MTV NEWS: Billy Howerdel Is ‘Coming Out Of The Shadows Of Maynard’ With Ashes Divide 

“Before I recorded a single note, I just kept thinking, ‘Everyone’s going to say it sounds like A Perfect Circle with a shitty singer — that’s just what everyone’s going to say, no matter what I do,’” he explained. “In the beginning, that was a huge obstacle for me to overcome, but I tried to keep a level head as far as not letting that stuff get to me. I think I wound up taking the opposite route, because the earliest stuff never sounded earnest to me.” Read the full article here