Their sound cannot be pin-pointed, even from song to song on the same album. Nevertheless, success has not been shortened by the band's work ethic. They have performed over 1,000 shows and are constantly touring the world, with little time off. Over the years, the band has begun growing in populararity overseas in places like France, Italy and Japan, even though people in those places may not understand their lyrics. We can't really talk to the audience.
Some trends take longer to make their way out there.
We saw our first example of crowd surfing in Japan a few months ago, about six years after it started taking over our U.S. shows. In this case, it was one guy who very politely started crowd surfing and the audience was kind of going along with it. After performing so many shows, some strange things are bound to happen on the road. I didn't think the fire marshal would mind if they came down and danced. So, we started playing and the next thing I knew some 75 people had climbed over the barricade and jumped on the stage.