The mic stand was basically holding me up, and while I was singing there were long strands of drool and snot hanging off me. But in the spirit of rock 'n' roll, he's taking it on the chin, playing the shows. The shifts in focus are definitely intentional. We could be like the Ramones, and make the same record over and over again. But we don't want that.
Every record is consciously apart from the others.
Of course, that's not often the way to keep fans, especially in the rock scene. After 'Full Throttle,' we gained a lot of fans who were really into the avant-garde and aggression. That record was an exercise in meter and dissonance, while the 'Post Wave' is all about melody and harmony. Some fans probably dropped off because the records were so different. With the band constantly pushing the musical envelope, inevitably some of the old songs don't make the modern playlists in the Meanies' live set.