JE: We played three shows on last year’s tour and we were really just starting to record our album and getting our confidence on stage. I think coming into this year’s show, we have that confidence and the people are behind us now. These songs are full of power, the guys in the band do not have a favorite song because we feel they all stand out.

MCB: How did you get meet Munky (guitarist from Korn) and sign with his label?

JE: Some of the guys in the band knew him before we ever got signed with him. One of our guitarists used to have guitar lessons from Munky in the early days. It was one of those friends of the family type of deals.

MCB: When writing the record, was there a conscious effort to stray from falling into a trap of sounding like a lot of metal bands out there today?

JE: Every second of every day when writing this. You don’t want to reproduce what so many other bands are doing nowadays. I look at bands like Mastodon that are still metal but are different than the normal thing and are unique. Those are the type of bands that are going to be around a while. That’s the type of band that I think Droid is.

MCB: Chino Moreno from the Deftones guests on the track “Venegance is Mine.” How did you meet Chino?

JE: We met him and his girlfriend at a club. We went to Christian (Olde Wolbers) from Fear Factory and went to his studio to hear a rough track. Then we got back together and rocked the song out at Korn’s Elementree Studio and it came out from there.

MCB: Any bands at Family Values that you are looking to see that perhaps you haven’t seen before?

JE: I plan on watching every band for at least the first year; just because I am a huge fan of music. But if I had to see anyone, its Vinnie Paul’s new band Hellyeah. Also, I’m a really huge fan of Amy Lee’s (of Evanescence) vocals. We’re just really excited to be playing with bands like this on this tour.

MCB: What are your plans past the Family Values Tour?

JE: We’re working on that right now. We just plan to tour, tour, tour. Getting the name out through word of mouth is going to be key to watching Droid get huge.

Droid will be opening up the Family Values’ main stage around 2:30 PM, when they hit DTE Energy Music Theatre on Wednesday, July 25^th. Tickets are still available. Droid’s self-titled debut is out on Emotional Syphon Records.