Hehe.. we don't deny we somewhat ripped off 'American Jesus', most of our supporters know that. People always ask us that question and we always say yeah ripped it off, but only the solo guitar line. Jordan (our bassist) came up with the idea of taking the riff and incorporating it into a "metal" song intro just for fun, and it ended up being our most recognizable songs haha
The idea was to make it sound like Iron Maiden-ish (Maiden are a big influence on us) that's why we added the minor third harmony on our intro for 'Forever Young'.