Kenny Koulabouth

I've been around music ever since I can remember. My uncle's family — they always had bands, always performing live, and I'd always go see them. I'd go down to the rehearsal room and mess around with all the different instruments. And every time, I always just sat down behind the drums instinctively.

A sense of brotherhood with your bandmates. I never played a lot of team sports as a kid, so that wasn't really a thing I had. But then once I got on stage, that feeling of accomplishment — of showing something you've worked on to people who want to appreciate art — that was it.

Probably most: intensity. One of the things about playing drums for me has always been — yes, I may be back there sitting down, but I'm going to have the intensity to make you want to watch me play.

That the crowd is having a great time.

Honestly, I want them to feel like they're sitting in their most comfortable place, enjoying music and just feeling it, vibing to it. Like when you're at home with the headphones on — I want people to get that feeling, but in a live setting, because it's just so much more intense.

"46 & 2." For the majority of my life I've listened to that song and never learned it. But now that we play it live and I've had to really dissect it — and pull off that drum solo every time — it's the thing I look forward to the most.

The crowd, I would absolutely say. But it doesn't matter if it's a big crowd or a little one — because even a little crowd can give you as much energy and love as a big crowd can.

Number one: they have to sound like the band they're trying to pay tribute to. Too many times we've gone to see bands being real hopeful, and all of a sudden you're watching a Fred Durst wannabe try to sing Maynard, and it just throws the whole thing off. It kills the vibe. They have to sound like the band.

Everything. Time signatures, technical ability, the way it's written, and trying to keep all of that straight in your head while listening to three or four other people on stage and cueing off whatever craziness they may be having to do.

It means a lot — and we've actually talked about this before. It's such a blessing to be in a group with a bunch of really good people who are motivated and want to put in the effort, the money, the time. Even if we weren't in bands together, I would want to hang out with these guys. That is the most important thing for me.

Fabulous music, fabulous visuals, and fabulous dudes — staying true to the essence of the art and the bands, but putting our own intense spin on it. I really enjoy that, and I hope the people enjoy it too.

You need to go to one as soon as possible — wherever it is closest to you. And hopefully it's a big venue like Legacy Hall or Tower Theater, where the sound and the visuals can really be as prominent as the music itself.