The Meatbats Are A Throwback Band.

Going Up North With The Redwoods And Driving Along The Coast, It's Got Everything, Man. It's Got The Desert, The Mountains, And The Ocean. It's Beautiful.

I Feel Like In Order To Challenge Yourself You Have To Get Out Of And Do Things That Feel Wrong At First And Find New Things. It's Important To Look For Those Things.

I Had Sort Of Exhausted All The Avenues Playing In Detroit. So Again, Through The Stewardship Of My Brother, I Ended Up In California And Went To The Musicians Institute In L.a. I Wanted To Get Better As A Player.

Its Very Sort Of Spontaneous And Organic, Not A Preconceived Sort Of Jamming. Now We Record Everything, Cause Sometimes You'll Forget, You Know, 'what Was That Thing Again?' So We Record Everything.

Flea And Anthony Are Into Funk, Like Old School Meters And Stuff Like That.