

Maybe there was a murmur about an underground occult rock thing going on at the time. Somehow, we were lucky enough people started embracing us as well, even though we weren't part of any major music movement. When we were debutantes, it was still that like emo-core going on, and we stood out like a sore thumb. And in this day and age, especially when rock isn't the flavor of the day, I think it has behooved us that we've sort of moved against the pack. As much as I'm a sucker and grew up listening to really obscure, very extreme death metal, I also have a huge alignment and childhood love with big-ass arena rock.

And I've always been very, very influenced by PINK FLOYD and THE ROLLING STONES. That sort of fucking theater and playing arenas. That sort of band or like 'Powerslave' with IRON MAIDEN. Because I was so determined that, yeah, I want to be what METALLICA was in the '80s, on the '…And Justice For All' tour. If we had people voting on everything, it would not have happened this way. But that was aided by the fact that I was the only one that invested and everybody else was paid. He continued: "It defies logic for a lot of bands, I think, to try to expand beyond their means. I think it has helped we have consistently tried to bring a show to the people." But I think our sound and our way of not writing the same record every time, but still having a signature DNA in it has helped. And it all combined in alignment, sort of created the sum of our career. He replied: "I think there are various reasons. In a recent interview with AL.com, GHOST mastermind Tobias Forge was asked why his band was able to break through commercially at a time when pop, R&B and rap acts dominate. Fan-filmed video of GHOST's entire September 9 concert at CURE Insurance Arena in Trenton, New Jersey can be seen below.
