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.

I just played at a club in L.A. called the Baked Potato. It fits like 90 people. It's like playing somewhere in a basement in, like, Indiana or somewhere where all your friends show up. It's really fun and there's a very different energy to that than to play to 50,000 at a Tokyo baseball stadium.

People who come up to me are drummers or fans of the band. I don't get it too much, but I'll be somewhere and someone will have me take a picture or something.

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.

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

I just try to approach and serve the music in the way that I think is right for the band I'm in at the time.

The Meatbats are a throwback band.