THC: What do your bands make of the Limp Bizkit/Kid Rock phenomenon?
KS: I think we all agree that it's an interesting take-off of what was already established. What these guys are the bastard children of Axl Rose, taking his worst elements. They're cool bands and they control a different influence and create a really macho industry. I think, however, that they are typical and boring of that macho idea.
THC: On a slightly more different side of the music spectrum, what do you make of Christina Aguilera and Britney Spears and company?
KS: Listen, there are always going to be pop teen celebrities--there always have been. There aren't any more now than there were before--just more girls. But what it shows is the need for a return for intelligent pop. We've lost that sense of intelligence, and I'd like to see a return to that.