 For his stylistic influences for playing drums , Mark references Stewart Copeland of The Police who he " always thought ... had a really good style " , Neil Peart of Rush , John Bonham of Led Zeppelin , and Keith Moon of The Who . Following the release of The Fiction We Live , then screaming vocalist Perri explained that the lyrics he was writing for the forthcoming album ( Abandon Your Friends ) would feature lyrics that were inspired by Billy Joel , stating that they were " billyjoelesque " because " they ’ re more straightforward , not what I ’ m thinking , what I ’ m feeling , instead of poetry and shit " . However , it is unclear whether the lyrics were used on the album , as was revealed by Mark in 2007 , that Perri had not contributed to Abandon Your Friends and it was Mark who had ghostwritten the lyrics . 
