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

Now since I've gotten back into it, I've been listening to a lot more of the 1990s death metal type stuff.

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.

There are so many things that kept forcing metal back down to the underground. It survives everywhere on the planet.

You can go to any small town in America, there's going to be a metal fan there. You can't say that about post-rock.

My kids don't really like when I sing for some reason...but they like when I play guitar. So I started writing songs just playing guitar for them.

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.