Alex Van Halen... I loved his playing because he had so much energy; he made those songs exciting, along with everything else that went with him.

To me, I always felt like drums have to be the support and the driving factor in a song, and there's places where the drummer has to show off and do things and get the spotlight, but not all the time. You've gotta pick and choose. And it's always gotta be about the song. That's really the bottom line.

Tommy Aldridge is the guy that made me wanna play double kick, man.

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