"I remember going to concerts there growing up. The place just seemed so huge to me, you know? It was always a good time. We toured with Atreyu and we were the opening band on that tour. That was definitely the best show on that tour, playing in our hometown at the State Theatre. That was when we were opening up. Now that we're headlining, it's crazy."

According to SoundScan and Billboard, plenty of folks want to hear music by Chiodos, which also includes guitarist Patrick McManaman, bassist Matthew Goddard, guitarist Jason Hale, singer Craig Owens and drummer Derrick Frost. The group's latest album, "Bone Palace Ballet," debuted at No. 5 on The Billboard 200 chart upon its release last year, and there's even more of an opportunity for "Bone Palace Ballet" to succeed now that it has been re-released with six additional tracks.

Bell spoke to LiveDaily about taking the summer off, reworking tunes for the reissue and Owens' well-documented suicide attempt in July.

LiveDaily: So how was your summer? You took the time off, correct?

Bell: It was awesome. It was just cool. We kind of stayed in the whole summer and didn't do much. When you do that, you get down on yourselves and think, "I hope people don't forget about us." It was cool to have a hometown show and have such good support. It was amazing. It rejuvenated our spirits.

I understand the summer was kind of rough.

It wasn't that rough because I enjoyed it, just being at home and enjoying ourselves. I had an itch to get back out on the road.

How is Craig doing?

He's at a really good place. We're touring now. That's our therapy, you know? That's really all I can say.

You're re-releasing "Bone Palace Ballet" in October. How did you choose the extra tracks?

There are four new songs and two acoustic songs. There's four songs that, when we were doing the record, didn't make the final cut. But now we've had time to sit on them and polish them up the way we wanted them. We're really happy with the way they've all turned out. We figured we would reissue it and throw a couple acoustic tracks and maybe some DVD footage on it as well.

Tell me about the acoustic tracks.

There's a piano version of "A Letter from Janelle" and a piano acoustic version with some strings on it of ["I Didn't Say I Was Powerful, I Said I Was a Wizard"]. They came out really cool. Craig did a lot of different vocal stuff than he did on the regular tracks. It sounds really cool.

Have you started writing new material?

A little bit. We started to a little bit over the summer when we had some downtime. But we don't really have a lot yet or anything. I think after this next tour, we're planning on going down to Kentucky and finish writing there for a few weeks, see how the progress is going and take it from there.

Why Kentucky?

I don't know. It's kind of becoming a ritual. And we went there to write songs last time. We just love the place. So I think we had a little bit of a vibe from there.

Who produced the new tracks on the "Bone Palace Ballet" reissue?

Casey Bates. We figured we would finish the project with him since he started it. Casey's just a really laid-back dude. He puts the pressure where it's needed, yet he knows where to back off, too. He's not going to get on your back about deadline. He wants to make sure you're aware of it, though. He's a really competitive dude who's a blast to be around. He helped a lot, especially with the acoustic tracks. I'm not sure how we were exactly going to pull that off because it was just me and Craig going up to the studio to polish it all up. Just to get it down perfect, Casey helped us record a lot of those and he just always gives us good advice.

You're on an indie label, yet you were able to crack the Top 10, and tour with the likes of Linkin Park and My Chemical Romance. To what do you attribute those accomplishments?

It doesn't make sense, does it? It's just going to prove to you that you don't need a major label to have success anymore. The whole music industry is totally making a whole 180 right now. The whole online publicity is definitely where it's at. I'm sure that's where we've gained a lot of our fans. We're not on mainstream radio or MTV or anything. It's all about word of mouth now, and it's the best type of promotion.