Staind‘s forthcoming new self-titled album, which many of you have already deemed as a return to their heavier roots, apparently had quite the painful birthing process. Speaking with Billboard.com, band frontman Aaron Lewis offered the following on the making of the record:
“It was full-on falling apart at the seams. Everything just went completely sideways, for so many different reasons. It got so bad that we stopped working (together) and we just went to doing it on our own” in separate locations, with minimal contact with each other. It was definitely the most difficult and trying and tumultuous record that we have made yet.”
The dysfunctional (totally went there!) relationship was documented by a camera crew and will appear on the deluxe edition of the album, which is due out September 13th. Also revealed in the interview was that the band had rapper Snoop Dogg record a cameo on the new album track, “Wannabe“.
However, it doesn’t appear as though the version of the song featuring Snoop will make it onto the final cut of the album. Which, let’s face it, is probably for the best.
