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FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH Guitarist: We Haven't Sold Out

August 5, 2009

FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH guitarist Zoltan Bathory recently defended his band against online criticism that they have "sold out." "Dude, we put out one record...how the fuck do you sell out on your first record?" he asked Noisecreep. "It was our first record...this is what we sound like, you know? I just think that when something gets successful, for every fan, you get two haters. It just comes with success."

He added, "That first record," 2007's 'The Way of the Fist', "was a record we financed. We made it, without having a label or a manager. It's 180 degrees from how people actually think it happened. And, our music connects with people, then it connects with people, and live you have to bring it, because if you suck live, it just isn't going to happen."

Regarding the evolution in FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH's sound on the band's follow-up effort, "War Is the Answer", which is due on September 22, Bathory stated, "On the first record, we kind of got a sound. I think it's important that a band has a character, where, when you listen to them, you can tell right away, before the singer even starts, what band it is. Like IRON MAIDEN. So, I think we have a 'sound,' and we were very careful to maintain that. Our sound stayed intact, but we expanded a little bit. . . I guess you could say it's more mature, in that we have been together now for three, four years, and you gel with musicians better after playing with them for a couple of years. We sound a little more polished. In every way, it's the next step of the evolution of the band."

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