I ACCEPT drummer Christopher Williams explained the group’s decision to perform without a lead singer Marc Tornillo last night (Sunday October 16) at the Phoenix in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
It was announced ahead of the gig that the 68-year-old Tornillowho joined I ACCEPT in 2009, would not be able to perform the concert as he had vocal problems and might have risked losing his voice if he continued the performance.
I ACCEPT played a one-hour set in Toronto, with williamsbass player Martin Motnik and some of the other members doing the vocal parts.
Earlier today, williams shared a statement below The voice of metal‘s Facebook regarding last night’s concert, writing: “Listen: we could have canceled the show, then there would have been nothing. That’s it, good night, go home. Rather than that, we wanted at least do SOMETHING for the fans, especially since it’s been so long since the band performed in Canada.
“I don’t sing the I ACCEPT songs, I play drums and sing backing vocals. During a show, I don’t think of the lyrics to the full song, I’m playing. Even with Motnik.
“We tried to do something for the people who were there. We could have bailed out and done nothing. The situation was a big disappointment but we did what we could.
“I can say this 1000%: replacing To mark is not an easy task. We still play in the original key of the album, tuned to the standard. We don’t waste time like many singers prefer, making it easier to hit the notes. We don’t use backing tracks, everything is live. It’s not like To mark can change a set of strings or drumsticks… We took a shitty situation and did what we could.
“To mark will be back up there in no time kicking ass like he always does.”
Tornillo joined I ACCEPT replacing the band’s original vocalist, Udo Dirkscheider. It can be heard on I ACCEPTthe last five studio albums of, “Blood of Nations” (2010),“Stalingrad” (2012),“Blind Rage” (2014),“The Rise of Chaos” (2017) and “Too Wicked to Die” (2021).
I ACCEPTNorth American tour of, with the support of NARCOTIC WASTELANDkicked off September 29 in Nashville, Tennessee and is scheduled to wrap October 29 in Columbus, Ohio.
In a 2018 interview with Metal Shock Finland, Tornillo explained what it was like to join for the first time I ACCEPT“It was scary. When we first announced what was going to happen, there really weren’t many people on board. Online, there was a lot of naysayers, a lot of bashing. was very discouraging. We all sat down and said, ‘Listen, we have to make an amazing record, or we’re going to die here. It’s going to be a swan song. We have to make an amazing record.” And we did. We spent a lot of time writing “Blood of Nations” and a lot of time recording it, and I think in retrospect it paid off. If this album wasn’t what it was, we wouldn’t be here.”
Asked about fans who haven’t “accepted” him yet, To mark said: “Everyone is entitled to their opinion. I’m also a purist with some things. I get it. But I think we’ve evolved. We’re almost a different band at this point. We’re definitely a different band at this point. this stage. We always pay homage to the old I ACCEPT playing the old songs – I mean, we have the two people who wrote most of the songs, [so] we must. It will always be part of I ACCEPT‘s story. You cannot change it. All we can change is the future. But everyone is entitled to their opinion, and I understand that. I wish them good luck and I wish You do well, and his band, you know. No hard feelings on my part, that’s for sure.”
Asked about I ACCEPTthe overall approach of since joining the group, Tornillo Told “That Jamieson show”: “Basically, [we went] going back to what we were doing in the 80s – what everyone was doing back then. The whole thing was, when I joined the band, Wolf [Hoffmann, guitar] didn’t want the band to rest on their laurels and only play the classics. He wanted a real band. So we’ve been an album tour, an album tour – like it always has been.”
To mark also opened up about his personal musical chemistry with Hoffmann, who is the only remaining member of I ACCEPTthe classic range.
“He’s grown a bit, actually,” he said. “We have great mutual respect for each other and for our talents. This album [‘Too Mean To Die’] was a total collaboration. It’s the first I ACCEPT album without Peter, so it was a big void to fill. But everyone got up. Our [new] bass player Martin Motnik contributed a lot to this album.”
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Posted by The Metal Voice on Sunday, October 16, 2022
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