Despite Edwards' lack of musical input, he nevertheless contributed to their overall musical direction, and according to the rest of the band on the "Everything Must Go" DVD, he played a leading role in deciding the approach of the band's sound. Edwards expressed a desire to create a concept album described as "Pantera meets Nine Inch Nails meets "Screamadelica"". However, lead guitarist/vocalist James Dean Bradfield has since expressed doubts over whether the band would have produced such an album: "I was worried that as chief tune-smith in the band I wasn't actually going to be able to write things that he would have liked. There would have been an impasse in the band for the first time born out of taste..."