Devin Townsend Regrets His One-Night Stand with His Ex

This is kinda bittersweet: Devin Townsend recently played the now-classic Strapping Young Lad tune “Love?” for audiences in Mexico and Chile… but he wishes he hadn’t:

So just wanted to say: yeah, I played Love in South America and it was a mistake. I didn’t think it through as I had said I wouldn’t again.

— Devin Townsend (@dvntownsend) April 19, 2013

I figured it had not been played there before so I’d do it as a ‘cover tune’. But it just confuses people. It won’t be played again.

— Devin Townsend (@dvntownsend) April 19, 2013

Thanks for the support – signed: ‘work in frikkin progress’ again, my mistake fully.

— Devin Townsend (@dvntownsend) April 19, 2013

I have strong affection (trying not to use the “L” word) for that song, but I also totally understand where Devy is coming from not wanting to play old SYL material. So, like I said, kinda bittersweet.

Ah, well. We’ll always have these fan videos of the Mexico and Chile performances:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=YBazgfGVXQw

And just because you can never watch it too many times, and it seems extra-appropriate now that there’s a new Evil Dead movie in theaters:

[via The PRP]