The first show I ever saw was Meat Loaf, and it was on the Bat Out of Hell tour. Meat Loaf actually had a huge 20-foot bat behind him. Smoke came out of the bat's nose and his eyes glowed red - which is still one of the most mindblowing productions I've ever seen.

I think there is always that kind of thing when you're opening that you just want to blow the headline band away.

I don't even know what success is.

You read some good reviews and then you read a bad one, and the bad one pisses you off but there's nothing you can do. It's just an opinion.

It just seemed like there were loads of bands in England writing about walking down the street and falling in love.

It's a lot easier having a girlfriend in a band than if you were going out with someone that lived in London.

I think it's a lot harder when you're opening. You really have to win people over.