First things first. Converge were absolutely not "goofing off" when they were recording at Q Division Studios in Somerville, Massachusetts. As for being "way too loud", well, maybe someone had a point.
In 2001, the band had landed a deal at the studio to use the bigger of their two rooms to record their follow-up to 1998's When Forever Comes Crashing. That was until soft rock enthusiast James Taylor paid the full rate to use that room, meaning the Salem quintet were relegated to Studio B.
"He kept sending his engineer over to tell us to be quiet," bassist Nate Newton told Decibel. "'Mr. Taylor is trying to record vocal tracks and you guys are goofing off and being way too loud over here.' He had already knocked us into the smaller room, too, but that’s fine. I don’t really care."
