“Some people even went off to form another band, Power Station.” PeopleFormBandStations Author:Roger Meddows Taylor
“It is inspiring to see bands still trying to do significant and new things in the realm of sound. Most people in any category are more or less filling out the forms they've been handed. But there are always exceptional gems.” PeopleTryingStillsFormSoundBandSignificantRealmsCategoriesNew ThingsExceptionalFillingGems Author:David First
“It's a very complex scenario, and certainly Dave was, and is, not the only person in Pearl Jam with personality flaws. Everybody in this band exhibits some form of neurotic behavior. And we couldn't find a balance, a mutual respect for each other.” PersonsFormPersonalityBalanceBandBehaviorComplexesMutualFlawsPearlsScenariosNeuroticJamExhibitsDaveMutual RespectPersonality FlawsPearl Jam Author:Stone Gossard
“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
“It's heartening to return to live music, heartening for people like me in a band. It's a very traditional thing to return to. It re-validates the original form that we fell in love with.” PeopleFormReturnBandOriginalsLike MeTraditionalLive Music Author:Mick Jagger
“With pop music, the format dictates the form to a big degree. Just think of the pop single. It has endured as a form even in the download age because bands conform to a strict format, and work, often very productively, within the parameters.” ThinkingBigsAgeFormBandDegreesPopsStrictConformPop MusicFormatParametersDownloads Author:David Byrne
“Kiss is the number-one American band in gold-record sales. In the world, only the Beatles and the Stones are ahead of us. Every other band should be wiping my ass. The line forms over there to the left.” ShouldFormLeftLinesBandAss Author:Gene Simmons
“When I was younger, bands helped me connect to part of my humanity; bands that had nothing to do with anything political helped to form me. There's a correlation in that: If people can connect to music, maybe they can connect to each other.” PeopleIfsFormPoliticalHumanityBandCorrelation Author:Win Butler
“I think jazz was just seeking respect and validity because a lot of people didn't believe it was a viable art form, and then they got a lot of attention in Europe. A lot of bands that can't catch flies in the US have these followings in Europe, [but] it's less and less the case. American audiences are way more sophisticated and adventurous than anyone thinks that they are.” PeopleThinkingWayBelieveArtFormAttentionCasesAudienceBandEuropeJazzSeekingFollowingSophisticatedAdventurousValidity Author:Andrew Bird
“With any "new" form of music, the originators are usually good bands that have good music and good ideas, like Nirvana. But then you get all the followers and wannabes, bands like Silverchair, etc...and that really sucks.” IdeasFormBandEtcFollowersGood IdeasWannabesGood Bands Author:John Gallagher, Jr.
“Well, Peter Rowan and I had plans to form a band when he left Bill Monroe. I always thought it was going to be a bluegrass band, but I guess when Peter left Bill Monroe he had had enough of bluegrass. He had written some songs and of course the Beatles were a big influence back then. So, we decided to something different and it ended up being that.” WellsDifferentEnoughBigsFormSongCoursesLeftPlansWrittenInfluenceBandDecidedBillsPeterHad EnoughBluegrass Author:David Grisman
“I have a theory that musicians recognize each other and if they are destined to collaborate together they will. Mainly, they recognize each other according to the class they belong to. If they are punk-rocker kids from the neighborhood, they are going form a band. If they happen to be musicians that are going to play in pubs and restaurants, they are going to recognize each other, form a band and play together. If it's about musicians that are playing jazz and are going to jazz festivals, for e.g., then they are going to meet and work together.” IfsPlayHappensKidsTogetherFormClassTheoryBandMusicianJazzRestaurantsNeighborhoodWorking TogetherPunkDestinedFestivalsPubsRockersPlaying Jazz Author:Vlatko Stefanovski
“It's funny how film is the slowest art form to adapt to freedom. It's had freedom all along. It could've done whatever it wanted to. You know the same freedom that do-it-yourself punk and post-punk musicians had in the late 70s and ever since. That's about the time I started getting interested in film, and I assumed that film would be moving along with the other pop culture forms. Its finally done it but it's taken decades for it to catch up just to basement band level.” KnowsArtDoneWould BeWantedFilmMovingFormCultureLevelsTakenBandLateMusicianPopsDecadesPostsPunkPop CultureBasementsDo It Yourself Author:Guy Maddin
“Hey, maybe instead of going to college, you should drop out and I could quit my job and we can form an all-girl band with Lane, you know, like Bananarama. We could call it Tangerinarama or Banana-fana-fo-fana-rama...or something.” KnowsShouldJobsFormGirlCollegeBandQuittingHeyRamaLanesBananasGoing To College Author:Daniel Palladino
“As a producer, I'm an objective observer, helping a band form their ideas into a cohesive album. It's a step back from the intimacy of creation.” IdeasHelpingFormStepsCreationBandAlbumsObjectivesProducersIntimacyObservers Author:Mark Hoppus
“I really enjoy helping a band form their sounds and ideas from initial spark to completed album. Being a producer is different in that, at the end of the day, it is not my art. It's THEIR art, THEIR ideas, THEIR message.” ArtIdeasDifferentEndsHelpingFormEnjoySoundBandMessagesAlbumsProducersThe End Of The DaySparksInitials Author:Mark Hoppus
“It was pretty common to form bands that only lasted a few years. Slint was my favorite band that I was in at the time, and I didn't realize that I was bummed out about it until quite a while later.” YearsFormRealizingCommonBandMy FavoriteFavorite BandsBummed Out Author:David Pajo
“So by the time the 60s rolled in that became a huge art form in its own right with bands like the Beatles and the Rolling Stones and Hendrix doing total concept albums, same thing with Pink Floyd.” ArtFormHugeBandConceptsStonesAlbumsRollingRolling StonesHendrix Author:DJ Spooky
“That's always attractive to me, to work with music whose form is a big question mark. Even many of my favorite bands growing up, when I was just a kid learning to play drums and guitar and everything, were bands like Pink Floyd, where the arrangement, the number of bars in each section is unconventional and often lopsided, and there will be small little instrumental interludes and that sort of thing. So those odd forms, as well as dark content, are the things that I think are continuous through all the type of projects that I've been attracted to.” ThinkingWellsLittlesPlayBigsKidsFormDarkNumbersGrowing UpGrowingTypeBandProjectsMarkGuitarMy FavoriteBarsOddAttractiveArrangementsSectionsBig QuestionsUnconventionalQuestion MarkFavorite Bands Author:Charlie Clouser
“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
“Going to the Sahara Desert and meeting the Touareg band Tinariwen was a life-changing experience. All through that time, I have just carried on learning and meeting musicians, and I keep finding links between different forms.” DifferentFormBandFindingsMusicianMeetingsDesertLife ChangingLinksSaharaLife Changing ExperienceSahara Desert Author:Justin Adams