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Andy biersack young8/2/2023 ![]() You know how people have their self-awareness? Sometimes to a crippling level, where they know that people are watching them and that kind of makes them sheepish about stepping up and stepping out? Andy never had that. That was something that we used to always say that Andy had. He liked to sing from as far back as I can remember. Was Andy musically inclined at a young age? “ Every single day I would ask him, ‘What did you do today to make your dream come true?’ It might be something as simple as, ‘I drew a stage set design, it’s something I want to do for my band,’ or, ‘I drew costume ideas,’ or, ‘I learned how to play this song,’ or, ‘I put a flyer up at the music store looking for bandmates.’ It didn’t matter what it was but it was always going to be something he did every day working toward his dreams.” They had keyboards, they were good players, and they all came from some of the most classic punk bands of all-time, particularly The Damned and The Dead Boys. The look was much more theatrical than most of the punk rock bands. They were kind of an amalgam of different bands I liked. They had guys from The Damned-Brian James from The Damned was in that band. He heard the punk rock music that I had, he heard a lot of Pistol’s and bands like Lords of the New Church, which was kind of a punk supergroup. That was probably a lot of the music that he heard growing up. We came in the house and he kind of knew about Kiss, and then we sat down and watched the acoustic show and shortly after they made an announcement that they were going to put the makeup back on and they were going to go back out. The night that they showed that was Halloween night of 95, and Andy was a little trick or treater. I remember one Halloween, around the time he was starting to get more interested in music, Kiss came out with this acoustic performance that they did for MTV. So, we would play the Kiss albums for him. I had all kinds of collectables, and he discovered this box of baseball, football, and basketball cards, but there was also Kiss cards in there and he absolutely loved them. He found my Kiss trading cards when he was a little kid. When he was a kid, there was probably a lot of Kiss. What were some of the bands or some of the music playing in the house as Andy was growing up? There were a lot of bands in the punk movement that I really enjoyed. I liked the Irish band Stiff Little Fingers. Here in the United States you had The Dead Boys. Ultimately, I reached a certain age and that was about the time that punk rock, particularly the classic rock in both America and England, particularly England when you had bands like The Sex Pistols, The Clash, and The Damned. The visual aesthetic is important and especially at a certain age when you start to discover rock magazines and you start to see pictures of these larger than life characters, that has a big impact on you. Kiss was a huge thing that just blew up to me, and I was like, “Oh my god! I’ve never seen anything like this.” I wouldn’t say they were similar to some of the other 70s bands musically, but visually they were completely different than anything that I had ever seen, and when you’re a kid, there are a lot of things that appeal to you. Originally, I was drawn to bands like Aerosmith and The Rolling Stones. What are some of the bands you grew up listening to? My path took me to rock ‘n’ roll and being in rock bands and punk bands. And that’s really what first got me into music. I used to go and watch him sing all the time, and I thought he was fantastic. ![]() My dad was a cantor, which was the lead singer in our church choir. I’m 56-years-old, so probably most of my interest in music came from singing at school or singing in the church choir. I was in choirs and as a natural progression, I started playing some instruments, too. I was one of those kids who loved to sing. The bands I liked when I was a kid were mostly hard rock bands. Andy also left a little surprise for his dad at the end of this interview. From growing up coached by his father in hockey, being told he can’t sing by his vocal teachers, where Andy found the drive, determination, and support that helped lead him to where he is today, and, of course, some incredible stories and amazing advice we can all take to heart. With a daily active online presence of support for Andy, we had to find out more about the history of Chris and Andy’s incredible father son bond. INTERVIEW WITH CHRIS BIERSACK BY JEREMY SAFFERįor Father’s Day we spoke with Black Veil Brides’ first tour manager, merch manager, lighting director, driver, roadie, and so much more… Andy’s father Chris Biersack.
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