LIFE OF AGONY Guitarist Talks About Stockholm Concert Fiasco

December 14, 2005

In a recent interview Metalrage.com, guitarist Joey Z of LIFE OF AGONY spoke about the band's Nov. 29 performance in Stockholm, Sweden where vocalist Keith Caputo was reportedly aggravated by the crowd's lukewarm response, resulting in an abbreviated set. An excerpt from the chat follows:

Metalrage.com: A few days ago there [were] strange [postings on the LIFE OF AGONY forum about] a show in Sweden where Keith wasn't that polite [to the audience]. Can you tell us what happened there?

Joey Z: "Sure. We hit the stage there and it was very crowded but nobody seems to be happy or excited to see LIFE OF AGONY. In the front of the stage there were some people with really long faces and Keith was like, 'Hey, wake up!' and someone gave him the finger. It's not necessarily that we want excitement, we want a lot of craziness and we want everyone to have a great time. We just didn't understand it because everywhere in Europe it's been great so I think Keith took it too personally that nobody appreciated the band and turned his back to the crowd the rest of the show. Keith didn't want to play, so in order to finish the show he turned his back the rest of the show."

Metalrage.com: There also were comments about Keith swearing at people, like, "You're even worse than the Germans."

Joey Z: "No, he didn't say that. We had some great shows in Germany so that wouldn't make sense. Yeah, it was a really odd night; let's hope it won’t happen again."

Metalrage.com: Are there any members involved in side projects or solo projects at the moment?

Joey Z: "Not at the moment, but Keith always has his thing going. I think he just recorded some songs with his friends. As for me, I'm opening a studio in New York for the public and I'll be running the studio myself, recording the bands myself. The studio is built and I just have to get my gear in and arrange a couple of things and then I'd be [able to] open [it] in February. The name of the studio is Method Of Groove. The website is going online in January and is called www.methodofgroovestudio.com, so you can check it out."

Read the entire interview at Metalrage.com.

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