On the first day of MESHUGGAH's North American tour, drummer Tomas Haake was interviewed by Joseph Suddreth of Fullerton College paper The Hornet. The following is an excerpt:

Q: How would you describe your sound?

A: "It's hard to say, were a hard, and aggressive metal band you know. We use different musical patterns throughout our music. I guess this is what gives us that unique style of playing.

Q: How do you feel about big name band like METALLICA, and TOOL, coming out and referencing you guys as their inspiration?

A: "It's a cool thing, but we as a band try to stay as far away from sounding like any one else, that's what makes us unique. But its OK if bands use us as inspiration."

Q: So how did you come up with your unique style of playing drums?

A: "I didn't develop that type of drumming so much as the other one developing that drumming for me. You know what I mean? We started using drum machines, and programming stuff early on in the writing. Everyone in the band has been good at that, and knowing what they want out of the drums. That type of playing was what we always wonted out of the music and riffs; you know that rhythm elastic sound. That is what made my drumming into what it is today, it not so much as my drumming influencing the music but the music making my drumming into what it is. I'm a product of the music we write because this is what we want. I didn't really have my own style, I played metal and some odd timed stuff but not this type of cyclical patterns that we use now. As the years went by that sound became what the band is. I emulate what people program on the computer."

Read the full interview at The Hornet.