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"He's a Homecoming King for a generation of kids": John Feldmann on Andy Biersack and his solo debut

Fuse recently sat down with producer John Feldmann to go track-by-track of Black Veil Brides' frontman Andy Biersack's solo debut album The Shadow Side. Check it the in depth explanations of each song here, and be sure to leave us a comment with your thoughts.

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One of the most interesting points of the interview of Feldmann's discussion of the opening track “Homecoming King,” in which he calls Biersack “a Homecoming King for a generation of kids.” The interview addresses the album's collaborators, everyone from Gerard and Mikey Way to Benji Madden of Good Charlotte to Rian Dawson of All Time Low to Quinn Allman of the Used to Patrick Stump of Fall Out Boy to Ashton Irwin of 5 Seconds Of Summer to Matt Skiba of Alkaline Trio/Blink-182. Feldmann also talks about Biersack and Juliet Simms' wedding under “Break Your Halo” and the songs' inspirations, which included My Chemical Romance (“Louder Than Your Love”) and Bring Me The Horizon (“Ribcage”).

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Feldmann produced The Shadow Side, which dropped last Friday, May 6. Andy Biersack has been working under the solo moniker Andy Black.

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