Review Fix Exclusive: Viceroy Crux’s Terry Stirling Jr Talks ‘Another Sunrise’

Review Fix chats with Viceroy Crux’s Terry Stirling Jr. who discusses the band’s upcoming music video “Another Sunrise.” Breaking down the creative experience behind the song as well, Sterling Jr. also chats what the set of the video was like- an experience quite different than what most band’s experience when shooting a video.

If you’re unfamiliar with the band, their recently released EP, “Round Dice,” is a solid combination of high-energy rock anthems and catchy ballads.

Review Fix: How was the song written?

Terry Stirling Jr.: Another Sunrise was the second song written on Round Dice. I had an idea for drums and I based the guitar part around that. I demoed on my home studio and I was excited to track it and for us to play it live. It’s always a fun song to play live.

Review Fix: Was there any direct influence for the song, or a story behind it?

Stirling Jr.: The lyrics started while I was watching the sunrise after a tough night. The theme for “Another Sunrise” is resilience. If things don’t go as planned today, you have tomorrow to make the changes to push forward. Everyone has the ability to recover and jump back into the fight. I feel those thoughts need to be reinforced. Maybe this is a song to remind myself to keep forging forward during the vulnerable times.

Review Fix: The video is totally old-school 90s. Is that what you were going for?

Stirling Jr.: No, that’s not what we were going for. We just wanted a performance-based music video that captured the same energy we feel when we play it live.

Review Fix: What was the mood like on set?

Stirling Jr.: Everyone that was there worked very hard. But, we also fiesta’d hard. We started shooting as soon as it got dark. The mood was pretty laid back. We’d do a couple takes, then we would jam and have a couple beers. Then we’d do a couple more takes, then jam again and have a couple more beers. We did a full take where the gorgeous ladies (girlfriends/friends) put on the guitars and jumped on the kit and it was awesome. By the time the anthem at the end of the song came, everyone who was there jumped in front of the camera and finished off the song. So much fun. It was also my little brother’s 18th birthday so he brought like 8 of his friends and we played the Beatles’ birthday song followed by a short set before getting back to shooting. We didn’t leave the warehouse till the sun came up the next morning.

Review Fix: Who do you think will dig it most?

Stirling Jr.: Every single person that watches will hate it. Joking. Honestly, I think our closest friends and family will dig it most since you can see us all toward the end having a good time and spreading the love. Our best friends, siblings, and girlfriends are all there.

Review Fix: What was your favorite part of the video?

Stirling Jr.: This is the greatest story ever. Hands down, my favorite part of the video is during the bridge/solo when Tim’s gettin’ down in one of the trailer shots. We were hanging at home a few days after the video was shot drinking wine and listening to ACDC, country, and Disney soundtracks. Ryan says, “Yo, I’m playing ‘My Heart Will Go On’ right the F**k now.” So, there we were. Grown. Rocking out to Celine Dion. I thought it would be a good idea to sync up the footage of Tim chanting the ‘woahs’ part with Celine Dione turned all the way up. We filmed the screen and watched that like 100 times over the next week. Now, anytime we see our music video, we think of that experience. Tim, Celine Dion, rocking out.

Review Fix: How do you want it to be remembered?

Stirling Jr.: It’s totally up to the viewer. We’ll remember it as a great night with best friends.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14230 Articles
Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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