"I used to come back from these weekends of partying, like I’d sit down and feel like 'Oh my God, I feel like I’m going to write a song.' And then it would just happen, and eventually the songwriting became more fun than the partying."
"Opera is really demanding, you have to be really careful about what you eat, you can't drink, you can't do all of these things and I was 18 and I just wanted to, uh, party."
We briefly talk with The Black Lips drummer Joe Bradley about the band’s upcoming album, bringing their rambunctious act to larger venues and performing with a human skull (yes, you read that right).