It's always a Catch-22 situation. They hate you if you're the same, and they hate you if you're different.
I grew up on a lot of early Beatles, DC5, Cream, Clapton, Page, Beck and Hendrix.
When I was growing up and listening to bands like the Dave Clark Five, the groove was what initially got me going. I really like that funky, heavy groove.
To hell with the rules. If it sounds right, then it is.
Bass is for people who can't play guitar
I played 'Eruption' two times for the record, and we kept the one that seemed to flow ... there's a mistake at the top end of it whenever I hear it, I always think, Man I could've played it better ... but I like the way it sounds. I'd never heard a guitar sound like that before.