As I Lay Dying: 'I |Never Wanted' video to debut this week
"I Never Wanted", the new video from the Grammy-nominated San Diego metal act As I Lay Dying, will debut online via HeadbangersBlog.com on Thursday, April 30 and on the small screen on Mtv2's "Headbangers Ball" on Saturday, May 9.Commented guitarist Phil Sgrosso: "We've talked about doing a video for 'I Never Wanted' for quite some time now. Most videos that we've done have been for more fast and aggressive songs that have the usual Aild sound to it but we wanted to mix things up and do a video for a slower (but still heavy!) song that would be made up of footage from our new DVD, 'This Is Who We Are'."
He added, "Denise Korycki filmed and directed our DVD so we thought it would be perfect for her to make a video that incorporated mostly footage from the DVD, plus some bonus stuff as well! The live footage is made up of several shows that we played in the past few years while the 'hanging out' footage was shot mostly while we were...well...hanging out. Not much more to it, I guess! Generally it takes us a day or two to film one of our videos but in a way, it took several years to make 'I Never Wanted' what it is. I hope you enjoy it."
As I Lay Dying's first-ever DVD, "This Is Who We Are", sold 4,200 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 2 on the Top Music Videos chart. It also debuted at No. 3 in Canada, where the DVD has already shipped platinum.
As I Lay Dying has appeared on Taste Of Chaos, Ozzfest, headlined the 2006 Sounds Of The Underground Tour, Cornerstone, Bamboozle 2006 and just about every significant hard music festival around the globe. With "This Is Who We Are", As I Lay Dying steps into new territory by releasing its first-ever DVD consisting of three discs produced and directed by Denise Korycki (Cannibal Corpse's "Centuries of Torment" DVD) that provide viewers with live performances and a complete As I Lay Dying audio/visual history.