Define your genre in five words or less:
Transgalactic schizo-metal.
Bearing the terrible clichéd nature of this question, what do you reckon people will say you sound like?
A trainwreck of cacophonous caterwauling.
Describe the best gig you have ever played.
Mexico City with Dream Theater in front of about 10,000 people. It was our first time playing with DT, and our first time playing in Mexico. Very surreal.
Tell us about the last song you wrote.
The last song we wrote was Silent Flight Parliament. That was written as the sort of epic ending of the parallax saga. We brought back a lot of themes from earlier in the record to tie it all together.
Where would you like to be in five years?
Mars.
Do you have a pre-gig ritual? If so, what is it?
Not really. I just like to warm up for about half an hour and maybe stretch a little.
Name an interview question you wish someone would ask you, and answer it.
What color is your kayak? Yellow.
If your music was a chocolate bar, which one would it be, and why?
Something nutty. Snickers maybe. Or a squirrel turd. But that’s not really chocolate I guess.
