“People like Gar Samuelson, Nick Menza and all the other drummers that played in the band, like Jimmy DeGrasso, Shawn Drover, Chris Adler from Lamb of God who recommended me to the band those are all top notch people, so it’s… Yeah, I’m doing my best! The goal for me and what the band expects from me, is to be as true to the songs as I can. It’s a song by song case.
“Sometimes even a section by section case where I try to figure out what I can do, maybe what I would do, maybe what I can do differently. “In other parts I am sticking to the original, pure and simple. A lot of the flair comes from the way one person plays compared to the next. And I play the way I play.
“I can’t sound like… Even though my groove is kind of similar to Nick Menza’s in a way. I grew up listening to a lot of his stuff too, so it probably kind of influenced me in that sense. “In the end, I can’t sound like him. Only he can sound like him. Same with Gar and same with all the other guys. I don’t focus too much, I don’t think too much about that, I just try to honor the songs.”
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