Quotes About Bands

When I started playing in bands, we had to be apologetic for what we did. We had to be apologetic because the mainstream was so bad.

I like to see other bands, and I like to hear their songs, but I really like it when they engage the audience.

Sadness isn't an emotion that most cool bands want to talk about.

B-52's are one of the most unique bands, not just sonically but aesthetically, too. When you look at them, you know it's the B-52's.

Bands on tour are very good cultivators of what's the avant-garde of comedy.

People think this is a competition between bands, when the reality is the more successful bands the better.

I was in a lot of bands growing up.

Humor is important. Nothing against bands that are always a downer, but the reality is - it just becomes theater.

That's one of the problems with making music your business, it becomes a business. You're no longer just this kid who is a fan and going to see every show. I've been in a bar every night for the last 15 years. Going to see bands for me is work.

It's nice to see bands you could see at a bar finally get a chance.

I remember one tour with two male-fronted bands, and they had a fight over who could use the bathroom first. Then they just ended up having a beef with each other for the entire rest of the tour.

Around '93, the radio started playing 'Loser' by Beck and 'Cut Your Hair' by Pavement, and then I got way into Pavement. That was kind of a gateway drug into indie rock. I got all their B-sides, and I got that 'Hey Drag City' comp, so I got into all those Drag City bands.

When I was around 13 years old, I started playing in bands and became obsessed with Blink-182 and Newfound Glory. I didn't pay attention to country music anymore; I wanted to do more pop rock stuff.

If it wasn't for John Peel, there would be no Joy Division and no New Order. He was one of the few people to give bands that played alternative music a chance to get heard, and he continued to be a champion of cutting-edge music throughout his life.

When you're a musician, you are around your peers a lot, like Slipknot and Alice In Chains... you name the band. We're all just kind of friends.

For me, my favourite music was things like The Bee Gees, ABBA and 'The White Album.' The 70s is the period that I love more than anything.

The '80s were the worst period. You had these horrible pop bands growing their hair and calling themselves metal.

In a certain way, longevity is its own kind of success. While we would like to be in the position of those bands that are secure in ways that maybe we're not, we kind of feel like we're in a better position. We're bitter for short periods of time, but in the long run, we think we won out.

If you started in New York you were dealing with the biggest guys in the world. You're dealing with Charlie Parker and all the big bands and everything. We got more experience working in Seattle.

I'm a fan of music, some rock music. But I like many types of music. But I suppose a kind of longstanding love of specific bands would be Radiohead, Wilco, Neil Young, Tom Waits, REM.

I was just obsessed with bands like Third Eye Blind, Matchbox 20, Everclear - those were shows I was going to. A lot of those bands definitely inspired me. Those bands' songs are powerful enough that they can last forever.

Australian bands are so self-deprecating - then they go on stage and blow every other band off the stage.

When I used to have braces, I would match my rubber bands to the season.

One of the first bands to break out of Seattle was Heart.