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ndy Biersack released his second solo album

A under the guise of Andy Black in April of this year.
‘The Ghost Of Ohio’ is a 12-track, semi-autobiographical
release that sees Andy looking introspectively, similar
to on his debut solo album, ‘The Shadow Side’, but from
a different angle. ‘The Ghost Of Ohio’ looks further back

to Andy’s past and includes mentions of isolation, being
true to oneself as well as becoming a hero in other peo-
ple’s eyes. We asked Andy about all of this when we sat

down with him backstage on his UK tour.

ndy Biersack has always been am- life. “The only real socialization I had at a thought I was weird and maybe I was the
Abitious and driven. From an early really young age was playing sports and I joke of the clique, so to speak. And then I’d
age, when he set his sights on a project didn’t have any kind of social interests go home and that was it. When it came to
(namely his musical aspirations) he saw it when it came to the other people on the school there was really no socialization at
through. And ‘The Ghost Of Ohio’ is no dif- teams. I liked the sports but I wasn’t like the all. I found my niche as like the class clown
ferent. It was released not just as an album other kids. I was wearing mascara,” he in that people would laugh when I did funny
but was accompanied with a comic book laughs. things, but there was nothing beyond that.
too – an elaborate idea, but one which A lot of us know that feeling, especially I would have maybe a few minutes of peo-
came to fruition quite magnificently. The if we discovered rock music while at ple thinking I was hilarious and nobody
main character of course is the ghost of school. While the majority of our class- would talk to me after that, you know what
Ohio, who is isolated for 100 years. Black mates were into pop music, we would feel I mean? It wasn’t like I was a social butter-
Velvet begins by asking Andy if he thinks the odd one out, discovering different fly, but by the same token I wasn’t particu-
many people are isolated throughout their music and having different tastes and hob- larly introverted. I just couldn’t find my
entire life. bies. Andy continues, “I didn’t really have people, so to speak. I couldn’t find people
“I feel as if, at least for me, my whole any socialization outside of that, so I’d go that understood me in any way and so I just
adolescence was spent predominantly iso- to practice and I wouldn’t really get along did my own thing. At the end of the day, I’d
lated,” answers Andy, relating it to his own with the other kids or if I did they just go home and sit in my room and draw and

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