Billy Talent: An interview with vocalist Benjamin Kowalewicz

[@katiejames2448]

I feel Billy talent is extremely underrated

[@timgiesbrecht3483]

In Germany they are very popular

[@sarkanaisluksofors]

@@timgiesbrecht3483 well, everybody in Germany knows 2 or 3 songs of them, but i don't think that this makes you very popular. I have even friends who have never heard anything from Billy Talent

[@kofgrep]

Maybe because some of the Billy Talent band mates have Eastern European ethnic origin? 🤣😂

[@katiejames2448]

@@kofgrep what's your point

[@kofgrep]

@@katiejames2448 Eastern Europeans are looked upon with contempt by those who rule this music industry from behind the scenes 🤣😂

[@Keviks1]

I remember begging my dad to put Surrender on the tv when i was 2 and dancing to it. Thank you so much

[@lbj2320]

they are so underrecognized, crazy to me. They are really great.

[@billytalentrs]

He is comparing Billy Talent to other bands to much. Billy Talent is very unique and i think sounds like no other band

[@timotejemanuelslogar9560]

Green Day is notehing like Billy Talent! I am notsaying they're bad at all but really different. Green dad is just a pop- rock (teenage boys, girls) kind of band but Billy Talent is so much more. I think their song meanings are much more above. PS: Don't eat yellow snow!!

[@teamcoquelin1203]

wow this intreview is so interesting. thank u for uploading it!

[@slimangel]

Great Interview! But the much Clip parts some kind of bugging me, would loveto see Ben, if he is speaking :)

[@Dan_iel.]

Talks about surprise surprise. Plays try honesty

[@Robher85]

Ben reminds me of Ryan Reynolds the way he talks, it’s like I’m watching Deadpool lol

[@ethanfinlay2012]

Yeah so crazy talented

[@DESTROYEUR666]

15:00 This is *EXACTLY* how I discover *Billy Talent* !!!!!

[@cristof41]

Burnout revenge!!

[@DariusMakesContent]

Same

[@DariusMakesContent]

@@cristof41 yep

[@DariusMakesContent]

@@cristof41 red flag?

[@cristof41]

@@DariusMakesContent exactly 😉

[@kasiecrayon7152]

I really want to see billy talent perform live but they hardly ever play near me

[@izzy1676]

Why so much hate on green day for god sakes i would be honored

[@flohardy2000]

derpycat :3 it's not hate, Billy Talent is just completely different

[@ConArdist]

It's awesome Gosling does this band in his spare time. Jk, Ben owns!

[@MorrisUK1990]

as a musician i find it really difficult to define billy talents sound, i think they have some punk elements sure.... but green day? no not at all. i remember the first time i heard billy talent i was a young teenager and it was red flag and i remember thinking this is completely different to anything ive heard upto this point and still to this day there is no band that sounds like billy talent. so why is this guy trying to pigeon hole them to one genre? theyre just billy talent enjoy them or go home

[@jmflores9127]

Exactly!

[@Semondesta]

+MorrisUK1990 really hardd

[@MikeHawk-er7bx]

Still now eight years later, Billy Talent, especially in the first few albums, remain entirely unique.

[@matthewneufer1758]

Billy Tallent is Bad Ass I cant picture him singing punk ballads , Ben Orr from the Cars pulled it off , I guess he would have to change his voice unless he wants to keep the punk in his voice hes a bad ass singer regardless.

[@tomgrace4751]

Ryan Gosling

[@blckhole6774]

His voice sounds like 2 cats fighting in a bag

[@christhimself8005]

V I second that. Mmhm

[@throwingblade]

what song is playing at 0:45

[@Tehbestshot]

Try Honesty

[@Johnnydepplover4573]

He says they're the biggest Canadian punk band but at least here Sum 41 are way bigger than Billy Talent. In fact almost no one knows billy talent... While Sum everyone recognises. And how are billy talent getting marketed to anyone? I can also tell that if it wasn't for youtube and spotify and all that shit I would never have found Billy Talent and half the bands I listen to today cause their music isn't available anywhere else (at least where I live) you can't go into a record store and buy a punk album cause they simply don't sell them nowadays.

[@Redneckstomp294]

Sum41 are just crap.

[@corinna007]

Where do you live? I hear them on the radio all the time here in Canada, at least as much as I hear Sum41 (who I don't really like, honestly). And I know they aren't very well-known in the States but they are very popular here and also in Europe, especially Germany.

[@Johnnydepplover4573]

corinna007 I live in Portugal. I heard them once or twice on a rock station I usually listen to otherwise never heard them on the radio.

[@Junkerhead]

Ben sent out a Nard reference. Nardwuar vs Billy Talent possibility?

[@slumbergaming]

Pop Punk? Wow...

[@LilaREmber]

ikr

[@drummkid1991]

the only is green day ????ß how about blink 182 and stuff :D

[@LetsGoInStyle]

most popular punk pop bands? they are NOT that big wtf.

[@shiiiitstain]

>_> seriously??? they definitively are man...

[@stefano3825]

In some countries, they are massive like in Germany or Australia.

[@blackstorm214]

They arent known at all in the states

[@NamaseiNama]

blackstorm214 sry but i dont agree with this

[@jmflores9127]

They are very well known in Canada too

[@majacrawley1891]

are punk bands and punk-rock not politically driven? like anti-flag and rise against are very political and i always assumed that was a major part in the genre and if you don't like it, don't listen to it

[@rawkrXbabee]

Lol the interviewer talks too much, and I wish they had two mics the switching was so annoying

[@Ip2always]

Green is basic punk rock, Billy talent is not, why even compare BT To green day 😂