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HELLYEAH Frontman Interviewed On Illinois Radio Station 92.7 WQLZ (Audio)

July 20, 2012

The Dawg of the 92.7 WQLZ radio station in Springfield, Illinois recently conducted an interview with HELLYEAH frontman Chad Gray. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below.

HELLYEAH's third album, "Band Of Brothers", is likely to sell between 14,000 and 17,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release, according to industry web site Hits Daily Double. The estimate was based on one-day sales reports compiled after the record arrived in stores on July 17 via HELLYEAH's new label home, Eleven Seven Music.

HELLYEAH's sophomore CD, "Stampede", opened with 28,000 units back in July 2010 to land at position No. 8 on The Billboard 200 chart.

The band's self-titled debut CD registered a first-week tally of 45,000 units in April 2007 to enter the chart at No. 9.

"Band Of Brothers" was recorded in Dallas, Texas at drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott's home studio, VP's Upstairs Studio, and was produced by the band and Jeremy Parker (GODSMACK, EVANESCENCE),who also served as engineer. Gray told The Pulse Of Radio that the album represents the first time that the members of the band have fully embraced their musical roots. "It's definitely my favorite HELLYEAH record to date, for sure," he said. "I think the first couple were kind of experiments and stuff, and I think we kind of kept what we've done individually away from HELLYEAH, with our, you know, previous bands and stuff, and this time it was like we just kind of said, 'Screw it,' we just kind of quit being afraid to be ourselves. I'm really, really proud of it, I think we all are."

The band has stated that "Band Of Brothers" is a heavier, more metal-sounding effort that either its self-titled 2007 debut or 2010's "Stampede".

Interview (audio):

"Band Of Brothers" video:

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