I like to be one of those drummers who actually add to the music, not one of those guys who sit in a room 24/7 trying to outwit or outplay another drummer.
When I look back, it was a strange period in my life, looking at my childhood and then my teenage years and forming Slayer when I was still 17, not out of high school.
I'm really not into the educational aspect of performing. It's not in me.
There's a lot of down time on the road. That part of it I really don't enjoy. There's nothing to do.
I just to put out the best records I can and perform the best I can.
Dude, I love playing drums, and I love being on stage, and I love recording. It's my life... it's been my life, all my life, and I don't think it could ever become boring for me.
Mike Patton is a genius... It is definitely the hardest music I've ever played.
You will in the future hear me on a pop album, but that's just the experimental side of me.
At the moment I have my family coming out with me on the road. We have our own vehicle and its more like a family vacation. I just stop, do some gigs, and take off. Its a lot more fun now with the family.
We got off the Clash of the Titans tour and I said that my wife and I were working on having a baby and sure enough we found out that she was pregnant. So I told them nine months in advance that I wasn't going to tour in September so I could witness the birth of my first son.
I'm doing a lot of touring and things have been really busy for me.
You're at the hotel and after that you go to the venue and sit there and wait.
Every job has its downside. For example, being in a band the travel part of it - getting picked up from your house in a car, going to the airport, getting on a plane, going from the airplane to a van, then going from the van to a hotel.
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