“Fighting the Taliban and the various radical organizations on the front lines is like adding a Band-Aid to a cut, it may stop the bleeding but unless you clean it with antiseptic, the germs stay and multiply.” MayFightingLinesCuttingFrontsBandOrganizationCleanVariousAidsRadicalBleedingTalibanGermsBand Aid Author:Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
“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.” FirstsTwoUseRememberFightingBandMalesBathroomBeef Author:Taylor Momsen
“Every subsection of liberalism is always busy attacking another subsection of liberalism, because god forbid they should all band together and actually fight for the cause.” ShouldTogetherFightingCausesBandBusyLiberalismAttacking Author:Joss Whedon
“Every year is filled with good times and fights and struggles and misunderstandings. All of it adds up to being in a band over a long time.” YearsLongFightingStruggleBandLong TimeFilledAddGood TimesMisunderstanding Author:Stone Gossard
“We were a really crazy band. This was in '73. I had my hair real short with a white stripe down the middle of my head. The guitarists had pink hair. We weren't playing CBGB's either, we were playing Statesborough, Georgia, for cowboys on penny beer night. We used to keep crowbars onstage when fights would break out. Those were really wild times.” RealUsedNightFightingWhiteBreakCrazyMiddleHairBandBeerCowboyPenniesGeorgiaGuitaristBreak OutStripesWhite StripesPink HairCbgb Author:Rex Smith
“Trusting in Christ, we may boldly join in the combat, and enlist ourselves among that disinterested band, who fight not for human ambition, or human praise, but for the honour of our Saviour, and the salvation of men.” MenHumansMayFightingChristBandAmbitionPraiseSalvationHonourCombatSaviourDisinterestedDisinterest Author:John Strachan
“Theres a lot to be said for bands who fight to be relevant. But CONVINCING people you're relevant? Thats like telling people its not raining when they're soaking wet.” PeopleSaidFightingBandRainRelevantWetConvincingSoaking Author:Pete Wentz
“That's the great thing about being in a band: it's a gang for people who are too wimpy to fight. You can create a gang and have an identity and fight for something and stand up for something just by making pop songs. They're my gang members and gang members are for life, and if you try and leave, we execute you. That's the way it goes. A simple bang, back of the head, into the river, and we keep moving on.” PeopleIfsWayTryingMovingSongFightingSimpleIdentityBandMembersRiversPopsGreat ThingsGangBangsKeep MovingPop SongGang Members Author:Torquil Campbell
“I got out of that immediately was that now, all of a sudden, rock music had become a spectator sport, that corporate labels and their bands were the new establishment, and punk was there to fight them the way the activist hippies must have fought what the establishment must have been ten years before. And it was interesting to see the reactions in different parts of the country.” WayYearsHas BeensDifferentCountryFightingSportsInterestingRocksBandTenReactionsLabelsCorporateActivistEstablishmentPunkSpectatorsHippieRock Music Author:Jello Biafra
“Take away all the emotional baggage of any band's fight, be it The Beatles or The Stones, but in the end, you just enjoy the creativity. That's what the legacy is.” EndsFightingEnjoyCreativityEmotionalBandStonesLegacyBaggageEmotional Baggage Author:John Seagall
“We had punks literally protesting Fugazi. I respect a boycott. I respect a conscionable boycott, but of all bands to boycott? Fight crime. If you really want to get out there, go fight crime.” IfsWantFightingCrimeBandPunkBoycott Author:Ian MacKaye
“I'm not talking about what came later [after the American underground punk scene], indie music, or whatever you want to call it, but the music that came before that - that's an important story. So many interviews with musicians get the time or context wrong. You have these older bands, usually men, who tell stories about "Oh, we got into this huge fight, this guy punched that guy," that's the wrong sort of story. My view of the time is truly pioneering.” MenWantImportantStoriesGuyFightingViewsTalkingHugeBandMusicianInterviewsThis GuyThat GuyNot TalkingPioneeringIndie Music Author:Ian MacKaye
“As far as bands doing that in a way where they think they're going to fight the government, the only people they're really hurting is the fans.” PeopleThinkingWayGovernmentFightingHurtFansBand Author:John Petrucci
“The Impressionists had to fight the gallery system for many years before becoming accepted. One of their methods of fighting was to band together and hold their own shows.” YearsShowsTogetherFightingBecomingBandMethodAcceptedGalleryImpressionists Author:Oliver $