Some of my heroes are John Bonham, Keith Moon, Neil Peart, Ringo Starr, Terry Bozzio, Bill Bruford… The list goes on and on and on.
Change is inevitable with the evolution of technology. In the ’70s, we had records. In the ’80s, we had CDs, and now we are living in the digital age. You can say it’s sad or unfortunate, but the reality is you’ve got to roll with the times and the technology.
After I wrote ‘The Best Of Times’ for my dad and after I completed the ’12 Steps Suite’ with Dream Theater, I very much felt like I had said everything I wanted to say lyrically.
I think if there’s any one band that every member of Sons of Apollo has been influenced by, I think Van Halen is the common ground for all five of us.
I don’t care about technique. I have kind of been pigeonholed as a technical drummer since I was in Dream Theater for all those years, but it’s actually very far from the truth.
A lot of bands, they’ll try to jump on the bandwagon or the fad or the fashion, and they’ll skyrocket, have this quick overnight fame. But as soon as that fad or fashion changes, they’ll go out with it.
It’s all about the music, and I work as hard as I do strictly because of the music. It’s not a money thing; it’s not a career thing. It’s simply to do with me being a music fan with a broad taste, wanting to do different styles and wanting to work with lots of different people.
I don’t want people to think that I think I’m this great drummer because, to me, I’m just a kid playing drums, and I love music.
I could be just as happy playing a Beatles song as I am when I’m thrashing out the double bass stuff with Adrenaline Mob.
I find myself a much happier person when I turn off my computer and live my life.
It’s nice when somebody says that you’re their ‘favorite’ drummer.
Every band goes through breakups or splits.
I see the headlines on Blabbermouth, and the fans are saying, ‘Why is he always talking about Dream Theater?’ I’m not talking about Dream Theater! I get asked about it.
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