Article from Guitar World There's nothing fancy about Eve 6, the L.A.-based trio responsible for the punchy, tuneful single, "Inside Out." Eve 6 started out as a punk band when guitarist Jon Siebels, bassist Max Collins and dummer Tony Fagenson were still in junior high (Siebels is 18 now, and the other two are 19), and the group's musical vocabulary hasn't changed much since then, "Now that it's gone more pop, our sound still has that classic punk energy, you know?" he says. "Even though it's really not punk rock, per se." Part of the difference is Fagenson, whose deftly swinging hi-hat suggests a style based more on Police drummer Stewart Copeland than on punk skin-pounders like Marky Ramone. "Tony is definitely more influenced by Eighties pop drummers," says Siebels. The most striking thing about "Inside Out" is the cleverness of its arrangement. For instance, the shift from the intro's gently strummed chords to the punchy powerchords of the first verse really pulls the listener into the song. "We knew the effect we wanted," say Siebels. "We wanted it to kind of go up another level, so it was just a matter of getting the right sound." One of the song's smartest and subtlest effects is the tremolo guitar part Siebels slipped into the chorus. "It's one of those things where it's almost more of an ambient effect," says Siebels, who used a Demeter tremulator to get the guitar chords to shimmer in time with the drums. "It's just a rhythm part," he says. "It's not one of those things that your average music fan is going to notice. But if it weren't on the record, the song would be completely different-sounding." Still, for some listeners, the most jarring thing about the song is the oddly literary quality of the lyrics. After all, how many modern rock singles boast lines like "But the lack thereof would leave me empty inside"? Asked where that came from, bassist/singer Max Collins-the man responsible for the song's lyrics-shrugs. "There's a lack of 'lack thereof's out there," he says.