Billy Bob Thornton

We're the opposite of what normally happens.

Normally, a band, when they're younger, they hit it for a while, three or four years, maybe have a couple of hits or at least some things that people know about.

And then as the years go on, you start to dwindle a bit, you know.

I mean, unless you're the Rolling Stones or the Who.

We just opened for the Who on our last tour, which was awesome.

And so this band has started as, you know, it's like, you know, I got this crap about it's always an actor who wants to be a musician just like this guy and that guy.

And it's like, no, no, I was a musician who came to L.A.

to play music, accidentally became an actor.

Next thing you know, I made $381 on an episode of Matlock with five lines.

And I'm like, I'm broke.

I better do this.

That's how I became an actor.

And so one way or the other, we started out fighting that stigma for, you know, 10, 12 years.

And then all of a sudden it started to go away because we got more and more fans and became a big underground band.

And in the last five or six years got really popular.

So here we are, old guys who are still making it, who are still on their way up at our age.

And so it kind of went the other way around with us.

And you're right.

I mean, to stick around that long, especially when it took us a while to get success, to make any money at it and to get the fan base we have now.

Not as much anymore.