I've never been a fan of bands that go out and celebrate their age, I'd rather be celebrated for being relevant.

It's important me as a musician and also as an occasional show goer to feel the presence of a band on stage, to hear a PA reverberating and slapping off the walls, the push and pull of an audience, the blood, sweat, and heat. It's a primal thing in a way.

I am far from an "old" person in human terms, however I've spent over half my life immersed in the punk rock and hardcore community. I am not wholly defined by that as a person, but it is something that has been part of me for a long time.

I feel that people spend as much time skipping songs as they do listening to them in their library.

I've never been a fan of bands that go out and celebrate their age, I'd rather be celebrated for being relevant.

If anything, I feel that the current generation of listeners of heavy music are progressing a bit passed their gateway bands and are digging deeper than they used to and understanding more abrasive and complex music and art. It's like being around an unfamiliar language long enough that it eventually begins to make sense.

Everyday that passes I am pulled from youth as how it has been defined by that culture into something else.