Asking Alexandria's Danny Worsnop has officially cleared the air on the reasons that prompted his departure from the band in 2015 as well as his subsequent return the following year.
Following his initial exit, Worsnop and guitarist Ben Bruce sparred a bit in the press, but the mud-slinging was ultimately a misunderstanding and hindsight later prevailed. "There were a lot of factors that led to this and played into it," the singer began explaining in a recent appearance in an episode of "Offstage With DWP," a Q&A series from festival promoter Danny Wimmer Presents (video below).
"There was a massive, tremendous amount of conflict within our camp, and there was a lot of pressure on us," Worsnop revealed, "But it was pressure being put on us that didn't need to be there. And there were people telling us, basically, 'If you take a break, if you don't go on tour, if you take time off from touring for whatever is going on in your personal life, your career is done; you're gonna disappear.' So we were being controlled and being pushed, and anything that anybody wanted to do that wasn't Asking Alexandria, that was seen as a threat."