Going up north with the redwoods and driving along the coast, it's got everything, man. It's got the desert, the mountains, and the ocean. It's beautiful.

In some of the L.A. clubs, people can act too cool to get into your music. That can get to be a bit much.

Drums all have their own particulars - each drum has a place where they sound the best - where they ring out and resonate the best, and the head surface isn't too loose or too tight, mainly so you get a good rebound off of the head.

I'm a little more of a lead instrument in the Meatbats.

Edible names are what drives me as a musician. My next band will be called the Hot Dogs.

I'm a musician. It's what I do! I wouldn't be too good at anything else.

Sometimes one of us will have a riff or a bass line from home but it really gels when we come together. We really have a strong special chemistry that we take advantage of when we get together.