I was into Metallica when they first started, like when Kill Em All came out.

People like a story that has a lot of blood, sweat and tears. But I don't think the Slint story really has that.

When I was younger and bands were formed that way, out of friendships rather than anything else. It wasn't like we put up want ads.

I was into the music, but the idea of showing up places on time or having to tell people when you're not going to be somewhere - that just didn't even cross my mind.

Louisville was also good place for being able to make whatever kind of music you wanted to. You didn't have to worry about renting a practice space or figure out when another band would be in there or worry about if your stuff is going to get stolen.

I stayed a kid for a pretty long time, and the logistics of being in a band, I did not take seriously at all.

I don't know if it was related to the type of music that we were doing at that time or what, but Todd Cook actually just turned to me and was like, "You know what would be a great name for a metal band? Dead Child." We talked half-jokingly that we were going to do a band. I guess as time went on, I started writing songs that were more metal sounding, and it just evolved from there. It actually started with the name first, and then the songs came second.