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.

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

I think the majority of the people in the band still play in other bands, because we're not that active. But for me, it's the only thing I want to do and it's the only thing I'm focused on. I've always played in a couple of different bands at once, but now I'm only interested in the Dead Child stuff.

In my entire life I never set out to do anything ground-breaking or pioneering, and I'm not going to start anytime soon.

We just have to plan everything in advance and concentrate it so that we get everything done in time. It's not as laidback as I wish it could be.

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