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

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.

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.

Most people found out about Slint in the mid or late 90s, but we were an '80s band. We started in 1986 and broke up at the end of 1990.

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.

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.

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.