We're making music to help people think and bring them together, that's our role; we're not siding with anybody

I smoked 20 cigarettes to get that sound because I'd read that John Lennon smoked a load of cigarettes on "Twist and Shout".

We're making music to help people think and bring them together, that's our role; we're not siding with anybody

When you're writing you're affected by everything that's going on around you.

When I've met people that work in any walk of life they say, "If it wasn't for punk I wouldn't be doing it this way." I think spiritually, it did change the world a lot.

People wonder if the Pearl Jam audience will get into The Buzzcocks. Eddie Vedder is a big Buzzcocks fan. He used to come to see Buzzcocks before he was in Pearl Jam. If his fans like what he likes, I guess that they might like The Buzzcocks.

It is kind of weird being the last gang in town.