Even with Extreme, I don't think you have a choice but to sort of have somewhat of an influence of the times.
I think I'm a music fan before anything else.
I never record anything like a demo, I just go for it.
I definitely get affected by new stuff. There's a lot of older influences, but there's also newer stuff too.
I am affected by what is around. I don't think many people would admit that.
There's two facets to writing a song. There's you sitting in your room writing the sentiments of the song; the lyrics, the melody and the changes, and then there's the part where you go into the studio and you put clothing on it.