I wanted to write some lyrics that had some meaning to them, lyrics that were meaningful to me and hopefully people can take something from that.

That was our first major tour and we got a chance to play in front of like 5000 people every day so it was like a Rock and Roll boot camp for us really, we learned a lot and made a lot of good friends.

Being on Ozzfest has been a great way for us to break out and show metal fans that we have a heavy side.

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

A lot of big labels will just sign bands like a write off.

We really try to make sure that the band writes the songs, not just one person.

Actually, we got signed in November of 2000 with Dreamworks which is the most amazing label. We have friends on other labels and though we are not selling millions of records, yet, they treat us with tons of respect and give us some very good guidance.