When I learned to play music, I was listening to blues music. And all the blues music I liked was super simple and stripped down. And then all the hip hop I liked was super simple and stripped down and we always heard that connection.

I'm really not worried about what fans think.

Bands from Akron have a sense of humor and don't tend to take themselves too seriously.

I never listen to Led Zeppelin. But, I mean, I don't think Robert Plant or Jimmy Page listen to Led Zeppelin, either. We all probably obsessed over the same old blues records growing up.

My mum's family would all get together, with guitars, harmonica, mandolins and upright bass and play old blues and folk songs. That was normal to me.

Everybody always wants to rebel against their parents' music, but nobody listened to music louder than my dad.

Coming from a smaller place always made things feel more personal, which is really what it's all about.