We were pretty normal - suburban kids having a good time playing in bands. We were silly. We weren't dark, intense, humorless people. Humor was one of the connecting forces among us. It was more like camaraderie.

On a musical level, I do find it rewarding. It's not like I want to blow my brains out while I'm playing these songs from so long ago. I am still surprised by the way the songs are constructed - note choices, the way the arrangements are made, the way these songs are assembled. I'm still amazed at times.

When I was really young, I was really into Black Sabbath and Iron Maiden and those kinds of bands.

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

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

As I got older, it turned into hardcore punk. I started getting into more aggressive music.

When we woke up every morning, one of our things was, "Let's go put a new sign in the back window of the van." Those are the different signs we had up in the back of our van, so that the people behind us could have something enjoyable to look at.