Daisy Berkowitz

It all begins with the initial tone coming from the cabinet, but EQ at the board is very important.

We were like psychedelic folk combined with Sonic Youth's noise.

I even have a Harmony Rocket and a Stratocaster with a scalloped neck back in Florida.

Well, I didn't really grow up playing or listening to metal, like many of the kids I went to school with. I only got into it in my late teens, so when Marilyn Manson formed, it was at a time when I was still excited about approaching music from that angle.

It's great, because different groups of kids can laugh at each other and still enjoy the show.

There are kids out there that are into Iron Maiden and others who are strictly into industrial music, but they come for the same reason; they all like us and they different things out of the band's music.

Micing it from two different angles in front of the speaker sounds huge, and it's so simple.

Experimenting with different sounds is great, but when it comes down to it, you're still playing a guitar.

I'm happy with the way everyone presents themselves onstage.

But the exposure we got by doing the stint with Nine Inch Nails brought us a lot of attention.

Each member of the band has varied influences, and the same diversity is reflected in our fanbase.

If you make it sound too much like a synth, it will just sound like a guitar part played on a synth.