BLACK VEIL BRIDES singer Andy Biersack (a.k.a. Andy Black) will release his new solo album, "The Ghost Of Ohio", on April 12. The follow-up to 2016's critically acclaimed "The Shadow Side" was completed with longtime producer John Feldmann. The first single from "The Ghost Of Ohio", a song called "Westwood Road", can be streamed below. Andy told Rock Sound about "Westwood Road": "'Westwood Road' is about being so fucking miserable while sitting in a hotel room and absolutely hating where I am now. It's thinking 'this doesn't represent me at all, this is not who I am' and thinking of going back to being a kid and enjoying going to football games with my dad and all that sort of stuff. Now as an adult, I actually do all that stuff." Speaking about the tie between his graphic novel and the album, Andy said: "In many ways, the comic book is a more stylized and heightened version of these stories, because it has to be. When I went to the company who is printing [the novel], I asked them if they could help me shape all of this into a way where it would make sense. I have written concept albums before, but this is my first time putting together a graphic novel. Then the record went from there." Andy Black will embark on "The Ghost Of North America Tour 2019" in April. Support on the 27-show trek will come from THE FAIM and KULICK. "The Shadow Side" featured help from members of FALL OUT BOY, MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE, BLINK-182, ALKALINE TRIO and more. Last fall, Biersack released the official music video for his cover of "My Way", the Paul Anka-penned timeless classic made famous by Frank Sinatra, then infamous by Sid Vicious. Both versions seem to get a nod on Biersack's take. The clip was filmed with director Patrick Fogarty.
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