Danny Worsnop is returning to front his former band Asking Alexandria, but we're not exactly surprised.
Hands up who’s shocked that Danny Worsnop is returning to Asking Alexandria? Anyone? Nah, didn’t think so. Speculation that Danny was returning to take up the mantle filled by Denis Stoff for the past year began in the last couple of weeks, when Denis was noticeably absent from his bandmates’ Instagram posts. Fans turned detective and brought up the fact that he reportedly ditched his old bandmates in the Ukrainian outfit Make Me Famous, and sure enough, Ben Bruce confirmed in a Facebook live stream that Denis had gone AWOL, and Danny was back in the game.
Given the trash-talk flying about when Danny and AA parted ways, it would be easy to raise an eyebrow at his return. Ben said at the time that Danny’s musical tastes were at odds with the rest of the band after he skipped off to the Sunset Strip to pursue his hair-metal dreams. Pursue is the operative word here; camp Worsnop hasn’t been particularly fruitful. His band We Are Harlot released their first and only album last March, and despite it being received well in the music press, didn't set the world on fire. The band have been pretty quiet since then, with Danny focusing on his solo project. The songs he’s released so far from his country album The Long Road Home (formerly The Prozac Sessions) seem to have gone down alright with fans judging by conversation on social media, but it’s taken a bloody long time to get anywhere. Danny first started work on it late last year, and it’s only recently that a release date was set for February 2017.
http://teamrock.com/feature/2016-10-22/why-it-was-inevitable-that-danny-worsnop-would-return-to-asking-alexandria
