DEVIN TOWNSEND Still Isn’t Interested In A STRAPPING YOUNG LAD Reunion

Devin Townsend could not make it any clearer that he will not reunite Strapping Young Lad, but folks maintain asking him. He said it twice in 2022 and he is saying it once more in 2024 due to an interview with Teraz Rock.

Within the interview, Townsend mentioned he is a totally completely different man than he was again when Strapping Young Lad existed (between 1994 and 2007) and has no real interest in bringing it again. It additionally would not assist that Townsend hasn’t spoken to any of his former Strapping Young Lad bandmates shortly.

“I do not assume so,” mentioned Townsend. “I do not discuss to anyone within the band anymore. And the person who I’m 25 years previous that’s simply I am a unique particular person. And I do not wish to. I feel that is my reply. And it is a onerous one as a result of that is tinged with guilt as a result of I do know different folks need it. But when there’s something I’ve discovered over the previous couple of years is that I’ve to concentrate to my very own wants, and I simply do not wish to in any respect.”

Townsend later elaborated that attempting to make everybody blissful solely ends in burnout, and that in his eyes it isn’t in-line with being true to himself artistically. And actually, does anybody need a Strapping Young Lad reunion if Townsend’s coronary heart is not in it?

“I feel there’s a variety of different individuals who wish to please all people, and for a few years my complete character was primarily based on folks pleasing. Like, I simply wanna make all people blissful — I wanna make the viewers blissful, I wanna make my household blissful, I wanna make children blissful, I wanna make administration blissful, I wanna make the label blissful — and so that you’re at all times sort of dancing for folks.

“However then, after a sure period of time if you hit a wall and also you get burnt out and also you fucking crash, like I did, I used to be, like, who the fuck are you doing this for? Why are you so insecure that your wants are to make all people such as you? It is not the way in which ahead artistically and it isn’t the way in which ahead as an individual. And so I do what is correct for me now. And it will enchantment to much less folks ultimately, but it surely’s what I select, man, as a result of it is, like, life is brief, and that is what I need.”