It's Terrifying To Play Your Favorite Band's

When There's So Much Left To Do, Why Spend Your Time Focusing On Things You've Already Done, Counting Trophies Or Telling Stories About The Good Old Days?

I Don't Think Of Kurt As 'kurt Cobain From Nirvana'. I Think Of Him As 'kurt'. It's Something That Comes Back All The Time. Almost Every Day.

You Know, Nirvana Used To Start Rehearsals With The Three Of Us Just Jamming. For, Like, A Half An Hour, Just Noise And Freeform Crap - And Usually It Was Crap. But Sometimes Things Would Come From It, And Some Songs On Nevermind Came From That, And 'heart Shaped Box' And Stuff On 'in Utero' Just Happened That Way.

To Women, Drummers Seem Like These Adorable, Sexy Neanderthals, But Lead Singers Seem Mysterious And Dangerous. So While The Lead Singers All Want To Be David Bowie, Floating Into Parties And Being The Center Of Attention, It's The Drummers Who Are In The Corner Doing Keg Stands And Breaking Tables. Usually It's The Drummers Who Get The Fun-loving Ladies And The Singers Who Get The Nutcases.

After 10 Years, I Have Been Touring For 20, Playing Basically The Same Type Of Music, A Four-piece Or Three-piece Type Of Music With Loud, Crashing Drums And Screaming Vocals. It Gets To The Point Where You're Looking For Something New, And You Don't Want To Do Something That's Way Too Left-field, For Fear That It Might Seem Contrived.