The thing I like about the band [Dead Child] is that there's no pretense. We aren't even trying to be artists or poets.

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

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

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.

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

I was young, but to me that was underground music. I had never heard anything like Venom or any of that stuff growing up in Louisville. That was sort of the only weird records I could find. All that stuff would be in the import section. And sometimes there would be some sort of goth type of stuff. But that was the stuff I was attracted to.

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.