If we did that, wrote the story, break it into 10 parts, and just write the music to the lyrics this is going to go hundred times better than trying writing an album. I was watching some VH1 documentaries on Pink Floyd and The Who and I had this idea if we did this concept album and we wrote up a story, it didn’t even matter what the story was at all, it was like an experiment. We were in the middle of that album and running into some road blocks. We actually made that right in the middle of Our Long Road Home (2008). Mike Dewolf-That one was completely different from all our other records. What was the outlook going into this record? Let’s talk about The Episodes, a very strong album for Taproot. Since then you guys have released 3 more records most recently The Episodes in 2012, all different albums in their own right. Mike Dewolf-Yea absolutely but no matter how far I try and go in some other direction and try and do something completely different, it always sounds like us no matter what, so there’s almost no running away from it (laughs)Ĭ-Right because it’s still Taproot no matter what. We use that and put that in our music, so our music is never going to be the same cookie cutter stuff, because we are going from our lives that are changing.Ĭ- That is good to change things up and keep people on their toes. We all have our personal lives and things are always happening, we’re always growing and changing. As far as writing I think we’re always writing from our hearts and experiences at the times. As a player I wanted to switch things up so yes it was a conscience decision. The baritone guitars are kind of hard to deal with and when you’re playing that low sometimes it’s even kind of hard to distinguish what you’re playing. Mike Dewolf-For me it was, that album I switched from my baritone A tuning to a D standard tuning which is a lot higher and immediately a different sound no matter what I’m writing. Was it a conscience decision for the band to change your sound from Blue-Sky Search and beyond? It seems since this time the band has continuously experimented with their sound from album to album. Now the album Blue-Sky Search in 2005 was a sort of different direction for Taproot. Pretty much everything past then and up until now has been a learning experience and something good, you can always take something good away from anything.Ĭ- Yes and you have released many good albums since that time. They put us out there in front of a really large audience, it was a great experience. I am very thankful for the opportunity we had when we were on Atlantic Records. Mike Dewolf-I’m grateful, happy, and lucky that those albums keep us going and keep us doing what we do. When you look back on those albums now how do you feel about the success you had with them? Now in that time you guys had your share of success with your major label debut Gift in 2000 and Welcome in 2002. If you get knocked 8 times you get up 9, we never back down.Ĭ-That has definitely shown because you guys are still around. There has been lots of peaks and valleys throughout the years. We all understand that and we do whatever we need to make that happen. Mike Dewolf-Any number of things but at the root of it all is we love music and we want to play music, that’s what we do. Tell me what the key to keeping the band going now for the better part of 16 years? Recently we sat down with guitarist Mike DeWolf for a in depth look into the key to longevity, managing success, and the future of Taproot.Ĭ– Taproot has stood the test of time now plugging away since 1997. Together now for the better part of 16 years the guys are still going and writing some of the best music of their career. Flying high from their major success early on Taproot matured over the years weathering the ups and downs of a rock n roll band. The lead single off the album “Poem” was a massive rock hit in various rock formats and to this day still spun on rock radio. Two years later the band followed up with their popular album Welcome. Taproot roared onto the nu-metal scene in 2000 with their critically acclaimed debut album Gift.
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