Theory of a Deadman has been around for a long time.  Almost twenty years.  Two things ring true: They aren’t going away anytime soon and they won’t settle for putting out the same album over and over.  And that’s music to this listener’s ears. 

One more thing.  They remain successful after all of these years when many bands, who saw success early in their careers, seem to flame out.  In fact, it’s arguable that the band is bigger than ever.  Take a look at their 2017 album, Wake Up Call.  The lead single Rx (Medicate) went to number one on the “U.S. Mainstream” charts and was awarded platinum status by the RIAA.  One of the main reasons for that success?  They hit a nerve with the public and a lot of people can relate to the prescription drug abuse problem going on in the United States.  So not only has their sound evolved, their songwriting has put sometimes hard to talk about issues, right at the forefront.

Today the band is back with a new song that’s serious in lyrical content and serious in its visual delivery.  The song History Of Violence talks about the Domestic Violence crisis in the United States.  The full length album, Say Nothing is due out on January 31, 2020 via Atlantic Records.

I was able to catch up with drummer Joe Dandeneau to talk about the new album as well as some of the issues the band is talking about on these songs.  Dandeneau tells Sound Vapors, “Tyler, our singer, has always written about current events.  Now our older stuff was not as serious, it was more fun and light-hearted, even comical at times.  But we made the switch to a more serious message we’re trying to convey.  Ultimately, I think that’s were we really wanted to be.  Sometimes it’s a little scary to make a big risky move like that and making a pivot into a style of music that you’ve never done before.  But we wanted to do it and lyrically, it’s always something scary to talk about, with real life issues like that.” 

Dandeneau goes on to explain, “It’s crazy how many people are relating to it.  On our last record Rx (Medicate), we had a massive connection with fans that.. (pauses) we didn’t realize how serious it was and then when we saw how that was reacted to.. (pauses) we’re definitely going in the right direction here and we really want to talk about more stuff.”

We also talked about some of Joe’s favorite albums and drummers as well as his missed opportunity to go to Abbey Road Studios with the rest of the band.  There’s all of that and more inside.  To hear the entire conversation, click on one of the links below to your favorite place to listen to podcasts:

 

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-Tommy Marz

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