Well thank you for taking the time to listen to the new album and come up with these questions. As far as the name goes, The three of us used to play in a band together in the early 90s and Shawn had this bass drum that sounded incredible. He stored it out in an open garage for a while and it gathered moss on it so we started calling it the moss generator. We formed this band in 2000 and when we were doing our first demos before we had a band name we were in the studio trying to get a good bass drum sound and Shawn said "I wish we had the Moss Generator". We thought that sounded like a good band name and for some reason i wanted to drop one of the Ss. That's the story.

A few of the songs are only about 15 minutes old when they were recorded. We ended using the demos of a few songs as the final cuts. We wanted to harness the energy that we have live (mistakes and all) on this record which means that a lot of the music was recorded live in a setting just like if we were on stage. Full volume, no headphones. So I think the major inspiration for this approach was actually ourselves. We put out a live record last year and we could really hear the energy on it so we tried to recreate that in the studio.

The last 2 studio albums had record covers that were images that I liked a lot. They didn't have a lot to do with the content of the album. I'm hoping to find something a bit more fitting for the next one.

Sabbath are my favorite band and have been in my life as long as I can remember. I know it's hip to be into sabbath but they truly move me. I've been listening to them for over 40 years and I never get tired of them and what is try to get from them is not just the power but also the beauty. I think alot of people or bands that listen or pull from Sabbath don't recognize the real beauty and the melodies. It's so many emotions, especially by the time they got to Vol 4 and then Sabbath Bloody Sabbath just cements the whole thing for me. I could go on all day about them but what I need to say is that if we can write music that even comes a little close to the power and beauty of sabbath I would be happy. Heavy music with dimension is what we are after.

We just make honest music and on this album I feel like i've been more honest than ever and it feels great. some of the ideas worked and some maybe not but it feels good to add things to our core sound that we have been holding back.

We are all in our mid 40s so those rock bands from the 70s and early 80s are what shaped our styles as writers and players and that era is all we pull from when we make music so I would say it's very important.

We have been making records with this group for 14 years so we've seen the heavy rock movement go in and out a few times. Right now it is obviously in a major upwell so it's an excellent time to have a new album out and be doing a bit of festival work.

So far this year we have stayed regional but i'll be boarding a plane for Germany in a few hours to attend and play Freak Valley Festival in Siegen and then in a month's time we will be playing Hellfest in france. A tour of Europe in the fall is something we are hoping to do so we are talking about that now.

Saint Vitus is always great to play with. Hellfest will be totally epic. We really just want to play with bands that we get along with and are kick ass live. We live the challenge of playing with a really good band. It makes us play better.

Right now we are going to get through these festivals and we've been writing a lot. We are going to release some singles this year and continue working on the next record. So far I am really happy with what we are coming up with.

Thank you again for taking the time to check us out - cheers