STAINDĀ guitaristĀ Mike MushokĀ has toldĀ Western Mass NewsĀ that the band is working on a new album, which he said should be released sometime next year.
In a separate interview withĀ Atlantic City Weekly,Ā MushokĀ said that both he andĀ STAINDĀ frontmanĀ Aaron LewisĀ will continue to pursue other projects āĀ MushokĀ withĀ SAINT ASONIA, the band he co-founded in 2015 with formerĀ THREE DAYS GRACEĀ singerĀ Adam Gontier, andĀ LewisĀ with his country solo career ā alongside their long-running outfit.
“Aaron‘s built up a great following and great career that he’ll fully pursue,”Ā MushokĀ said. “If we can do someĀ STAINDĀ shows in there, it would be great. If we can find a week here or there or maybe a tour every now and then, I’d be cool with that. Like we are looking to do a [STAIND] record, so we’ll see how much we do to promote that. Honestly, I’m kind of taking it as it comes, one day at a time. It’s hard to plan, you know what I mean. Who would have thought the world would shut down? So you’ve got to take it as it comes.”
STAINDĀ has just kicked off a short U.S. tour.
In the summer of 2021, STAINDĀ completed a U.S. run of dates as the support act forĀ KORN.
The band was scheduled to support DISTURBEDĀ onĀ “The Sickness 20th Anniversary Tour”Ā throughout North America last year, but the amphitheater trek was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic which is sweeping the globe.
In June 2021,Ā MushokĀ toldĀ Anne EricksonĀ ofĀ Audio Ink RadioĀ that he and his bandmates were working on their first studio album since 2011’s self-titled effort. “There’s a bunch of [new] songs kicking around,” he said. “It’s just kind of [a matter of] sorting through that stuff and seeing what, if anything, we like, and figuring outā¦ I imagine, having not put out a real record of new music in 10 years, we’re gonna be pretty critical of what it is and wanna make sure that it’s great. But, yes, there is talk of that. We actually signed a record deal and have a deal to do a new record.”
In March 2021,Ā LewisĀ toldĀ SiriusXM‘sĀ “Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk”Ā that he “would certainly love to” have the newĀ STAINDĀ album released in the not-too-distant future. “All of our plans that were kind of semi on the books and on the table, everything just had a year taken off of it [due to the pandemic],” he said at the time. “We were gonna have a record come out sometime in 2020 or certainly in 2021, and there was a schedule that was on the table that, just like everything else, got burned to the ground as soon as [the lockdown] started.”
STAINDĀ has released seven albums since 1995, the latest being 2011’s self-titled effort. The band has had a number of hit songs during its first two decades, including the Top 10 smashĀ “It’s Been Awhile”Ā from the No. 1 albumĀ “Break The Cycle”. Follow-up LPsĀ “14 Shades Of Grey”Ā andĀ “Chapter V”Ā also topped theĀ BillboardĀ chart.
STAINDĀ released its first album in nine years,Ā “Live: It’s Been Awhile”, in May 2021 viaĀ Yap’em/Alchemy Recordings. TheĀ “Live: It’s Been Awhile”Ā album was accompanied byĀ “The Return Of Staind”, a two-part global streaming series in partnership withĀ Danny Wimmer Presents. The series launched withĀ STAIND‘sĀ “Live: It’s Been Awhile (From Foxwoods)”Ā concert, which streamed globally on May 1, 2021. TheĀ “Live: It’s Been Awhile”Ā album and concert were recorded at the band’s comeback show at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut in October 2019. The never-before-seen concert celebrated the band’s reunion after a five-year hiatus.Ā STAINDĀ also performed its iconic multi-platinum 2001 albumĀ “Break The Cycle”Ā in its entirety for a May 8, 2021 streaming event, exactly 20 years after the album’s release. The “20th Anniversary Of Break The Cycle, Performed In Its Entirety” took place at Mill 1 in Open Square in Holyoke, Massachusetts, bringing the band back to their Western Mass roots.
STAINDĀ played its first full live show in five years in September 2019 at theĀ Louder Than LifeĀ music festival in Louisville, Kentucky.
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