For Alkaline Trio, Chicago is our hometown. The band started there. Even though we all live in different cities now, we still call Chicago home, and it's always really exciting to come back and play for our best crowd.
I'm from Chicago, I live in Chicago and I wanted very much for the music in Chicago to succeed.
I think what AC/DC does best is play live. That's when everything comes together. Even after you make a studio album, when you go out and play live, that's when you learn what being in a band is all about.
There aren't any songs that I would call impossible to play live, but some are difficult. A lot of Queensryche songs are difficult to play live. It's quite a difficult question to answer because everybody (In the band) has their own opinion of what's difficult to play.
The first band I identified with from Chicago was the Muddy Waters band.
It's been fun to just play bass in a band and play live but be in the background.
I love Chicago - absolutely love Chicago. I mean, I'd much rather go to Chicago and do a play or a musical than New York, honestly. Because just probably for reasons that are obvious to you. It's just a little bit - it's a nicer, easier city.
Anywhere in the world you hear a Chicago bluesman play, it's a Chicago sound born and bred.
Usually I write the songs at home and then I bring them in to the band; when we play them as a band, that's kinda how we figure out the feel of how they're going to be presented on the record or live.
My favorite song to play is 'Smokin' by Boston. I actually had a chance to play that with the band Boston live.
My favorite song to play is 'Smokin'' by Boston. I actually had a chance to play that with the band Boston live.
The Dave Clark Five was basically a live band. During '63 we got the Gold Cup for being the best live band in Britain.
When I was in high school, The Dave Matthews Band was a local band, and that was the first time I was starting to connect with a live band that was something that wasn't on the radio or TV.
Chicago is fun. We've spent a lot of time there, about 15 years. My wife's parents and family live in Chicago, so that's a big selling point.
I just want to play music with a band, live.
I can't just play in a rock band. The National is a great, exciting band to play in. We improvise a lot onstage, and it's very intense, but after a while, I crave other kinds of experiences.