Occupation: Singer Birth: April 16, 1962
I mean, why do people fight over sports? Because of the framework, the schematic of sports, those particular people seize upon these opportunities to….
In the late 90s, there was a reverse. Everyone would stand stock still and be so attentive and quiet. But then, it was almost like, "C'mon people! En….
One aspect of our site that I really appreciate is how I put up as much information as I've been able to keep track of: dates, the venue, the city, t….
I'd much rather talk to a 30-year old that survived rough times in their lives [practicing Straight Edge] rather than someone that was harmed by a cu….
I've always been a bit of a documentarian..
What does bother me is that I have to spend time and energy dealing with the ramifications of what people do think about me..
Part of the way the work world works is not so much creating a separation between your work and your free time, but creating the illusion of a separa….
Archiving is extremely expensive and time consuming. I'm sure an archivist would tell me I'm doing it wrong. It's an industry that's built upon essen….
I work at a record label where I have archives. These things [memorabilia] occurred and are important to somebody, and they're important to me. I fin….
Music is a language and different people who come along are each using that language to do something different, but all coming at it in a similar vei….
I'm not talking about what came later [after the American underground punk scene], indie music, or whatever you want to call it, but the music that c….
I think that people are constantly thinking about capturing things that they're not actually present for the moment they're trying to capture. I'm qu….
Yeah, if someone's selling downloads and collecting money for our songs I would be unhappy about that but if they're trading it I don't mind, obvious….
The amount of money that people spend on saving stuff, they try to feed you this idea that it's more important..
I work so I don't need to make rent through my songs, and I think if more people engaged with music without needing it to provide for their welfare, ….
Every song I ever wrote, I wrote to be heard. So, if I was given a choice that 50 years from now I could either have a dollar or knowing that some ki….
At every election, my vote goes to the candidate less likely to declare war. You're dropping hugely expensive pieces of exploding metal on a populati….
I'm all for file sharing. That's great - as long as people are prepared for the significant consequences. One is that music will become completely co….
I think that the idea of straight edge, the song that I wrote, and the way people have related it it, there's some people who have abused it, they've….
There are many things that people do happily that I can't imagine why they would do it... But I have to say that even though I am critical or judgmen….
I feel quite connected to the past, and my memory. Everything that I've ever done I can still relate to, and feel connected to it in a way. There's n….