It kills me when I see some metal band trying to pass themselves off as an 'alternative band.

I'm not saying I wouldn't play a seven-string. It's just that I've never needed one. Most dudes who play seven-strings don't sound any different than someone playing a six-string that's tuned down.

My old man was a musician - that's what he did for a living. And like most fathers, occasionally he'd let me visit where he worked. So I started going to his recording studio, and I really dug it.

It kills me when I see some metal band trying to pass themselves off as an 'alternative band.

Pantera is the only band I've ever been in, and at the start we used to play covers to make a living.

Always have a collection of your favorite CDs with you.

I would just listen to records and learn what I could, then just roll it over and over and over.