In an interview at Download festival in the United Kingdom, HALESTORM guitarist Joe Hottinger spoke about bands that heavily rely on pre-recorded tracks during live performances.

He stated: "To me, a live show is an interpretation of your record.

And it doesn't need to sound exactly like the album...

If you wanna listen to the studio recording, listen to the studio recording.

To me, rock and roll is supposed to be a little dangerous.

Like, are we gonna fuck up tonight? Who knows what the song's gonna be like? What does it sound like when the four of us are making as much noise as we can?", Hottinger also reflected on HALESTORM's approach to live performances without using backing tracks: "Whatever — if people do their tracks and stuff, I don't give a fuck.

That's how they choose to run their business, and we just like to have fun.

I don't think it would be fun to have like a 'clink, clink, clink, clink' in my in-ear monitors on stage.

How do you tap into the flow when there's a cowbell banging inside of your head? Things should go wrong.

It's a rock show.

There should be fuck-ups every show...

We fuck up every show.

It's awesome.", This discussion follows previous statements from HALESTORM drummer Arejay Hale and frontwoman Lzzy Hale about the band's preference for live performances without backing tracks."