“We had a wonderful department that scouted out new music. It was beneficial to Rolling Stone, because I would come back and say, "You have to hear this, you have to hear that," and I found a lot of bands to feature, emerging bands. It [ended up being] symbiotic.” FoundWonderfulBandStonesFeaturesDepartmentRollingBeneficialEmergingRolling StonesNew Music Author:Jancee Dunn
“You can see when that happens with bands when they do TV appearances; they just shut down. They get really irritated.” HappensTvsBandAppearanceGet RealIrritated Author:Jancee Dunn
“We had to do something at [a festival in Washington, D.C.]. I remember Chris Martin, by then we all knew him, there were certain people who were regulars. He would say, "Oh, my God, you guys, I think I'm going to throw up." It was a daytime festival, and they went on right after some really heavy band, and he was saying, "I don't think I can do this. I think I'm going to throw up." He was in the bathroom thinking he was going to be sick. He said, "They're going to hate us." In fact, they hated them. They hated Coldplay - did not go over well. His instincts were correct.” PeopleThinkingWellsSaidI CanFactsRememberGuyCertainHateCan DoBandSickInstinctHeavyHatedBathroomFestivalsDaytimeI Can Do This Author:Jancee Dunn
“I think in its own small way, it did push people to be more accepting of different kinds of music. It definitely made music more egalitarian in terms of, it took away the shame of the goofy bands that you liked.” PeopleThinkingWayKindMadeDifferentTermAcceptingBandShameDifferent KindsGoofyDifferent Kinds Of Music Author:Jancee Dunn
