Everyone knows about The Who, but I didn't. I knew the popular songs like "I Can See For Miles." So that was the first song I worked on because it was the catchiest and easiest.
I'm an old rock and roll buff. I love Bruce Springsteen and Tom Petty.
Soundgarden and Metallica, The Ramones, Everclear... I think they all wanted to see if we still knew how to play.
Everybody needs some real rock in their lives...whether it's bands like ourselves, Aerosmith or Stones...or new bands like Five Finger Death Punch, Avenged Sevenfold...it's out there.
It seems like bands have stopped making timeless, great rock albums like they did back in the day.
When I embraced the rock hat, when I put it on two or three years ago, when I realized I'm gonna go and make really focused rock albums, it felt like wearing an old shoe. It was a perfect fit.
There's just no great rock albums anymore. There's a lot of rock music out there, but it's very bland and disposable.
All of my favorite music was probably in the rock category.
The Rolling Stones were one of the best bands ever, and 'Sticky Fingers' is one of the best rock albums I've ever heard.
Aerosmith's 'Rocks' is on the list of my top favorite albums of all time.
There's so many influential albums my parents would put on. Like the first album I ever heard was 'Help!' by the Beatles and from there I just loved rock music.
I love listening to Led Zeppelin and classic rock albums from the Seventies. They're just so brilliant because they breathe.
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey stoopid.
