Dan Andriano

At least in a food-and-sustenance sense, we've always taken what we put into our bodies in a fairly serious light.

At least in a food-and-sustenance sense, we've always taken what we put into our bodies in a fairly serious light.

Basically, we're letting our fan club pick a third of our set.

Basically, we're letting our fan club pick a third of our set.

We just want to write songs. I think if you start taking into consideration those kind of outside perspectives, like read more

We just want to write songs. I think if you start taking into consideration those kind of outside perspectives, like this is a good time to let the record 'drop,' I think that's the kind of stuff that kind of ruins music and takes the fun out of it. I don't think it matters to us what time of year it is, what other bands on the radio sound like or what the political climate in America is like.

We don't want to take ourselves too seriously. We're not like this gothic, brooding, sitting-around-with-wine-in-silver-goblets, kind of Hot Topic thing.

We don't want to take ourselves too seriously. We're not like this gothic, brooding, sitting-around-with-wine-in-silver-goblets, kind of Hot Topic thing.

It's flattering, but you start to wonder whether people that are becoming fans of all the bands that have taken read more

It's flattering, but you start to wonder whether people that are becoming fans of all the bands that have taken on that look know where it's coming from. I'm not saying we invented it -- we drew influence from the Damned and the Misfits -- but it wasn't very popular when we started doing it. It's strange, but if you start worrying about stuff like that, it becomes less about being a songwriter and more about trying to control what's going on in some kind of scene.