Kevin Miller
Selection Process

Fuel's Kevin Miller had a "ta-dah!" moment while the quartet was recording their latest release, Natural Selection. During pre-production with producer Michael Beinhorn, Miller felt his parts were being snipped a bit too much. "I was mad and said, 'Okay, wait a minute. If there are going to be album tracks, let me shred a little bit. If a song is going to be a single, I know the meat-and-potatoes routine.' I flew home after pre-production and my girlfriend said, 'don't take it so personally. If they don't like the part, just give them a better one.' I was like, 'Wow.'"

When Miller returned to the studio, his new outlook eased his tracking dates. "I ended up recording the whole record in seven days," he says. "I was very happy. That attitude adjustment has changed everything for me. So if Carl [Bell, Fuel's songwriter/guitarist] doesn't like a part, it's like, 'Okay, I can do something cooler.'"

While the whole album encapsulates that vibe, one of Miller's favorite songs to track was "These Things." "I'm a huge Pink Floyd fan," he admits, "and that song is very Floyd-esque. Having played their material in cover bands for years, I put myself in Nick Mason's shoes, thinking how he would approach the song."

David John Farinella

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