People don't remember that during the Fifties and Sixties there was a Cold War, and kids were getting under their desks during school because they thought they were going to get bombed. So it wasn't really that ideal at all.
It's always Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, and Tom Waits for me - the big three.
Tom Waits is someone who has really struck me, ever since I was a kid. He's really a big deal for me.
I never got a chance to do Tom Waits or PJ Harvey kind of stuff in the Gaslight Anthem.
The Gaslight Anthem is very streamlined. We don't usually use organs and strings and things like that.
Going out and trying new stuff on an audience is a scary thing.
