The Meatbats are a throwback band.

Edible names are what drives me as a musician. My next band will be called the Hot Dogs.

I was in every band class I could get in, like after school jazz band and marching band, and that's where I really learned to read music from elementary all the way through junior high and high school.

I just try to approach and serve the music in the way that I think is right for the band I'm in at the time.

People who come up to me are drummers or fans of the band. I don't get it too much, but I'll be somewhere and someone will have me take a picture or something.

It's only people that aren't goths that think the Cure are a goth band.