I know that starting out as a young band, it's really easy to get lost with bands that sound the same or with the plethora of music that's out there.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
You know, I have a really tough time finding new bands.
It's very difficult sometimes having bands, you know, when all the members aren't on the same page.
Right now, I've never been more impressed by the new bands that we meet. I may be 10, 20 years older, but we're all on the same page about culture, music and life.
It's amazing to me to see how bands evolve and how they take all their influences and come up with their own sound.
When you're in a band that's so big when you're young, you kind of lose your identity a little bit. You just become part of the band. I just needed to get away from it.
I've created several musical trends, really. That's not because I'm so far out and fabulous. It's because most bands have no ideas of their own. They're so desperate they'll grab at any old straw.
When we started, a lot of bands sounded really different from one another.
That's what so sad about a lot of modern music, in my opinion, so many young bands never stay around long enough to fulfill their ultimate promise. They only get halfway there or a quarter of the way there.
Bands are about these little relationships that make everything tick, and when you create new music you're testing those relationships.
Being in several, disparate bands is what I thrive on.