Everything is completely democratic in this band so far and that is the way that we would like to keep it.

You have to make sure that your assets and your back is protected before you make any big decisions.

We knew that we wanted to play heavy music but I hadn't gotten into melody and things like that.

Lyrically we tried to just not be the same as a lot of the other crap that is out there right now.

Everything is completely democratic in this band so far and that is the way that we would like to keep it.

Whether you like another bands music or not you never know who is going to take you out on tour or who you are going to be friends with and that is just something that is important to us.

Musicians don't respect a lot of the stuff that is on TRL and a lot of musicians think that stuff on the radio is not good musically so when musicians say that they like us it obviously feels good.