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SOILWORK Pays Tribute To The City Of Pittsburgh

February 20, 2009

Swedish metallers SOILWORK played the song "The Pittsburgh Syndrome" exclusively at the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania stop on the band's current North American headlining tour on February 18, 2009 at the Rex Theater. Watch fan-filmed video footage of the performance below (courtesy of "trollsmetal").

In a 2007 interview with Metal Maniacs magazine, SOILWORK frontman Björn "Speed" Strid stated about the track, "It's about a day in Pittsburgh. It was on the last tour we did for 'Stabbing the Drama' in the States. Everyone was ready to go home. We had done 250 shows for that album. Everyone was mentally frustrated and tired. People were nagging on one another. There wasn't a good vibe with the crew. DARKEST HOUR jumped off the tour 'cause the guitarist got sick. Kids were starting to burn their tickets outside our tour bus, blaming us for DARKEST HOUR for jumping off the tour. It was raining. It's like, 'Fuck, I want to go home.' We thought the gig was going to be shit, 'cause we know DARKEST HOUR draw a lot of people. When we got up on stage the whole room was packed! The vibe was great in there. The crowd was crazy — absolutely nuts! It turned out to be one of the best shows we've ever done in the States. We had an awesome after-party at a bar in Pittsburgh with the fans, drank way too much, puked in the back lounge. All the good stuff. (Laughs) It was a great party, especially with all the fans there. So the song is about the turning of that day. It's a reminder to the band. Whenever we're in a bad mood, we remind ourselves of Pittsburgh. It's like, 'Let's turn this day around.' It's a straightforward lyric — almost cliché — but it's a tribute to the fans in Pittsburgh."

SOILWORK is currently on the road with DARKANE, WARBRINGER and SWALLOW THE SUN.

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