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.

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.

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 listen to every type of metal under the sun. I'm not very discerning.

We were pretty normal - suburban kids having a good time playing in bands. We were silly. We weren't dark, intense, humorless people. Humor was one of the connecting forces among us. It was more like camaraderie.

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.

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