It was pretty common to form bands that only lasted a few years. Slint was my favorite band that I was in at the time, and I didn't realize that I was bummed out about it until quite a while later.

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

We made basement practice songs.To have them presented in such a huge fashion today - like at Primavera, where it's thousands of people in a festival environment - is surreal. I never thought some of the songs would ever need to be projected at such a volume or to such a wide span of people.

There are five of us. We've all played in various bands together, in different combinations. I know that Todd [Cook] and Tony [Bailey] are my favorite rhythm section - they're just like a unit. I guess we've all just played together in various capacities, so when the band was coming together, it was sort of like we just chose members because they had similar sensibilities and also because they're just cool. We all got along real well.

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.

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

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.