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.

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.

When I was really young, I was really into Black Sabbath and Iron Maiden and those kinds of bands.

We aren't trying to make poetry or anything beautiful. It's just a rock show. We just want to enjoy playing loud. That's just about it.

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.

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