My first favorite band that made music important to me was the Beatles. I was a little kid. I didn't know who was singing what song or who wrote what song.
Without Metallica, I wouldn't be doing what I am doing. I have every Metallica record, of course, and I would spend hours on drums in my parents' basement with the stereo behind me, cranking those records and learning Lars' drum beats, beat by beat.
Everything I ever learned about rock, I learned from Led Zeppelin.
The main thing was metal was scary. But thanks to Babymetal and being exposed to different types of music, we've learned to love metal.
There's this wave of new pop-punk bands that has come out that's bigger than ever. I'm really glad that we got to be a part of helping push that forward, if we did at all. I wouldn't have had it any other way.
Without Slipknot, I would not necessarily be where I am today.
The Sex Pistols was a part of my life. Just a small part.
I really feel like New Found Glory created a subgenre.
As far as bands doing that in a way where they think they're going to fight the government, the only people they're really hurting is the fans.
I was interested in music since I was 14 years old. What really got me started was the first Led Zeppelin album... absolutely.
There are bands like Imagine Dragon, Grouplove, and fun. who have come along and shifted the way that rock can sound.
PUP introduced me to so much more amazing music. They really shaped my sound.
From 1958 to 1964, that's real rock n' roll. Then the Beatles hit and everyone sounded like them.
The British invasion was the most important event of my life. I was in New Jersey and the night I saw the Beatles changed everything. I had seen Elvis before and he had done nothing for me, but these guys were in a band.
