One thing I never thought about when we signed with Epitaph is how much music can change these kids' lives. I've had kids show me scars on their wrists and tell me that our music saved their life.
I think the first half was something that we could definitely build on.
That didn't pan out, unfortunately. 'Voices' is all about what's happened to me in the last three years, and a lot of it is about that relationship, about how it ended. I thought it would be pretty cool to write a continuation of it, how being on tour in a band kind of wrecked it.
Michael's got extensive front-wheel drive experience from when he won his class in the Slick 50 Road Saloon Championship in a VW Sirocco,
They seem to be a little stunned. It's interesting to see the kids react to our new record and it's fun playing new stuff and breathing new life back into the show.