Metal has always been somewhat marginalized, and I love to prove the perception and stereotypes that go with it wrong.

Metal has always been somewhat marginalized, and I love to prove the perception and stereotypes that go with it wrong.

Metal never goes away. It drifts in and out, but the true fans are always there for it.

My father will go see Trans-Siberian Orchestra every single year. I mean, he's completely into it.

Black Sabbath invented heavy metal, in my opinion.

I want to be the Letterman of metal. I want five nights a week, Monday to Friday, 11 to 12, live. I always shoot for the moon.

Hard rock for me is AC/DC, Def Leppard, Tesla, Kiss. Metal tends to be louder, ruder, darker, like Judas Priest, Slayer, Iron Maiden.