It's harder to gain relevance or traction. But I'm of the opinion that if something's really good - not pretty good, but really, really good - people will hear about it.

A good song is a good song, and good musicians can play all different styles.

I think we all feel incredibly fortunate and grateful that we're still around. We're one of the last punk-rock bands standing. And, to be honest, if we weren't getting paid well, and there weren't these teenagers coming to see it and saying, ... this is good, these guys play hard, we probably wouldn't do it.

Blackwater was smuggling weapons into Iraq.