I'd played in about four or five bands before we started up, only a couple of which did club dates.

We'll only be playing four new songs live, but all the material for the next album is basically finished.

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.

I have about nine guitars in all, so obviously I'm into collecting.

If you make it sound too much like a synth, it will just sound like a guitar part played on a synth.

What you hear about the band is always going to be more disturbing than any particular song.