Asking Alexandria Interview with Denis Stoff

By Josh Drespling 
and Alexa Linger

Though Asking Alexandria has been a driving force in the metalcore/hardcore punk genre since their 2008 debut album The Irony of Your Perfection, they’re back and stronger than ever with a new album and new lead singer Denis Stoff. Empire Extreme sat down with the former vocalist of Make Me Famous to talk about his start on Youtube, joining Asking Alexandria, their new album, and what’s in store for fans this summer.

First off, I’ve got to ask the cliché question. The new album came out recently and there has been a tremendous response to it…:
It’s been good, really good. I am pretty stoked.

Yeah, it hit #9 on Billboard?:
Yeah, if you talk real albums, verses stream, we ended up at #4.

This is obviously the first album with you as the singer. Can you give us the details of how you became part of the band and the YouTube tie in?
I didn’t just get into the band because of the YouTube. I mean, YouTube was part of… I guess what you could call my career. When I was really young, I was making cover [songs]. I was making them just for fun – not like kids nowadays do it to get exposure. YouTube was just a new thing. It was only around about a year. I was like ‘oh, shit – people put covers up here.’ I thought ‘that was pretty cool, I’ll do that, too.’ From there, I moved to my first and second bands.
You referenced the previous bands. Are you still involved with them in any way?

No, no. Absolutely not.

Asking Alexandria’s Denis Stoff. Photo By Jason L Nelson

Were you involved in the writing process of this album? At what stage did you come into that?

I started from day one. Started from scratch.

How do you like these big festivals?
Well, obviously when we are playing our own club shows it’s way more intimate. I love playing the festivals because there are so many people that have never heard our work. It’s always a great time winning over the crowd. I love it. In the clubs, we get to play a lot more songs. On these festivals we are just trying to get everyone going. We play a different set.
I know there has been some words said in the press between the existing band and the old singer. Has that affected you in any way?

No, not really. I’m here to do me. I don’t care about what was happening in the past.

Moving forward, through the rest of the summer. What’s on the schedule for the band?

This summer we are doing a bunch of Europe. We will be in England. We have a bunch of American festivals and solo shows. I can’t remember the dates and all. It you want to see all that, you can always look it up at askingalxeandria.com. It’s all right there.

Anything else going on with the band, and side projects?
No, no, no. We are all focusing on Asking Alexandria right now. I don’t think we are even thinking of working on anything solo. We are all focused on the band right now. What is in the air is talk about the next record and writing. We are actually writing a little bit when we have the time.

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Josh Drespling

Josh is the Publisher and creator of Empire Extreme and it’s sister publication Kingdom Extreme Magazine. He is an accomplished writer, photographer and graphic designer. He is always conjuring up new ideas and has a amazing passion for the music industry and all the things that surround it.

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