Quotes about bands
bands care commercial corporate designed gonna hard listen majority music people radio rock
It's gonna be hard to find bands that do their own thing on corporate rock radio because it's not designed around that market. The majority of people that listen to commercial radio don't care about music and you can't get them to care about music. Deron Miller
bands becomes becoming control drew fans influence invented less misfits people popular saying songwriter start stuff taken trying whether wonder worrying
It's flattering, but you start to wonder whether people that are becoming fans of all the bands that have taken on that look know where it's coming from. I'm not saying we invented it -- we drew influence from the Damned and the Misfits -- but it wasn't very popular when we started doing it. It's strange, but if you start worrying about stuff like that, it becomes less about being a songwriter and more about trying to control what's going on in some kind of scene. Dan Andriano
bands nobody played school tried
I played in school jazz bands and tried to start rock bands, but nobody was interested. Courtney Barnett
bands george heard hook sam street tried
It was 1980-'81, ... and I was booking bands for the George Street Grocery. I heard him play once, and he was great. I always tried to hook Sam up with a band. E. B. White
bands hold metal played playing salt scene shows together trying
It was 10 bands playing together every week, from metal bands to hip-hop, trying to hold something together. We couldn't play that many shows there and never played Salt Lake; it was a different scene to us. Jeph Howard
bands child daft dance great love music soul
I do love dance music. I love Daft Punk. I mean, I was a child in the '80s, so bands like the Eurythmics and just so many great '80s bands were dance bands, but they had the whole soul thing happening, too. Corin Tucker
bands cannot feeling guitar hot jimmy michael name player
I do have a feeling about bands that cannot get it on, ... When I was a kid, I had guitar heroes: Jimmy Page, Michael Schenker, Angus Young. Hot players. You can't name one guitar player in any of the new bands that is a virtuoso. Dave Mustaine
bands creature hard maybe
If I could get bands to come and play in my house, I'd like that. I've never been to a festival. I'm a creature of habit, mashed-potato comfort, I like rugs. Our sofa's squishy. Maybe too squishy - it's hard to get up sometimes. Martin Freeman
bands exposure far gig played smallest travel wait
I can't wait to start something up myself that is actually about giving unsigned bands the exposure they deserve, especially when they travel so far to play the smallest gig they've ever played in their lives. Dan Hawkins
bands blowing cheap egos five missed seeing touring year
I can't think of many bands that can do that for five years without egos blowing up, but it's still working. We went about a year without seeing them (while touring with Cheap Trick), and we really missed them. Neal Doughty
bands enjoy experience far hired hit liked money none together
I don't think the bands that hired me liked the sound, I didn't enjoy the experience, and as far as I know, none of the things we did together ever hit the charts, ... But what the hey, the money was good. Joe Beck
bands cords drew laid love meat unto
I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love: and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat unto them.
bands bit entities misleading perspective single terms touchstone
I feel like bands should be growing, living, functioning entities and to crystallize a band into a single album, and for that to be a touchstone - I understand it from a fan's perspective but I also feel like it's a little bit misleading in terms of the way bands actually function. Steve Albini
bands face less local meet time
A lot of local bookers don't want to take the time to meet the bands face-to-face, but more or less I like to put a face to a name. Greg Garcia
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The Doors formed on the beaches of Los Angeles, in what you might imagine is the tradition of local rock bands since the Beach Boys. Steve Erickson
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The driving energy and sheer exuberance of these bands will produce a spellbinding musical event that will be enjoyed by the entire family. William Johnson
bands good
All of the bands were good and everyone was there for the right reasons.
bands except wearing
And all the other bands will be wearing make-up except for us. JT Woodruff
bands coming convenient high junior known nice seen since year
Allister is my first show that I'm going to at Syracuse. I haven't seen Allister since my junior year of high school. It's really convenient they are coming here, and it's nice to have bands which aren't so known to the mainstream.
bands dirt great rock
All great rock bands have a little dirt in their faces. Billie Armstrong
bands blue expect favorite happened popular promoting sort
The Hopefuls have become one of the more popular bands in Minnesota. It's sort of the critics' favorite band, and this happened sort of out of the blue for us. We didn't expect anything like this, so now we're strategizing differently about how to go about promoting it.
bands black music people tapes western
You could get tapes of the Western bands on the black market. But it was not easy. And most people did not know this music existed. Eugene Hutz
bands cool gorgeous ham hope last rain today wonderful year
This is our 5th year for Ham Jam, we got started last night, we had a little rain problem, but we did persevere. We had our bands play inside, but today is a gorgeous day. And we hope that we have a wonderful day, wonderful weather. It's cool and there's no rain in sight.
bands judged popularity seemed
I competed in 2004. I was disappointed because it seemed like a popularity contest. Bands weren't judged on sound. Ryan Hall
bands bit companies company desperate fight internet magic means record stronger
The internet means record companies have to fight a bit harder. I think the bands are probably in a stronger position, as they are not so desperate for the record company to magic up the audience. They come with an audience.