It was 10 bands playing together every week, from metal bands to hip-hop, trying to hold something together. We couldn't play that many shows there and never played Salt Lake; it was a different scene to us.

There are two types of kids at our shows: the ones who care about politics and come to our shows to forget about it, and the kids who don't care about politics at all.

The success used to be weird, but now it's been three years so we're used to it.

Everything means a lot to him. Lyrically, it's very personal to him. I think he's more open now than he has been in the past.