Biography

That's not just my attitude, but how the whole band feels. Anyway, when we play, people call out songs for us to do. If I did one, then I'd have to do another, and it would never end. Some of these people just come to have a miserable time. Some of these people just haven't grown with the band--it's not 1981 anymore. I think music is the purest, most direct, most expressive form of communication. We just pick up our guitars and play. That's all there is to it. Whatever comes out, comes out

People's expectations of what they think we should be doing can be pretty bad sometimes,. We've been around for a long time, and I do at least one song off every album that I've been on. I don't do stuff that the other singer did. That's his stuff, and I don't do his stuff.

For now, we just want to reach as many people as possible with our music, but never compromise our principles. I want to just write what I want to. We're doing OK, better than the Rams--they're hurtin'.

I decided to become a musician when I saw The Germs play at The Masque in L.A. in 1978 or 1979. I figured if they can do it, I can, too. I started my own band the very next day.

I guess the band used to be more image-conscious, but not any more,. We're just a rock 'n' roll band. All those stupid categories, who cares? Before, people thought we were punkers; now we're supposed to be metal. People like to put bands into categories--and we're in a metal box now, but we're really nothing but a rock 'n' roll band . . . when we play, we just get up and do a nice sweaty set