![]() ![]() Sick of It All is a New York hardcore band formed in 1986 and currently consists of brothers Lou Koller (vocals) and Pete Koller (guitar), Armand Majidi (drums) and Craig Setari (bass guitar). SICK OF IT ALL and Tue Madsen have maintained a long-lasting relationship based on understanding, friendship, and most importantly, good results-three factors any band would be very happy with.Sick of It All on their 20th Anniversary Tour in 2006 His objective viewpoints helped settle a lot of little issues that could have easily become stumbling blocks, and the songs themselves ended up benefitting from them. “This is the first time we’ve ever had a producer involved from start to finish, including the songwriting process. “The Jerry Farley also became a very important part of the creation of this album,” Majidi says. ![]() What helped the process run smoothly was Farley’s early involvement, the two five-day pre-production sessions, and the ability to record as SICK OF IT ALL progressed with the songwriting. Wake the Sleeping Dragon! was put to proverbial tape by The Jerry Farley at Nova Studios in Staten Island, New York over two weeks and a half, while Danish producer Tue Madsen (Meshuggah, The Haunted) mixed and mastered SICK OF IT ALL’s latest rager at Antfarm Studios in Aabyhøj, Denmark. ![]() ![]() We’ve allowed ourselves greater lyrical freedom on this record for sure!” It’s always time for revolution, so that message is loud and clear on multiple songs, but we also sing about musical heroes like the Bad Brains (‘That Crazy White Boy Shit’), inner demons (‘The Snake (Break Free.)’), our distaste of animal abuse (‘Bull’s Anthem’), annoying narcissism on social media, friends we’ve lost, life on the road, impending wars for resources, as well as mosh pit patterns that can be linked to male pattern baldness. We’ve done ‘serious’ so often, that what might stand out most to people is how much fun we had with the lyrics. “So many different topics were covered, some way more lighthearted than others. “On this record, we had a more open, communal, tongue-in-cheek approach to lyric writing,” says Majidi. While daily frustrations, political idiocy, war, power imbalances, and general inequality have long fueled SICK OF IT ALL’s no-bullshit lyrics-the album title Wake the Sleeping Dragon! refers to a protest mechanism-today they’re focusing on the bigger picture while also injecting a bit of levity into the songs. ![]()
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