If it weren't for this, I'd probably be working a normal job and playing on the weekends for 10 people at the Irvine Spectrum.

You really have to play with the space in a riff so it can be allowed to breathe.

We're always trying to do something better than the last record; to do something different and evolve as a band.

We wanted to do something different and have a surprise release. At first, naturally, the label was getting a little scared about that, because they wanna sell records, and a surprise release means it might not go as quickly.

My brother and I have never been that close. We have different mothers and never lived in the same house. As kids, my sister, Samantha, and I lived in San Diego and Brad in Brooklyn. The only time I saw him was in the summer when our visitations with our father overlapped.

Sevilla are so important in my life: I met my wife there, our daughter was born there, we have a home there, and we'll go back.

Music is my first love, and I can't step away from her. I love music, and I love playing and living the dream, but I also miss my family.

In the summer of 1956, my mother was pregnant with me, which caused my father to confess his fear that I was going to be too much of a burden for him because he had a history of depression.