Kevin Cronin

Well, I mean, you know, some people would say I was fired.

Other people would say that creative differences arose.

I was fired.

No, what happened is I... Well, they made a big mistake.

Well, you know, there was nothing malicious about it.

I just had never sung so long and so loud and so hard, and there was no in-ear monitors.

It was wedges.

And normally, the tours we went on, unfortunately, the headline acts wouldn't let you use the wedges.

because they wanted you to sound bad to make them sound better.

And so I just blew my voice out.

And I went to a doctor in Champaign, Illinois, and he said, I should not sing for six weeks and not talk for three weeks.

And meanwhile, we're rehearsing for the third album.

And I'm like,

Oh, and plus I'm the new guy.

I've only been in the band for about a year.

So in typical Irish Catholic Midwest fashion, I keep it all to myself.

And I'm trying to not talk very much and not sing at rehearsals and only sing for the gigs.

I'm thinking every note I don't sing now is a note I'll be able to sing in the studio.

It was...

It was crazy time in my head.