We feel it the second the lights punch on. The first chord lands and there’s no confusion about which Saving Abel is in the room. Randy Webb is front and center, the pulse is familiar, and the band we’ve known for years sounds not just intact—alive. “There’s a version with the original singer, who had been out of the band for more than a decade and brought in four new members to create his own version of Saving Abel,” Randy tells us. “Then there’s the version I sing for—the Saving Abel everyone has known and loved over the years, with founding members, longtime members, and now a new singer and drummer. Onstage, we make that clear from the first chord: it’s familiar, it’s classic, but it’s also alive and ours.”
Rehearsals for October kick off with one word on the board: energy. Day one wipes out the nerves. “We realized we have a special energy together. Any worries or concerns were gone after that first rehearsal.” It clicks fast with Jason Null and Scott Bartlett—no forcing it, no second guessing—just that tight, easy lock musicians chase and rarely catch. “Everything just clicked instantly. The chemistry between us was right, no effort needed.”
Randy and drummer Garfield Redden carry a habit from One Day Alive that lifts everything: they trust each other and stay rooted in the moment. It shows in the way the verses breathe and the choruses bite. “We trust each other, stay in the moment, and remember how lucky we are to be able to play music on this level.”
Fans talk about Randy’s voice like grit and soul poured through a live wire. He points to the spot where that charge flips the whole room. “On ‘Addicted,’ the bridge is where it flips for me. It goes from that raw, fiery edge to a more controlled, almost vulnerable tone. That contrast makes the chorus hit harder when it comes back in.” Live, he stretches that moment—lets the vocal hang over the guitar line a beat longer—building that sweet tension before the drop. It’s subtle, it’s brave, and it makes a song you’ve heard a thousand times feel brand new.
New music is already moving. “We started working on a new song. It’s untitled at the moment, but it’s going to have more edge than any of our previous tracks. The risk is really leaning into an edge or sound with higher energy.” No play-it-safe polish—just a band chasing the louder heartbeat that got them here.
Ask Randy how fans should feel walking out and he doesn’t dress it up: “Like they were part of something real, personal, and raw.” That’s the promise. No confusion, no copy. This is Saving Abel, breathing fire again and letting us feel it with them in real time.
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