After facing the possibility of never singing again, Yellowcard frontman Ryan Key has recovered from emergency throat surgery and says he is glad to be back on the road, reports Reuters.
Key underwent surgery in mid-May to remove a cyst from his vocal cords caused by overworking his voice. Key's throat problems forced the punk-inspired band to temporarily halt promotion of its new Capitol album, "Lights and Sounds."
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We were put in a place where we realized how fragile the whole thing is. This industry that we've somehow fallen into, it's so true, the cliche of it could be here today and gone tomorrow,"
Key told Billboard.
After spending 10 days completely silent, with a dry erase board as his only means of communication, Key had time to put the band's success into perspective. "We were out supporting and touring but was not getting the response that the last one got," he says. "Unfortunately, having that response on the first one is going to set you up to expect that on the next one and I wish that didn't happen."
Now, with Yellowcard fever dying down, Key is learning from his experience and readjusting what he says is his normally pessimistic attitude. "You just can't help thinking, why isn't it working like it worked that one time?" he said. "But we just need to get back out and have a good time again, pre-'Ocean Avenue' vibe."
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and actually, i don't think yellowcard is bad.
although it's probably because i've met them and i think they're cool guys.