Its extremely important to have a loyal fan base and be receptive to them.

It's always push and pull with a record company.

I have lived most my life with chronic inflammation and constant pain with immediate diarrhea.

The average life spans of many bands are not that long, up to five years if they are lucky.

The thing about Matt Cameron is he has made us 1000 times a better band than we've ever been. He's such a freight train on drums and such a cool individual as a man that it makes us better as a band, and we are now complete with him.

There's Eddie's conviction and his lyrics and his ideals, and he can just rock straight out. His vocals are incredible. And we all are really competent musicians.

But KISS inspired me personally to pick up a guitar and go for it.