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My biggest influences were 1980s punk and metal. Metallica were my biggest influence because they were good at everything - riffs, energy - but with such an ear for melody, it was hard not to get pulled into it and become a fanatic.

I was a fan of heavy music - first metal, then punk, then hip hop.

I was mostly influenced by bands like Black Sabbath and Judas Priest - Metallica's 'Kill 'Em All' was also a hell of an inspiration.

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

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

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 was a punk rocker. A full-bore, 1st-generation punk.

I certainly didn't want to be in a punk rock band, because I had already been in a punk rock band. I wanted to be in a band that could do anything - like Led Zeppelin.

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.