Wayne Static

The song 'Assassins Of Youth'... 'Assassins of youths' is what they used to call drugs in the old days when they first started the anti-drug campaign. And it's kind of an anti-drug record.

Being married has not affected my career at all other than just making me happier to be on the road.

We didn't have that big-label push. We weren't the kind of band that our label Warner Bros. Records was going to throw all this money at. Their idea was to support us on the road and see what happens. It was a very slow building process.

I don't like to do any editing on guitars. I think the more editing you do, it just takes away from the feel of the performance.

Back in the Eighties, I used to write ballads on my acoustic guitar, so it seems very natural to me to go back to a little singing.

We had an incident back in 2001 where our drummer threw out a drumstick into the crowd and it hit someone in the eye and they were going to sue us. You just always have to be really careful with that kind of stuff.

It gets weird with people wanting to touch my hair and beard boundaries, you know?

We're definitely a metal band. We push a lot of boundaries. But at the core we're a metal band.

I like all kinds of shows. The small shows are a totally different vibe. I don't care how many people are there as long as they're into it.

I wish someone would give me some money for doing nothing.

For the most part, metal has been underground. It's too dangerous for mom and dad and schools. It will probably always be that way.

I think our first record was a fluke, really. The fact that it went platinum and all that, it was all due to one video and the timing being just right.