A lot of times, when a band finds success with a certain style or sound, they have a really hard time breaking away from that to grow as artists.

Ben was more improvisational, and relied less on methodology, and basically is a guitarist who switched to bass, whereas Jeff has a more traditional approach to playing bass in a band, and has a great sense of what his band sounds like, and we lock up nicely.

Little things can make such a big difference during recording.

When I first went on tour with PJ in '98, I was still in shock having gone through the Soundgarden break up.

My recording career has luckily run the gamut of recording environments.

In my last band, Soundgarden, I had a couple of different drummers sit in on some stuff and it was fun for me to kind of take a break and watch the band.

I think every band is a little cautious when the drummer starts to write tunes.