Do you play Roland’s The Unguided songs with Jonathan?

Yeah, and he does it really well in his own way. Maybe a good thing do know is that there is a live dvd where we play a live show with the six of us. So both Roland and Jonathan. It’s fun to see them both perform.

I needed a few spins for the cover songs. Because I knew the songs pretty well with Roland’s voice. It took me a while to like the covers with Jonathan. Now I am at peace with them.

They’re also a bit different than with Sonic Syndicate because we made our own The Unguided versions of the songs, which sound more modern than back in the day. There are a lot things that are different.

With the Covid-19 pandemic I don’t think that you will play Europe or America this year. But are there already plans to go on tour in 2021?

We want to promote the new album. I think Spring is a little optimistic but if the world is kind our goal would be Fall 2021. It will be a tight schedule cause all the bands will be going on tour that year so it’s up to the people to choose what they want to see. We will see how it turns out, but that is what we are aiming for at the moment.

What happened with Sonic Syndicate? Roland was the first who left, then you and then two other members. And the four of you then formed The Unguided so it was like a Sonic Syndicate 2.0, while the original Sonic Syndicate still existed. What was the reason that suddenly four members left Sonic Syndicate but came together to form another band?

For me it was my band that I formed with my schoolmates and my brother a way back in time. It was al about creativity and having fun and a passion for music. We were young and dumb and signed some silly contracts and the fun disappeared. For me it was not about fame and fortune. I wanted to have fun and write music. There were many decisions made by other people instead of by the band itself. It was a very uncreative environment so when the recording of ‘We Rule The Night’ started, I decided to leave the band. And me and my brother were talking about a side project in 2008 but weren’t allowed to have one. So I left and Roland left the year before for a completely different reason. With the tight touring schedule it was a bit similar as him leaving The Unguided. My brother was still a member of Sonic Syndicate when we started The Unguided but he joined very quickly because we were having fun again and we could write songs that we are very proud of.

All right I have no more questions. Is there anything you’d like to add?

I hope when everything is over we can come and play in Belgium ’cause we never played there with The Unguided. We played a couple of shows in Belgium with Sonic Syndicate ,so it would be cool to come back. And I hope that a lot of people will check out ‘Father Shadow.’