“I didn't come in and say: "I'm a singer." I came into the band as a second guitar player and a vocalist, but not the songwriter. I had been writing poetry for years, so I sort of had the nature of the words. I felt like no one else could sing my lyrics, so I took a crack at it.” WritingYearsFeltPlayerBandGuitarSingersCracksSongwritersGuitar PlayerWriting PoetryVocalist Author:Paul Banks
“we Irish don't really need thousands of people surging behind a big brass band to have a parade. One guitar player and a few people whistling will do the job.” PeopleNeedsBigsJobsBehindsPlayerBandGuitarIrelandParadesGuitar PlayerBrassWhistlingBrass Bands Book:Self-portrait Source: Self-portrait
“To be a great band it's like you have that telepathy. You know when the bass player's in back of you without even looking. You know when your guitar player's coming up to you to lean up to you and sing into your microphone. You just know these things. You feel it. You feel the energy of it.” KnowsFeelsEnergyPlayerLike YouBandGuitarUp To YouBassGuitar PlayerMicrophonesTelepathyBass Players Author:Scott Weiland
“You don't need to be talented. You don't even have to play the guitar to be a guitar player in a punk-rock band. So I, in a very naïve and teenage way, said, "That's it. I'm going to be in a band."” WayNeedsSaidPlayPlayerRocksBandGuitarPunkTeenageGuitar PlayerPunk RockRock Bands Author:Michael Stipe
“There's no leader of this band, and there never will be. That's the key. You can't control how the public perceives you-people see rock'n'roll bands as the guitar player and the singer.” PeopleLeaderPlayerRocksKeysBandGuitarSingersPerceiveRock N RollGuitar Player Author:Shannon Hoon
“I grew up not really listening to guitar players. Especially when I was studying music, I was just interested in piano players and arrangers and composers; I came to playing in a band from the perspective of someone who never expected to play guitar in a band.” PlayStudyPlayerPerspectiveListeningGrewBandGrew UpGuitarExpectedPianoComposerGuitar PlayerStudying Music Author:Daniel Rossen
“I tend to prefer the band thing. I think playing solo is good for about 45 minutes. I remember when I was on my solo tour that I got a chance to play with Martin Stephenson of the Daintees. He's now refashioned himself as almost a delta blues guitar player and he's got all the technique, all the persona and the charisma on stage. I think I do too, but I'm more of a first position strummer guy with a little bit of filigree work. I could listen to him for hours; I could listen to myself playing solo for about half an hour!” ThinkingFirstsLittlesPlayRememberGuyBitsHoursChanceHalfPlayerMinutesStagePositionBandLittle BitGuitarTechniqueSoloRemember WhenPersonaCharismaGuitar PlayerDeltaDelta Blues Author:Bill Mallonee
“As a conscientious objector I did my community service in 1971 in a psychiatric hospital and a friend there, who also was a guitar player, invited me one day to join him recording film music with a band named Kraftwerk which I didn't know at the time. I came along and jammed at this session together with Ralf Hütter and a drummer (I believe his name was Charly Weiß). Florian Schneider and Klaus Dinger were present as listeners and everybody liked the spontaneous music we did together.” KnowsBelieveTogetherFilmNamesI BelieveCommunityPlayerOne DayBandGuitarHospitalsListenersSpontaneousInvitedSessionDrummerGuitar PlayerCommunity ServicePsychiatricFilm MusicConscientious ObjectorsPsychiatric Hospitals Author:Michael Rother
“We've done every record on our own. Its produced by our guitar player and sometimes we'll have some help mixin' it and have some outside engineers but for the most part, it's done by the band and I think that's the reason why CKY sounds like no other band, 'cause we make our own albums.” ThinkingSometimesReasonDoneHelpingCausesSoundRecordsPlayerBandGuitarAlbumsReason WhyEngineersGuitar Player Author:Jess Margera
“My earliest musical memory was getting to watch my dad play drums in a local band. He's a banker by trade, but a drummer at heart. I remember seeing the guitar player do the solo from "Werewolves of London" with his teeth, and that was the moment that had me hooked.” HeartPlayMomentsRememberMemoriesWatchesPlayerSeeingDadBandTradeGuitarMusicalMy DadLondonLocalsTeethSoloBankersDrummerWerewolfHookedGuitar Player Author:Charlie Worsham
“My older brother was the guitar player in the neighborhood band. My parents were the cool ones that had the basement for rehearsal. Rather than hang with my peers after school, I wanted to just listen to the band. More than that, I wanted to play.” PlayWantedSchoolParentPlayerBrotherBandGuitarNeighborhoodPeersRehearsalJust ListenBasementsGuitar PlayerOlder BrotherAfter School Author:Jill Sobule
“I'm a bass player from way back and Paul is a guitar player and we've been in many bands.” WayPlayerBandGuitarBassGuitar PlayerBass Players Author:Adam Jones
“Johnny Depp already seen how alcohol and drugs can get in the way of a career. And you have to remember one thing: Johnny was a guitar player and a rock-and-roller way before he was an actor. When he came to Los Angeles, he came with his band.” WayRememberActorsCareersPlayerOne ThingRocksDrugBandGuitarAlcoholLos AngelesGuitar Player Author:Alice Cooper
“I was sixteen, I became a working guitar player gigging in LA, mostly in top 40 bands, then touring. I learned to take songs apart, down to their bones. Songwriters would hire me to produce their demos, which lead me to become a songwriter. The relationship and power music has to TV and film attracted me to composing [and] I learned to write for instruments other than guitar.” WritingFilmSongPlayerProduceTvsBandInstrumentsGuitarBonesSongwritersTouringSixteenComposingGuitar PlayerLeading MeDemos Author:Danny Jacob
“I was a guitar player on the streets of Asbury Park and already a member in good standing amongst those who lie in service of the truth - artists with a small A. But I held four clean aces. I had youth, almost a decade of hardcore bar band experience, a good group of homegrown musicians who were attuned to my performance style, and a story to tell.” StoriesLyingArtistFourPlayerGroupsStreetsStyleYouthBandMembersMusicianStandingPerformancesCleanGuitarDecadesBarsParksGuitar PlayerHardcoreAcesHomegrownThose Who Lie Author:Bruce Springsteen