Dick tells LAUNCH about trying to create an album while on the road. "We're writing it on tour.," he says. "A good environment, you know. Lots of drugs, lots of alcohol, lots of rock 'n' roll. It's good."
Infest has remained on the Billboard 200 album sales chart for 61 weeks. The album currently checks in at Number 186. The group is still trying the squeeze life out of the release with its latest single, "Dead Cell."
-- Neal Weiss and Stephanie Cabral, Los Angeles
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