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Continued from page Continued from page 34 38 with the keyboards; I said, 'we're opening up with this.' I came up with the whole melody. So we tried it, and sure enough, it worked great. We'll try shit, but we'll throw it out if it sucks. All of our little happy inspirations that happen while we were in the studio are all very organic. We don't come in with anything written in stone when we come into the studio. We have the songs fleshed out, but we always leave it to the Gods of Rock to point us in the right direction. We just hope the inspiration hits. This album in particular, the lightning bolt on the cover is an indication of what happened while we were in the studio. It was just like, 'Bam!,' you know? Mosh: Another surprise on the album is when you step behind the mic and deliver lead vocals on the punkish, 47-second "Taking It Easy." Is this the first lead 38 illinoisentertainer.com june 2014 instrument. I thought that was pretty funny. Most of our former bass players have gone on to do great things; one of them is a lawyer, one of them is a fashion designer. We're just a stepping stone! Bonnie is officially in Nashville Pussy, so hopeful