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I can play punk rock, and I love playing punk rock, but I was into every other style of music before I played punk rock.

I wanted to be in a punk band before I had even heard any punk music.

I tried so many different musics. I kind of burned out on classical and wanted to make it fun again. I started playing with indie bands and country bands and finally realized electronic music brought my style to life.

In the early days, myself and my friends were into punk because we had no money, just very basic instruments and skills. It was more about the ethos and the energy.

I formed a band when I was about 13, and we all listened to punk - or what we thought was punk!

Part of the punk attitude was that you should project your music through your whole body... show your personality as much as possible.

Starting out really punk came from not knowing any better and listening to music like that, not knowing how to play music - well, still not knowing how to play music.

I was never really that interested in the punk movement. I was a blues guy: I liked Motown, James Brown.

When I was in college in Philly, there was a lot of post-punks... hardcore... like, rock. Sixties, retro, proto-Strokes kind of bands.

I think my style is quite grungy and punky. I love the '90s and the music from that time, and I love punk music. I'm also a fan of mixing vintage with some high fashion, which links back to my musical taste because I tend to mix old music with newer songs.