I grew up in a tiny town in Montana called Havre. There was no music scene, very few people knew about stuff that was not on the radio or MTV (which I didn’t even have because my parents blocked it!). I listened to some random things growing up, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rage Against The Machine, The Doors, Led Zeppelin, etc. All mainstream stuff more or less. Once I got into high school (2001) the local college started broadcasting a college radio station, and I finally started to get into what you would call “alternative” music. Bright Eyes, White Stripes, The Strokes, plus they would play totally left-field stuff like Hank Williams, obscure psych like The Castaways, Jim Sullivan – just whatever they wanted. I listened to it day and night, it’s what made me into a big music nerd.