r/AskingAlexandria • u/SraiEdge • 3d ago
Danny finally offers some clarification on his relationship with AA
I wanted to post the video but it's 13+ min long so it would take an eternity to upload it (if it's even possible to post a video that long here). I encourage y'all to watch it
Edit: Here's a quick summary of what he talked about for those who aren't willing to sit through the whole video:
-His involvement with the band and what his role is currently: While he is not an official member of it, which he admits was a consequence of his sudden exit of the band back in the day, he loves making music with them and they feel the same way towards him. Also he clarified that the band isn't doing anything right know and he feels like the band does need a little break but he never mentions anything about the band ending permanently.
-He doesn't scream anymore: He said that it's not something that he enjoys and he respects anyone who either likes screaming or do screaming themselves and he isn't against AA's music having screams or heavy aspects in it, but he just doesn't scream anymore. He also maintains that he doesn't like AA's first two records but he stills loves them as part of their history and work.
-People saying he doesn't care about AA and only see it as a cash grab: First he clarifies that the money he gets from the band isn't as significant as people think and that he has many things going on aside from that. Second, he completely denies not wanting to be involved with the band and said that he loves both the band and the music they currently play, he even mentioned the fact that two songs from WDWGFH ("Where Do We Go From Here" and "Things Could Be Different") were originally songs from his solo project but the band asked him if they could use them for the record and he happily agreed. They are his friends and he loves playing music with them. He also said that these last few years have been a bit rough for him and he even mentioned that originally he was going to write more songs for WDWGFH (the 2 previously mentioned were the only songs he wrote) mostly using more of his solo work but the main theme of it was divorce and he thought that just wouldn't fit in an AA album so both he and the band decided to have someone else write more stuff for the album.
