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is no answer to that but I think that one of ‘Who is gonna save us, the only people that terrorism, it’s this devastating economy, it’s
the things that we discovered while writing you find will betray us’. “I think that as we all of our fear of what is coming next. Yeah,
these songs is that we do have a tendency were writing these records, we certainly I think we definitely have delved into some
to demonize those that are in power. And in were drawing comparisons between very political issues that wasn’t something that
many cases, rightly so, and we tend to feel intimate personal issues and very raw, Sixx:A.M. has done in the past, but they
that we as a society are victims of these global issues,” says James. “And yeah, I don’t feel like political issues because they
people who have power over us, and who think there were many, many times during so directly affect each and every one of us
are possibly working their own agendas at the writing process of these records that on a personal level and I think that’s why so
their own expense. So, I think while all of us we did refer to the establishments, refer to many people are paying attention to this
probably have a little bit of good and a little our leaders, and we’re not even a political right now and I think that’s why people are
bit of evil in us, and I think that’s what life band. It’s rare for us to touch on these type reacting to our music.”
is all about, that struggle between those of subjects so often, but in a climate that The band chose to release ‘Rise’ as a
two, I think in our case, with Sixx:A.M. and this world is in right now, I think it would be single from Volume 1 and ‘We Will Not Go
these two records, we’re really trying to irresponsible of us as artists to not address Quietly’ as the first single from Volume 2,
shine a spotlight on what is it that moti- these things. Clearly, if you take the temper- filming a live video of the latter while on
vates people to do things that are perceived ature around the world, as far as what is at tour in Canada supporting Five Finger
as evil or as good.” the forefront of people’s minds, it’s these Death Punch. “I think ‘Rise’ and ‘We Will
In ‘We Will Not Go Quietly’ James sings type of things; it’s our sense of security, it’s Not Go Quietly’ are resonating with people,

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