Dan Andriano

As much as I'm not a huge fan of the band Kiss, I totally appreciate what they did in creating read more

As much as I'm not a huge fan of the band Kiss, I totally appreciate what they did in creating a show. They wrote these simple, pretty crappy rock songs, but they created this huge image and this huge show. It was like this iconic thing, and I think that's really cool. I think that's something that we've always really appreciated.

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.

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.

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.

The front row of people is 50 feet away, which throws you off. But the crowd reaction was pretty amazing, read more

The front row of people is 50 feet away, which throws you off. But the crowd reaction was pretty amazing, from what I could see. Rocking that many people, that's something I'd like to get used to doing.