I don't specifically sit down to write a Motley Crue song, so for me, that's how it works. The things that sound like they might be Crue, I put aside on my hard drive and keep them in that pile.

Whether I'm writing solo stuff, electronic stuff, or material for Motley, I just write to write. I come up with it and put things in different piles.

Too many drummers sit at the back covered in drums, and you never see them.

Drumming's pretty physical. We sit at the back of the stage getting beat up like a workhorse.

I don't sit down and say I'm going to write a song about this or that. They are never mapped out.

I threw my son, Brandon, a rave for his birthday and I fully set it up like a crazy rave with lights and sound, me and my partner DJ'd - I got Mix Master Mike from the Beastie Boys to come DJ for a bit.