a lot, just to kind of raise the awareness. It's not about convincing someone of our opinion of something. Saying you need to believe this or government is against you, it's not about that. It's just simply asking questions to get the truth instead of just believing everything you're told. If you're aware of everything going on, and you ask questions, then you probably can form your opinion opposed to having someone just shoving it down your throat and say this is what's happening. Basically, the video is just open your eyes and give a different opinion to see what's going on out there and ask some questions and be aware.

Read the entire interview from CrypticRock.com.