“Minor Threat was an important band, believe me that it was important it in my life, but it belongs to an era that no longer exists. I'm not nostalgic. I think music today is much more important, because something can be done about it.” ThinkingBelieveImportantDoneTodayBandThreatErasBelieve In MeMinorsNostalgic Author:Ian MacKaye
“I feel fortunate to have made records during an era where people actually bought music. But I have friends in struggling up-and-coming bands now that will certainly never be able to pay the rent, because music has been devalued.” PeopleFeelsHas BeensMadeAblePayStruggleRecordsBandErasFortunate Author:Tom Morello
“My character on 'I'm In the Band,' Derek Jupiter of Iron Weasel, is definitely one of the crazier ones. That's completely on the other end of the spectrum. There's absolutely nothing like Derek any shape or form. I'm having so much fun playing this egotistical, '80s-era rockstar - everything he does is from the point-of-view of a rockstar.” DoeEndsCharacterFormFunViewsShapesBandPoint Of ViewErasIron80sSpectrumAbsolutely NothingEgotisticalJupiterRockstarsWeasels Author:Steve Valentine
“The Big Band Era is my era. People say, 'Where did you get your style from?' I did the Big Band Era on guitar. That's the best way I could explain it.” PeopleWayBigsStyleBandGuitarBest WayEras Author:Chuck Berry
“We grew up with all the Fat Wreck Records and all the Epitaph bands, that era. We mixed it up together. We were never purists of being just pop or just pop-punk. We always wanted to blend everything that we love.” WantedTogetherRecordsGrewBandGrew UpPopsFatsErasPunkWrecksEpitaph Author:Chuck Comeau
“The music I wanted to get into when I went to California, was to, uh, get into, uh, pop, mostly. And the big band era was on at that time. I was doing the "Mona Lisa"s, the "Stardust"s, "Stars Fell On Alabama," all this kind of stuff. And that was my thing that I wanted.” KindBigsWantedStarsStuffBandPopsErasCaliforniaAlabamaStardustMona Lisa Author:Carl Gardner
“As far as specific bands from the 90s death metal era, I love Death, Carcass, Possessed, Morbid Angel, Gorguts, Autopsy, Atheist, etc.” BandAngelAtheistErasEtcMetalsPossessedMorbidLove DeathAutopsyDeath Metal Author:David Pajo
“It was sort of in the jam-band era and it was at the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester [New York], right where I grew up. I actually went back there a couple years ago when I was on tour for Kroll Show. I performed at that theater, which was really cool to go back to the first place I'd gone to a concert.” YearsFirstsShowsGoneNew YorkGrewCoupleBandGrew UpYears AgoTheaterTheatreErasConcertsJamReally CoolPortCapitol Author:Nick Kroll