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“I always put it like we are in the bonus round. We are so far past

and so far ahead of where I thought we would end up that everything
that happens from this point on is a bonus.” - Jeremy Widerman

proaching a new album now, but I do think When asked if he has a family himself, for a minute, but then I guess I came back
there is a different way to approach it, so he says, “I don’t. It’s something that actu- to where I had been standing originally. I’m
instead of having three songs on the album ally kinda scared me in the fray of being in actually pretty happy with my life the way it
which are different, it’s the song as a whole a touring rock ‘n’ roll band. Jon and Steve is at the moment. Having the freedom to
which is different, but it is still cohesive to are both braver men than I and they are have a lot of different hobbies and having a
what we have done in the past. I think we also both fantastic fathers. It’s been kind of lot of free time and being able to take off at
did a bit of that with the songs we did with exciting for me, at least on the end of being a moment’s notice is something which I re-
Dan where you have different instrumental kind of an adopted uncle and I’ve had a lot ally value and it’s looking less and less
parts to the song or a harmonica or a string of fun seeing their kids get older and being likely as I get older that I’m not overly con-
section to the song, like in ‘The Howlin’’. I there to play with or hang out with them cerned about having children.”
think there is just a more cohesive way to, and it’s a pretty exciting time for the band.
instead of making two songs which are We had Jon’s son Jack out on the road with nother subject raised on ‘True
wildly different, you can instead make the us for part of the last album cycle and that ARockers’ is that of loneliness and
whole record have more wildly different was actually really fun and it also added a isolation, which is a strong theme in ‘Un-
moments in a more Monster Truck-cohe- bit of levity and it calmed things down a done’ and ‘In My Own World’. “Those songs
sive album.” touch, which I don’t think was necessary, are reflective of a general vibe Jon had
but it was a welcome change in the vibe of while on tour but I can feel that too,” says
t’s not just the band as a whole or keeping people sane. I think everyone grew Jeremy. “It’s being out on the road for a
Itheir music which has evolved but so up a bit, not just because we are all getting long time and just really wanting some time
too have the individuals within Monster older, but because having a kid on the bus to yourself or at least feeling that the peo-
Truck. Since their last album ‘Sittin’ Heavy’ like that is definitely going to change the ple around you aren’t really understanding
was released in 2016, their singer and vibe a little bit. It was a real welcome addi- or just aren’t feeling the same way that you
bassist Jon Harvey and drummer Steve tion to the whole situation and I think every- are, and having those moments where you
Kiely have become fathers, a change which one had a lot of fun with it.” are looking around in a room full of friends
Jeremy tells Black Velvet has had an effect Jeremy tells us that he himself is un- that are starting to look more and more like
on the entire band and himself as an indi- likely to be expanding Monster Truck’s fam- strangers. To me, that is something I can re-
vidual. ily any time soon. “It did change my mind late with a lot because once I’ve been on

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