It took a thing like my father's death to make me decide that I actually wanted to pursue drumming.
I was really into motocross. I started racing when I was 10 years old and did very, very well. That was my dream, if anything, more than drumming.
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.
I've always seen my drumming as lyrical anyway.
Had I joined a straight rock band, I'm sure my drumming would be a little bit different right now.
The passing of John Bonham... Let's just put it... Before we say, 'the passing of John Bonham,' the introduction of John Bonham on the first album and 'Good Times Bad Times,' it changes drumming overnight.
Everybody is always raving about the Rolling Stones, saying, 'The Stones this, and the Stones that.' I've never cared for the Stones. They never had anything to offer me musically, especially in the drumming department.
The drum records that I like are ones on which the drumming didn't repeat itself. The players didn't stick to a format or formula.
That's where I learned, basically, all my skills from the drumming that I do - most of my style comes straight from death metal.
Keith Moon was amazing as a drummer, but he was also a nut, and it reflected in his drumming. And the great thing about Who records is that you can almost get hold of the vinyl and feel his heart.
