What’s the first instance that you can remember that made you want to get into comedy in the first place? “Watching the Ed Sullivan Show. Watching the old Ed Sullivan Show, and my favorite parts were the comedians. And believe it or not, the person that most influenced me at that time, I always looked forward to it, was Bill Dana.

What were some of the first bands to get you into metal as a whole growing up? “Well, my friend used to record this underground metal & punk show in the Bay Area called Rampage Radio, and we were both living in Fremont at the time, which is like 50 miles away from San Francisco, and so, you know, this is like a tiny college station playing at 2 in the morning on Saturday nights.”