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He recently interviewed Dan Kuchta: Drummer for Torndown.

 

Read the following to see why I interviewed Dan:
In this exclusive episode of Coffee on the Couch, I had the distinct pleasure of sitting down with Dan Kuchta, the exceptionally skilled drummer of the hard-hitting and humble rock band Torndown. Beyond the chart-topping success of their EPs, Live Again and Pull Me Through, I was drawn to Dan’s remarkable journey in the Christian music industry and the waves Torndown is making while remaining remarkably grounded. As a friend and lover of percussion instruments, Dan’s humility and passion for music shine through. We delve into Torndown’s incredible journey, their impact on the Christian Rock charts, the inspiration behind their powerful tracks, and the personal challenges that influenced their latest creation, “Out Of The Darkness.” This episode unfolds the story of Torndown, exploring the evolution of their sound, collaborations, and the messages they aim to convey through their music.

 

A quick blurb about Dan Kuchta as a person:
Dan Kuchta is not just a remarkable drummer; he’s a devoted husband and father of two, anchored in his Christian faith. His unwavering dedication extends beyond music, as he served in the armed forces during the Iraq/Afghanistan war. A diligent worker and follower of Christ’s teachings, Dan brings his passion for percussion to his home church, where he skillfully plays the drums every Sunday morning. His multifaceted life reflects a deep commitment to family, faith, and service, making him a truly inspiring individual both on and off the stage.

 

Transcript excerpts:

“Listen in for today’s guest, as you may have seen his band’s name on the Rock Charts Top 25 listing, sitting at number 25, among such bands as Disciple.

Little known fact, even though his band plays fast and slightly heavy Christian music, he’s quoted as saying that he mostly listens to praise and worship music.“

Dan Kuchta, drummer from Torndown

“Live Again and Pull Me Through, they made quite an impact on the Christian rock charts.

How did it feel to see your songs resonate with your audience and spend weeks on the charts?

 

 

“Oh, it felt incredible, man.

We put a lot into that project and really stepped outside of ourselves as far as we’d ever really seen what we could do musically, and to see it up on the charts in that project, Pull Me Through was probably my favorite song. I just have a thing for songs in Eight Time, and obviously, with live against the title track, that got up pretty high, but Pull Me Through went up to, I think, number three, and like you said, they were up there for a while, it took a while for them to fall off, but yeah you got all these other national acts up there, and your name’s right up there with them, and that’s really cool, like we’re just, in one sense, nobodies, but in this modern age, if you’re willing to do it, you can make good music.”

“So, your EP Live Again, it had such a strong title track.

Can you tell us about the inspiration behind the song Live

again?

Yeah, so Eric is our bass player. He’s our main lyricist.

Eric tends to write the majority of the songs. Tim comes up with a lot of the riffs.

Eric will definitely have ideas, and then Tim will usually bring those to life. And then I show up and do the boom boom crash.
Eric does all the writing, and the original inspiration for that title track was his dad had a pretty significant battle with addiction to hard drugs, and that had a big impact on, you know much of Eric’s life and so the way the creative process works for us is I mean we have I would say

Eric has almost a catalog of lyrics sometimes.

Like usually, when he writes, he’s just got like, hey, here’s what we got.
Let’s put them together. But we’ll go through them. And it’s a combined process. Everybody has input into it.
And the lyrics and the choruses find the way to live again.

And it was actually originally “find a way to live again.”

and you know we want our music to be related to our faith; we don’t necessarily want to be super overt about it, but…..” 

 

The Torndown Band

(Listen into the podcast to hear more about Torndown’s story and their success in making it on ” the Christian rock charts top 30″)

 

Links:
http://www.torndownmusic.com/
https://www.facebook.com/torndown

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