We wanted to offer something new to our audience. I hate it when bands stop taking chances.

Everyone has a side to them that's kind of unexplained and feels misunderstood.

For the 'Load' album, I was experimenting so much with tone that I had to keep journals on what equipment I was using. For 'Hero of the Day', I know I used a 1958 Les Paul Standard with a Matchless Chieftain, some Boogie amps and a Vox amp - again, they're all blended.

Guitar playing is both extremely easy for me and extremely difficult for me at the same time.

I love horror movies in space. I love it when the genre switches over and what was sci-fi becomes horror.

Musically, there's a movement called the flatted fifth that's really evil-sounding. It was outlawed by the Catholic Church during the Middle Ages. That movement is what gives you a real evil sound that conjures up dark, fantastic images. It's like an audio horror movie. It personifies what a horror movie is about.

I love 'True Blood.' I love 'The Walking Dead.' Those are fantastic series.