Metal Shrine recently had a chat with Lzzy Hale of Halestorm about the future plans for the band, and whether or not Lzzy would consider doingPlayboy. Pretty diverse topics but hey, it’s what we all want to know!
Whats the plan after this [European tour]?
Lzzy: We go home on the 17th of November and then we have about a week off and then we have a headlining tour till the middle of December in the States. Then we break for Christmas and well be taking a little bit of time off at the beginning of the year, to settle down and do another record. We always write, but weve begun trying to narrow it down and writing for the next record.
Do you sit down and go Ok, this is what were gonna do!? Take the music in another direction or stay with the Halestorm sound?
Lzzy: For the most part its a little bit of both, because we usually try to go Whats the next step?. We dont wanna make the last record, but we dont necessarily wanna depart completely. Were not gonna put out a country record. (laughs) We do wanna take a little bit of a risk and I fell theres gonna be a couple of songs or pieces of songs where theres different styles within the rock realm that we havent really experimented with yet. Just diving in head first and we also dont wanna do what everybody normally does with their third record and we dont wanna go softer. I think we wanna go a little bit more aggressive. Theres a lot of things that weve been thinking about. Its exciting but also extremely frustrating, because now its real and we gotta figure it out now. Theres so many different things we wanna do and were just trying to organize it all and then get all the songs finished. Its quite the task, to the point that you have to put stuff down on your phone between catering on a day like this. Were in that obsessive mode right now.
I read that someone asked you about doing Playboy and you werent totally against it. Is that something you feel is a necessary thing to do these days? What would your parents say about it?
Lzzy: I think my mom said something like Youre gonna do that after Im dead, right?. No, I dont think its necessary at all and its your own prerogative. I do find myself walking a certain line and obviously you can walk out in the short shorts and high heels, but as long as youve got something to back it up with. To me it would have to be a good situation, whether it would be Maxim or Playboy or something like that. And again, it would have to do with how ever I feel at the moment. If I feel I wanna be a little bit debaucherous and do that, I probably will. I feel bad for people who think its a necessary evil. If youre going to do that, it has to be your decision and have it be a selfish situation.
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