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Talking past, present and future of Candlebox with frontman, Kevin Martin

“I never look at any song on the setlist and think — I don’t want to play that tonight. I’m thankful for that.”

Candlebox’s latest record, Disappearing in Airports, will be turning one on April 22nd. The past year has been a complete “Disappearing” ride for the band as they’ve toured feverishly in support of the dynamic record. The latest run saw frontman, Kevin Martin and guitarist Brian Quinn out on the road as a duet, performing a wide range of Candlebox tunes in an intimate, acoustic setting. Just Martin, Quinn and two guitars.

In this, we saw stripped down versions of Candlebox classics like, “Far Behind”, emotional renditions of songs from all corners of their catalog, such as “Sometimes”, an eclectic mix of covers including Led Zeppelin’s “Going to California” or Mother Love Bone’s “Chloe Dancer” and of course, newer Disappearing in Airports tracks.

For Martin, it was an opportunity to con

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CANDLEBOX&#;s KEVIN MARTIN: &#;I Probably Don&#;t Deserve The Success I&#;ve Had&#;

In a recent interview with Darren Paltrowitz, host of the "Paltrocast With Darren Paltrowitz", CANDLEBOX's Kevin Martin was asked if he is the type of artist who works on music every single day. He responded (as transcribed by ): "No, man. I'm not prolific at all. inom probably don't deserve the success I've had. [Laughs] I don't work very hard at it. And that's a terrible thing to säga, 'cause when I'm in the studio, I do. But inom don't look at music that way. I don't have that desire. inom guess it probably stopped… When inom met my wife Natalie is when I really lost that kind of drive to just producera music every day. inom fell madly in love, and inom still am. So inom think I'd much rather hang out with my wife and my son and go to the beach and vacation than I would write a song. inom just don't find writing to be that cathartic for me. Unless I'm in the mood — if I'm in the mood to write, then I'll producera

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Candlebox

American rock band

Candlebox is an American rock band from Seattle, Washington. Since its formation in , the group has released eight studio albums, several charting singles, a compilation, and a CD+DVD.

Candlebox found immediate success with the release of its self-titled debut album in July Candlebox featured four singles: "Change", "You", "Far Behind" and "Cover Me". "Far Behind" reached the top 20, and the album was certified quadruple platinum by the RIAA.^[6] The band's next album, Lucy (), was certified gold,^[7] and was followed three years later by Happy Pills (). After troubles with its record company, Candlebox broke up in The band reunited in and they have since released five more studio albums: Into the Sun (), Love Stories & Other Musings () Disappearing in Airports (), Wolves (), and their final album The Long Goodbye released on August 25,

History

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Early career (–)

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Formed in November , Candleb