“I'm busier than a busy person. People aren't scared to play this raucous, harsh music over radio speakers, so I think it's the perfect time to get in with some real serious, heavy bands.” PeopleThinkingPersonsRealPlayPerfectSeriousBandBusyScaredRadioHeavySpeakersHarshBusierBusy Person Author:Jason Newsted
“There are a few artists that I'm really into. I mean, I'm a big Nick Cave fan. And there's a band from Australia called Big Heavy Stuff that's one of my favorite bands ever.” MeanBigsArtistStuffFansBandMy FavoriteHeavyAustraliaCavesFavorite Bands Author:J. Robbins
“I like the old school heavy metal bands like AC/DC and Aeromith. I like that type of music. As the director, I tried to influence the type of music the bands in the movie would play.” PlaySchoolInfluenceTypeBandDirectorsHeavyMetalsOld SchoolHeavy MetalMetal Band Author:Dolph Lundgren
“I love working with women. I think it's because I spent so much time in my brother's heavy metal band. Sweaty boys in the rehearsal room. It's nice to just be in the studio with a fragrant lady.” ThinkingRoomsBoysNiceBrotherBandStudiosHeavyMy BrotherMetalsRehearsalHeavy MetalMetal Band Author:Mr Hudson
“Instead of taking the 'I'm cool, I hope you adore me' path (with my music), I chose the path of how to connect. I think that's the reason a lot of people feel a deeper connection with our band than other bands, and I also feel that's why people polarize on us. If you don't get it, it seems preposterous; if you do get it, it's really heavy - it has a weight to it.” PeopleIfsThinkingFeelsReasonSeemsPathBandConnectionsWeightHeavyDeeperAdore Author:Billy Corgan
“I definitely make an effort to work on different styles of music: not working on too many post-rock bands, or too many heavy bands, or too many folk bands, or just whatever. I have no desire to be known as somebody that just works on a single style of music and would rather avoid it, actually.” DifferentDesireEffortKnownRocksStyleBandFolksHeavyPostsRock BandsDifferent Styles Author:John Congleton
“I like going to see live bands. Live bands can be quite heavy, but I think it's very relaxing at the same time because you feel so happy and chilled-out.” ThinkingFeelsBandHeavyChilled Author:Ed Speleers
“When I was growing up and listening to bands like the Dave Clark Five, the groove was what initially got me going. I really like that funky, heavy groove.” Growing UpFiveGrowingListeningBandHeavyDaveGrooveFunky Author:Eddie Van Halen
“I was in punk rock bands, heavy metal bands, world music bands, jazz groups, any type of music that would take me. I just love music.” WorldGroupsRocksTypeBandJazzHeavyTake MeMetalsPunkMusic LovePunk RockRock BandsHeavy MetalWorld MusicMetal Band Author:Reggie Watts
“I think that it's easy to target a heavy metal band for inciting violence or making kids turn to a cult than it is to actually look at real problems in the real world.” ThinkingWorldLooksRealProblemKidsTurnsEasyViolenceBandHeavyTargetReal WorldMetalsCultReal ProblemsHeavy MetalMetal Band Author:