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I'm my own worst critic.
I'm just a dumb guitar player, man.
It's hard to chase a vibe and catch a vibe.
It's the best thing, me leaving Stone Sour.
We're just kind of dark as humans, generally.
There's always something to rage about, right?
I don't like to really dive too deep into politics.
Dave Fortman really helped me appreciate Rick Rubin as a producer.
You can't evaluate your situation when you're in a band, not really.
Every experience you have in life can be applied to different things.
I use Pro Tools version 9 LE at home and I take that on the road with me.
The masks, for us, are more of a way to present ourselves live, you know?
Well, basically Corey and I were in Stone Sour before we joined Slipknot.
I like to keep my world positive. There's enough negativity kicking around.
Iowa,' for me, I hated doing that album - it wasn't a good experience for me.
I think that the only goals that we try to set for ourselves is to evolve musically.
A&E eggnog, there's nothing like it anywhere on Earth. It's the best liquid ever made.
It's always been about the live show for us. We're having Halloween onstage every night.
There is a solo on 'Spiders,' albeit a kind of a non-traditional solo, but that's what I love.
I don't seek out knowledge when it comes to guitar playing; I like to let it happen naturally.
It's important to evolve without ever straying too far from your roots and what established you.
For one reason or another, a lot of guys wind up with a guitar that isn't really right for them.
So many bands play to tracks - what's the point in coming to see them live if they're playing to a CD?
I have a hard time with any sort of criticism; not because I have some huge ego or anything like that.
The future of Slipknot is always in doubt. I always prepare for each album as if it's gonna be the last.
I'm just kind of more, like, I'm gonna take every day as it comes and that's gonna be good enough for me.
I'll never be able to listen to anything we've done like someone who's just picked it up for the first time.
When we recorded 'Iowa,' we jammed, we went through the songs, we played as a band and we recorded as a band.
I've started to look at guitar playing from more than just a standpoint of using certain modes and techniques.
We're a unique band, so why have a generic producer lumping you in a box with other bands that sound the same?
Slipknot's the kind of band you need to step away from and kind of take a break from and let it heal, so to speak.
I don't consciously think of any certain direction when I'm writing. I only try not to be repetitive or redundant.
I love 'Mad Max' and 'The Road Warrior,' in particular - those movies are very close to my soul, you know what I mean?!
I'd rather be creative and be artistic and be able to play intricate music that moves and really takes you on a journey.
You don't even know are we going to have a career? Are we going to be able to sell records? Are we going to have a label?
I was spreading myself too thin. That was making me unhappy and that, in turn, was making the rest of Stone Sour unhappy.
For Slipknot, I'd say drumming is only 50 or 60 percent of the job. The rest of it is who you are and what your personality is.
People that like Slipknot that could care less about Stone Sour, people that like Stone Sour that don't know a lot of Slipknot.
We're still evolving as a band. I think that's really important for a band to do, especially after being around for so many years.
Music is like wine, it ages beautifully - and if you spend enough time you can just sit there and listen to it entirely differently.
If you have a sickness, you gotta fix that sickness, but you can't keep putting somebody into treatment over and over and over again.
I'm always living at least a year ahead of where I'm really at, and that can really lead you to some negative thoughts and some bad vibes.
No, I would never in a million years compare anything we've done to anything we've previously done. I don't believe in it - I think it's bad.
I feel weird talking about it, because how can I, as the guitar player of Slipknot, sit here and say, 'Oh, I have trouble.' You know what I mean?
When you've got a mask on, you're kind of invincible. It's almost like nobody can see you, and you can do what you want to do without consequences.
As you're touring there are so many layers to a live show, it has always been important for me to have a guitar that I can use live and in the studio.
There's such an energy and emotion to rock music, which is a lot of the reason I go back to '60s and '70s bands and look at some of the fire they had.
There are many different artforms that are just being lost because the whole digital revolution has homogenized everything, turned it all into Walmart.
We're closer friends in Stone Sour than I am with the guys in Slipknot and that makes life a lot easier. I'm not trying to take anything away from Slipknot.
Don't get me wrong - I'm still way into the metal, but I've been listening to different things like Radiohead, Portishead, Bjork, and Queens of the Stone Age.