Musician

I listen to classic rock for the most part.

I had a dream I was onstage naked and I forgot how to play the songs.

Pighammer' is what I envisioned the first Static-X record to be; trancier, a bigger electronic vibe with more keyboards.

Anyone who likes Static-X will definitely like my solo record.

For me, if we're going to have a guitar solo, it needs to be over the top.

Nothing in life is free, you always pay in the end.

I have my own thing that I do really well, but it's not singing. It's more of a screaming-type thing.

I think our first record was a fluke, really. The fact that it went platinum and all that, it was all due to one video and the timing being just right.

We had an incident back in 2001 where our drummer threw out a drumstick into the crowd and it hit someone in the eye and they were going to sue us. You just always have to be really careful with that kind of stuff.

I did my solo thing for a while and got that out of my system.

I'm always working on multiple songs at a time.

Well, for me the canning factory was minimum wage, which at the time I believe was $3.40 or something. I was just happy to have a job.

You know, Kiss can always go on as long as Gene and Paul want it to go on. Static-X is the same way. We're the two founding guys and the two vocalists and the driving force of the band. We can go on as long as we want, as long as the two of us are together. If I ever lost Tony, I'm sure I'd start something else.

For many records, everyone was like, 'Oh, this next record is going to be their last, blah, blah, blah.' But here we are on our sixth full-length studio album and we debut at No. 16. It's obvious we're not going anywhere.

My wife and I sold our house in L.A. and we moved out to the high desert in California, by Joshua Tree, and we're out in the middle of nowhere.

I'm very picky about who we tour with.

Pretty much every other question I get from fans is about my hair and beard.

The original lineup, we got on stage, we had a great chemistry, it was awesome, and then when we left the stage, we never talked to each other. There's a lot of bands that way. Who cares? What's wrong with it?

When I'm in a bad mood, I feel better listening to someone else who sounds like they're in a bad mood. That was especially true when I was a kid, and I was mad at my mom or dad for whatever reason.

Sometimes things get too layered and compressed or there's too many effects and they turn into mush on record. I strive to keep it raw and live-sounding, like you are in the room watching the band play.