Burnley and his bandmates have been enjoying success as of late due to the massive amount of radio play the band received with "So Cold," the first single from We Are Not Alone, the band's second album on Hollywood Records.
Burnley said that success these days as a rock band is a very gradual thing, and joked that he didn't run around the neighborhood screaming "we made it!" like the band in the movie That Thing You Do when he heard his song on the radio.
"I think the coolest moment was the first time that people are out at the bus waiting to meet you and get your autograph, and that's the only time its cool," Burnley said with a laugh.
"When you need security you know that you're doing something right. Whenever I am done playing a show, if I don't run to the bus, it'll be at least an hour until I get there because I will never turn down an autograph for a fan. If the fans are going to stand in the cold for me, then I can freeze with them."
Burnley said that the band has spent the past month and a half at home and that he loved every minute of it, because being on tour wears on his nerves.
"The only thing I don't like about [touring] is not having any privacy, because normally I'm like a hermit," Burnley said. "Normally people go to work and go home, but when you are on tour you are always around people, like the crew and other band members. It's like having a bunch of roommates that you never wanted. They are your friends; you just don't want to live with them."
Scott Stevens, lead vocalist/guitarist of the Exies, said that he had met Burnley when the two bands played a few shows together, and Stevens coerced Burnley from his bus to have a couple of drinks. The two then discussed the possibility of touring together.
"We are both hard rock bands. I think Breaking Benjamin fans will dig us as well, at least I hope so," Stevens said.
The Exies are touring in support of the band's second album, Head For the Door, which Stevens said is a much better representation of the band than its first album, Inertia.
"We don't want to rip our fans off," Stevens said. "I was pleasantly surprised with how the record came out. The songs have the same sound as they do live."
Stevens said that the Exies have been enjoying themselves, opening for bands such as Velvet Revolver, and now Breaking Benjamin, however he said that there was a time when the future of his career didn't look too promising.
"At one time, I was living in my car for a month and ten days with my cousin parked outside of the apartment that I was waiting to move into," Stevens said. "We worked at an extravagant hotdog stand in Melrose and we would wash up there. Things were pretty bad, and I didn't think the band was going to work out."
Dave Wells, Crowbar's director of operations, was extremely pleased that he was able to book Breaking Benjamin at Crowbar because they were one of the most requested bands to bring in, and the band has been successful at Crowbar in the past.
"Sold out, slam dunk," Wells said. "I know that the people that did get tickets will be extremely pleased. I just wish the venue was bigger so more people could've had the chance to see this band. It's quite a lineup, and Breaking Benjamin is going places for sure."
