It was kind of spooky at first. But now we have a neighbor two doors down and we can see some street lights down the way.

And it's kind of spooky to be singing about him, you know, your friend who's gone, and then have him play this shredding, amazing guitar solo.

What we're doing is kind of expanding upon the neighbor concept.

Hopefully we won't have another event, ... It's like your washing machine. First, Katrina was kind of the wash cycle. Rita seems to be the rinse cycle. I hope we get the opportunity to hang on the line and dry and not go through the spin cycle.

The Doors were successful. It was Jim Morrison as the centre and the figure and the spokesman, the figurehead, but we were all into the same thing. That's why we were a band.

It was spooky silent for the first few minutes ... We've been expecting this for a couple of months now, so it wasn't a shock, but it wasn't good news.