WATCH: The Temperance Movement 'Rock and roll isn't dead, and it isn't the underdog'
The Temperance Movement say denting the Top 10 with new album ‘A Deeper Cut’ is a two fingers up at naysayers who claim rock is dying a death.
On the week The BRIT Awards gave mainstream pop acts a huge boost in sales and streams, incredibly The Temperance Movement held their ground and charted at no.6 on Friday (23rd February).
Speaking to Planet Rock’s Wyatt on their tour bus ahead of their headline slot at Winter’s End, singer Phil Campbell said it was all down to the fans: “It’s great, it’s massive, massive thanks to our fans because our fans buy music.
“They buy records and they told us they were going to buy this one before it was made and they did. I’m just really, really thankful to them, they’re great people our fans.”
Guitarist Paul Sayer added: “To be brutally honest with you, the brilliant thing about the chart position is that a rock n’ roll band is mixing it with Ed Sheeran and Justin Timberlake.
“And that’s really important because I think that there’s kind of a bit of attitude from the mainstream music media that rock and roll is dying and the underdog and it’s actually not because you know (Planet Rock) you have a massive listenership. We’ve got events like this (Winter’s End).
“But you hear that repeated often enough and you almost start to believe it yourself and the main thing, the change – especially for Phil and I – was kind of realising that those guys (naysayers like Gene Simmons) can all ‘f off’.
“We love our band, we love our fans, we love the scene that we’re in and rather than being kind of almost embarrassed by it, we’re really proud of it and we want to embrace it.
“That sort of realisation was what got the third album, got us really in the right place to make the third record and I think it’s a massive part of why the third album has been such a success.”
Pushed by Wyatt as to whether fans buying their records was the most important thing for them, Paul responded: “Honestly, what we care about is that they love it enough it to carry on follow us and come out to gigs. The main thing is they like it; that’s what we care about.”
You can watch the full interview with The Temperance Movement below where they confirm they will be focusing on the UK and Europe for much of 2018, open up about the difficulties of trying to crack America and being away from home fans, how still having to prove themselves is a good thing and much more.