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Taproot’s Stephen Richards on Coincidence Between Medical Condition and Latest Album

Victory Records In our recent  in depth interview with Taproot  frontman Stephen Richards, he spoke candidly about his bout with seizures and how his medical issues have affected touring and his performance onstage. The band released their fifth studio album, ‘The Episodes,’ earlier this year, and Richards tells Loudwire that his health condition will likely influence the songwriting on Taproot’s future music releases. “I think from now on, unless they give me some miracle pill that fixed everything, it will definitely lend itself to upcoming material.” He goes on to speak about ‘The Episodes’ by saying, “The crazy thing is, this record we wrote in late 2006 early 2007 and then we put it on the back burner to release our fourth record, ‘Our Long Road Home,’ so we’ve been sitting on it for a while. We wanted to make sure we got it out and Victory Records was totally on board and really supportive of us.” Richards continues, “It’s kind of weird that literally at the beginning of the record is a guy waking up not knowing where he is and what the hell is going on, and then when we released the record I collapsed in the kitchen and woke up in a hospital around people I wouldn’t expect to see, not sure if I had made it through alive or what was going on. So it’s been kind of a trip with the parallel of my own situation personally. I’m just hoping I’m still alive and everything’s real. [Laughs]” Despite his condition, Richards out on the road with the rest of Taproot. For a full list of dates and cities, including a handful left on the band’s current trek with Nonpoint, click  here . [button href=”http://loudwire.com/exclusive-taproot-singer-stephen-richards-reveals-battle-with-seizures/” title=”Next: Taproot’s Stephen Richards Reveals His Battle With Seizures” align=”center”] ?

Nonpoint and Taproot Bring ‘Everlasting’ Energy to New York Crowd

Liz Ramanand, Loudwire Earlier this week Nonpoint and Taproot rocked an intimate show at New York City’s Gramercy Theater and brought some serious force with two powerful sets. Headliners Nonpoint are touring in support of their upcoming self-titled album due out Oct. 9. They rocked out a couple new tracks from the forthcoming disc, such as their single ‘Left for You’ and ‘I Said It.’ They also delivered such fan favorites as ‘Mind Trip,’ ‘Broken Bones,’ ‘Miracle,’ ‘What a Day,’ and ‘Bullet With a Name’ among numerous others, bringing the passion and sweat onstage throughout. Frontman Elias Soriano definitely had a captivated audience, as the crowd was moving throughout. Taproot also gave a vigorous performance and for someone who has had a rough year filled with health issues , frontman Stephen Richards sounded impeccable and was on top of his game. With his charismatic facial expressions and jumping rope with the microphone chord, his stage presence and the band’s overall energy resonated throughout the venue. Not to mention the “Let’s Go Rangers” chant Richards started also really got fans going and kept them in their corner for the rest of the night. The band performed new tracks such as their singles ‘No Surrender’ and ‘The Everlasting’ from their latest disc ‘The Episodes’ which dropped earlier this year. They also worked in older staples like ‘Smile,’ ‘Myself,’ ‘Path Less Taken,’ ‘Calling’ and of course ‘Poem’ just to name a few. To catch the remaining dates where you can see Nonpoint with Taproot, go here . [button href=”http://loudwire.com/nonpoint-reveal-new-album-track-listing-release-date-cover-art/” title=”Next: Nonpoint Reveal Self-Titled Album Track Listing + Cover Art” align=”center”] Nonpoint: Liz Ramanand, Loudwire Liz Ramanand, Loudwire Liz Ramanand, Loudwire Liz Ramanand, Loudwire Liz Ramanand, Loudwire Taproot: Liz Ramanand, Loudwire Liz Ramanand, Loudwire Liz Ramanand, Loudwire Liz Ramanand, Loudwire Liz Ramanand, Loudwire

Daily Reload: Slipknot, Green Day, Taproot + More

Here’s a look at the top stories of the day on Loudwire and around the Web: Slipknot release an official statement regarding an Iowa doctor being charged for involuntary manslaughter in the death of bassist Paul Gray, while percussionist Shawn ‘Clown’ Crahan offers additional insight. [Loudwire] Green Day unveil the details of frontman Billie Joe Armstrong’s recent stint in the hospital. [Loudwire] Taproot give us the exclusive story on singer Stephen

Nonpoint Add Fall Dates to 2012 Tour

Nonpoint are hitting the road for a late summer / early fall tour, and have added a number of dates to their itinerary. The initial dates include supporting acts Eye Empire and Surrender The Fall. Later on in the tour, Nonpoint will be playing with Taproot, Bobaflex and others. The band’s latest album, a self-titled effort, will be released in October. ‘Nonpoint’ was produced by Johnny K (Disturbed, Megadeth) with