In a new interview with ‘Paltrocast’ Candlebox’s frontman Kevin Martin opened up about his retirement plans as the band celebrates their debut album ‘Candlebox’s 30th anniversary. Martin shared his thoughts about this big decision by saying:
“It’s been a great career, and I’m just so grateful that our music has lasted for 30 years. It’s a strange feeling. It’s bittersweet knowing that I’m saying goodbye to this. I’m not sure how I’m going to feel at that last strum of the guitar chords. But I made this decision.”
Martin also revealed why he was at peace with the idea of stopping. He added:
“I discussed it with my wife and my son, and I discussed it with the guys in the band. And I think it’s the right decision and it’s the right time. And I’ll find plenty of things to keep me busy, that’s for sure. I love fishing, so I’m going to do a lot of that.”
Kevin had also talked about his decision to retire in a previous episode of SiriusXM’s ‘Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk.’ The frontman shared how he came to this conclusion by explaining:
“During COVID, I had a great awakening, being home with my wife and my son… My music career had become so encompassing of my time my emotion and my energy and all this stuff that I realized that I had not given my family what they actually needed from me, which was me.”
Martin continued:
“And being home and being a dad and a teacher and a husband, and learning how to bake bread and realizing, ‘God, man, I’ve missed a lot of things in my life that I enjoy,’ I said, ‘I need to figure out when I can wrap this up.'”
You can watch Kevin Martin’s interview with ‘Paltrocast’ and listen to the band’s debut album ‘Candlebox’ below.
