Well, I didn't really grow up playing or listening to metal, like many of the kids I went to school with. I only got into it in my late teens, so when Marilyn Manson formed, it was at a time when I was still excited about approaching music from that angle.
Nobody seems to play Yamaha electrics, but it's the best guitar I own.
There will be some tracks on the next album which that will consist of mostly noise and feedback, whereas others may just have guitar parts and samples.
If you make it sound too much like a synth, it will just sound like a guitar part played on a synth.
But the exposure we got by doing the stint with Nine Inch Nails brought us a lot of attention.
It was a good chance for us to play for people who would never have heard us otherwise.
I'm happy with the way everyone presents themselves onstage.
We're playing the same songs, the same way, that we have for years.
Each member of the band has varied influences, and the same diversity is reflected in our fanbase.
There are kids out there that are into Iron Maiden and others who are strictly into industrial music, but they come for the same reason; they all like us and they different things out of the band's music.
It's great, because different groups of kids can laugh at each other and still enjoy the show.
I just saw metal as another tool for me to use.
I'd played in about four or five bands before we started up, only a couple of which did club dates.
We were like psychedelic folk combined with Sonic Youth's noise.
Experimenting with different sounds is great, but when it comes down to it, you're still playing a guitar.
Trent likes to record guitars direct, whereas I've always preferred playing through an amplifier.
Micing it from two different angles in front of the speaker sounds huge, and it's so simple.
It all begins with the initial tone coming from the cabinet, but EQ at the board is very important.
I'm open to getting more equipment, but I really won't have time to look into that until after the tour.
I have about nine guitars in all, so obviously I'm into collecting.
