@@Liam_ Thanks buddy, I’m really proud of the album and it was a great last hurrah with the boys. Unfortunately, we didn’t document the session that well, I posted all of the footage I have. Hindsight is 20/20. Take care!

@ ah I see, no problem at all man. I can’t say thank you enough for sharing everything you do already with the fans. It’s so damn cool to see dude, and I couldn’t agree more about the album, it was a great sendoff for you from the band. Hope you’re keeping well!

@Sneekydrums I think I hit a new level around 2009/2010 - Alkaline Trio's "This Addiction" era. I started incorporating some Keith Moon-style looseness into my playing which was really fun and felt natural. You can hear it in songs like "Lead Poisoning" and "Fine". Other high-bar moments for me were the two Thoughts of Ionesco albums, "A Skin Historic" in 1997 then "Skar Cymbals" two decades later. Thanks for asking, buddy!!

@@DerekGrantMusic Thank you for the answer! Really love "This addication" and will check out Thoughts of lonesco. Hope to hear more music from you at some point :)

@Sneekydrums Here's an exhaustive deluxe edition of the first Ionesco album I did. We remixed it at the Blasting Room six or seven years ago but it has yet to be "officially" released. bit.ly/skinredux

@@DerekGrantMusic Awesome! Thank you so much!

I don't think Josh played on any Suicide Machines recordings, at least not any full-lengths as far as I know, but Brooks Wackerman who was the Vandals #2 drummer before I came along (actually slated to officially take Josh's place in the mid-90s) played drums in the S.O.S. music video because I was pissed at the record label and refused to do any press or promo. We were on tour when they made the video, and I was doing a long-haul drive with our van & gear while they were filming. I didn't mind at the time, but now I wish I had handled things differently. EDIT: I just asked Jay Navarro about Josh and he confirmed that he played drums on most of the self-titled album. I stand corrected!

​@@DerekGrantMusic Copy - recalled him posting something about that during his covid albums tales. Post DG pre RyanV times.

@susiminavaja There were two in the live room and there might have been a third "wild card" mic in an adjacent booth, so there's both a stereo and a mono track, the overheads were also placed fairly wide so that added some air as well. You can see the live room from a few different angles in the Crimson drum tracking footage I posted, here's a frame from it: bit.ly/crmsnrmmics

@dextermorgan4432 I posted a reply yesterday but it appears to have disappeared. It was a doozy, but I'll give 'er another go... Saying that anything I've done is reminiscent of ZZ is a top compliment in my book! I'm a lifelong fan, they were one of the first real bands I saw live - I brought my drumsticks to the show so I could air drum during their set and I would occasionally sit in with my dad's band and play Tush at bars when I was 8 or 9. Furthermore, I have a Degüello tattoo on my arm (even though Tejas is my favorite album). Dan and I often played ZZ songs at Alkaline Trio soundchecks, usually Precious and Grace or Beer Drinkers & Hellraisers, and this happened one Halloween! instagram.com/p/BBXmQXYt5P4 Thanks again for the compliment, it was the highlight of my week.

@RandyGoogle Thanks for the kind words buddy, it means a lot especially now that my performing days are mostly behind me. In regards to efficiency, I was a pretty busy player when I was younger - overdoing things to show off or stand out - that changed on the first Suicide Machines/Descendents tour in 1995 or 96. Bill Stevenson was an early influence for me but watching him play night after night was a transformative experience. His control and economy of motion is second to none, conserving energy then exploding in dynamic bursts that drive the song. It changed my whole outlook on the role of drums in music and I spent the rest of my career striving to achieve that level of playing.

@ For whatever it’s worth, I think you did it. At least to the point where it changed my approach to drumming too. So, thanks for that! Good luck on everything you do from here on in - and all the best!

@tunesmith86 I'm glad you dig it! I was a big fan of Peter Jackson's early films, so there's a good chance that The Frighteners was referenced when we were planning the video. I've always been the archivist for bands that I've played with, a role that came naturally to me (I'm a nostalgic person) - so it was my responsibility to collect and keep track of all of the audio & visual media, documents, etc. There's another cut of We've Had Enough from April 25, 2003 (two days after the rough cut on the right side of this video) - It's labeled "Picture Lock/Revised FX", I imagine it's pretty close to the final version but I haven't done a direct comparison (yet!). I posted a side-by-side for the Mercy Me video if you haven't seen it (kzbin.info/www/bejne/pILWm2WsgpmNmJY), and there's a ton of great stuff still sitting in the archive.

@dazitude Unfortunately I don't have much from that period aside from what's already in circulation. There were two outtakes from the "Switched On" session, one was released on a benefit compilation a few years ago ( smallsbar.bandcamp.com/album/keep-it-a-smalls-world-after-all ) and the other has yet to be mixed. We've talked about remixing the entire album in recent years which is something I would love to do, and I feel like I had a cassette with some rehearsal stuff from that era - I'll post anything that I find. Thanks for asking, I'm glad someone is interested in the stuff!

Damn, the lead guitar too!

Up front and super dry. I've always loved the sound of that album in particular, it's right up there with Back In Black in my book.

@carbilliejoe Grazie di cuore per le belle parole! I'm sorry to say that I'm retired from touring and no longer playing with Alkaline Trio, but they are my family and I'll be there in spirit whenever they play. We will have to figure out another way to get you an autograph.

@ wow thanks Derek for the reply…well well if you ever decide to visit beautiful Italy I’d make sure you get the best recommendations and maybe we’ll get a chance to get an autograph and a pic! I wish you all the best buddy. Despite you stopped touring , I still keep the good memories of your show ( you had been in Milan some years ago but the sound in that club was horrible so it was a pity…) ! A big hug!

@@tunesmith86 I’m sure it was drum heads