“I was producing demos for a band that was called Physical Ed. Out of production of demos I went and did a few jam sessions with then in Northern California clubs, but I never actually toured with them.” BandProductionsClubsCaliforniaSessionJamDemosNorthern California Author:Ronnie Montrose
“People think being Elvira is a lot of fun - and it is - but I was doing a lot more bizarre stuff before then, just being a dancer and a showgirl and traveling around Italy in a band and working for Playboy Club, and later being a model and meeting a million and one people and being kind of a groupie... It's all been really interesting.” PeopleThinkingKindFunStuffInterestingMillionsBandModelsMeetingsClubsDancerBe KindJust BeingBizarreReally InterestingPlayboyGroupie Author:Cassandra Peterson
“I like the bad-boy types. Generally the guy I'm attracted to is the guy in the club with all the tattoos and nail polish. He's usually the lead singer in a punk band and plays guitar. But my serious boyfriends are relatively clean-cut, nice guys. So it's strange.” PlayGuyBoysNiceCuttingStrangeSeriousTypeBandCleanGuitarClubsSingersPunkNailsTattooPolishNice GuyBad BoyNail Polish Author:Megan Fox
“Our original name was Wild Country, but when we first went to The Bowery, they had the name of all 50 states around the edge of the club, so we went to the sign that said 'Alabama' and stuck our band name underneath it.” FirstsSaidCountryStatesNamesBandOriginalsEdgesClubsStuckAlabama Author:Randy Owen
“I'd played in about four or five bands before we started up, only a couple of which did club dates.” FiveFourCoupleBandClubs Author:Scott Putesky
“Father was an atheist; he had even joined the Skeleton Army - a club of men who went about in masks or black faces, with ribald placards and a brass band, to make war upon the Salvation Army.” MenWarFacesFatherBlackBandArmySalvationAtheistClubsMaskSkeletonsBrassSalvation ArmyBlack FaceBrass BandsRibald Author:A. E. Coppard
“I started going to Madame Louise's, the lesbian club where all the punk bands used to go - the Sex Pistols, the Clash. I remember seeing Billy Idol walk in there; he was gorgeous.” RememberUsedSexWalksSeeingBandClubsIdolsPunkGorgeousClashPistolsSex Pistols Author:Boy George
“I came to New York for the first time with Peter Buck at age 19. We spent a week living out of a van on the street in front of a club in the West 60s called Hurrah. It's where Pylon played. I saw Klaus Nomi play there. And Michael Gira's band before he did Swans-they all wore cowboy boots and were so cool and had great hair. I was so jealous.” FirstsPlayAgeSawsWeekStreetsFrontsNew YorkHairBandFirst TimeWestClubsJealousBootsPeterCowboyVansBucksSwansCowboy BootGreat Hair Author:Michael Stipe
“CBGB was a wild place, ... The first time I ever played there was in 1987, I think, with my hardcore band, Scream. And I remember the craziest [thing] about that club was you could be in front of the stage and it could be louder than any show you've ever been to in your life. But if you were towards the back of the club at the bar, you could sit and have a conversation with someone. It was the weirdest thing to me.” IfsThinkingFirstsShowsRememberStageFrontsBandConversationFirst TimeClubsBarsScreamHardcoreCraziestWild PlacesCbgb Author:Dave Grohl
“The Edith Head Trio, I would say, would be even less of a musical career than playing the accordion, particularly because I played the accordion in The Edith Head Trio. I'm very impressed by your Googling. The Edith Head Trio and another band, Tzamboni, were two bands I was in after college that played at tiny clubs to little acclaim. Our Gypsy tango version of "When Doves Cry" was our biggest hit.But we were not destined for greatness.” LittlesTwoWould BeCareersCryGreatnessCollegeBandMusicalClubsTinyVersionsImpressedDestinedDoveGypsyTangoAcclaimTriosAccordionsDestined For Greatness Author:Daniel Handler
“I'm quite good at water skiing. Dave Clark, from the 1960s band Dave Clark Five, taught me how to water ski in Spain one year. I can do jumps too. I used to go to a club in Heathrow, but I don't do it any more, as it's given me a bad back. I was brought up in Poole, Dorset, so I've always loved watersports.” YearsI CanUsedGivenWaterCan DoFiveTaughtBandClubsSpain1960sSkisDaveSkiingWater Skiing Author:Tony Blackburn
