The numerous ecstatic traditions - including free jazz and funk - have all been great inspirations..

However naïve it sounds, or however inept the result, I think the idea is to try to alchemize the crap, not just mirror it all..

I tell people too young to know that we came up during two of the most dogmatic times in recent history - the so-called hippie era and the punk era, ….

We [Notekillers] aren't necessarily trying to be role models, but if we are, that's cool..

It is inspiring to see bands still trying to do significant and new things in the realm of sound. Most people in any category are more or less fillin….

I could easily fill up each week with going to see debuts of friends' compositions alone. When you add in all of the bands I'm interested in catching….

Possibly the only thing we Notekillers place on a higher pedestal than music is laughs, so, of course, we also know that the idea of the title is a k….

My personal definition of rock'n'roll is people attempting to do something that's beyond their ability to do it well. And whatever the outward contra….

I do think I've learned, in the ensuing years, how to be a more effective bandleader. And maybe, just maybe, we're a little better on our instruments..

To me, everything in the world comes down to two categories: "about-ness" and "is-ness". "About" represents or describes something, while "Is" is the….

Back in the day, I came up with the expression "Same Animal - Different Cages" to describe our songs. I suppose over the years I've just broadened th….

We [Notekillers] are in no way super-earnest about what we do and if you see us live, you see we are cracking up during songs and saying pretty ridic….

Еach song is like starting over. Because somehow, no song's formula works for another. And that's the beauty of it all. Each song's destiny is embedd….

Every improv must be song specific. It has to grow organically out of the particular elements involved or it's just glib self-expression. I hate when….

If you're talking about musically, I think I understand just a little bit more about things that were mostly intuited back then - how certain timings….

I like to go for a certain over-the-top opulence when naming the drone pieces whereas the song titles are all about concision, I guess. I mean, if I ….

Songs start with my bringing in the basic riffs for what you might call a verse and a chorus, an A and a B part...whatever. And sometimes a C and eve….

I still have my "Anarchy in the UK" 7" [ Sex Pistols single]. I'm sure it gave us a context to think about as well as a kind of kick in the ass. But ….

I like to give clues - titles - that can give a simple, evocative hook into what picture or feeling welled up in my mind when I came up with the song..

Inevitably, as much as we loved punk rock, our noise was coming from a slightly different place..