“Papa Roach is actually a band that's great at playing arenas. Not every band is suited for that environment. But besides the huge energy you guys bring, the songs are very grand and anthemic. "Kick in the Teeth" being an example as a song that's made for huge crowd sing-alongs, not tiny little club shows.” LittlesMadeShowsGuySongEnergyEnvironmentExampleHugeBandCrowdsClubsTinyTeethKicksArenaPapaRoachesPapa Roach Author:Tony Palermo
“Strip clubs are the only place the band can go if we want to have a drink. You're left alone because the last thing the people there care about is us.” PeopleIfsWantCareLastsLeftDrinkBandClubsLeft Alone Author:Scott Stapp
“These new metal bands are going out, getting drunk and going to strip clubs, and they'll be doing the same in thirty years. There isn't even an interesting self-destructive quality to it . . . it's just dumb.” YearsSelfInterestingQualityBandClubsDrunkDumbThirtyDestructiveMetalsGoing OutThirty YearsSelf DestructiveGetting DrunkMetal Band Author:Moby
“From the small clubs of the Harlem Renaissance where he began playing saxophone to world tours for the biggest of the big bands, Benny Carter redefined American jazz. From the start, his fellow musicians said the way he played the sax was amazing. They say that about me, too. (Laughter.) But I don't think they mean it in quite the same way.” ThinkingWorldWayMeanSaidBigsBandMusicianLaughterFellowsJazzClubsRenaissanceCarterSaxophoneHarlemHarlem Renaissance Author:William J. Clinton
“Growing up in the Northwest, I did play in an all-girl band. I snuck into clubs. No one ever questioned or thought twice about it.” PlayGirlGrowing UpGrowingBandClubs Author:Meredith Brooks
“At least here in Stockholm if you go out to any of our 4 metal clubs and talk to ten guys you can be sure nine of them play in a band! The bad thing is there is no underground movement here anymore. Going to a show with local band's ten years ago would mean at least 300 people, now you can be lucky if 50 shows up!” PeopleIfsYearsMeanPlayShowsGuyMovementLuckyBandTenYears AgoClubsNineLocalsBad ThingsMetalsStockholm Author:Johan Hegg
“It was my second show as a writer, and Justin Timberlake was just coming off boy-band stardom. People were rolling their eyes, but I used to watch the Mickey Mouse Club, and I knew all those kids were talented as hell. Justin was as comfortable on camera in that first episode as any of our cast members.” PeopleFirstsShowsEyeKidsUsedBoysWatchesHellBandMembersComfortableCamerasCastsClubsEpisodesRollingMiceJustinMickeyStardomBoy BandsCast Members Author:Jason Sudeikis
“I ran into Axl [Rose] at a club some year ago and told him he's crazy, we all miss them, and he needs to get the band back together.” NeedsYearsTogetherCrazyMissingBandYears AgoRoseClubsRanBack Together Author:Steven Tyler
“When I was young I wanted to make films and then I got into folk music when I was about 12, and started going to this folk club in Auckland. My dad [Barry Andrews] was in punk and post-punk bands, so I guess it was a side of music I hadn't really listened to before - the really narrative form of songwriting.” WantedFilmFormYoungSidesDadBandMy DadFolksClubsPostsNarrativeSongwritingPunkAndrewFolk Music Author:Finn Andrews
“I really loved music and went to a lot of clubs to see bands and dance. I loved going out.” BandClubsGoing Out Author:Zoe Leonard
“A tenor player named Bud Revels there at the time. A lot of really nice associations amongst the students. Garry Dial was a returning student. He actually got me on Red Rodney's band subbing a little bit. I gigged some with Red when I was 21 in 1988. So I had a lot of nice associations that came from [ Laguardia School of Arts]. But a lot of my education was going on in the clubs. Hearing music and sitting in.” LittlesArtSchoolBitsNicePlayerStudentsBandLittle BitSittingRedClubsHearingAssociationBudReally NiceTenorsHearing Music Author:Jon Gordon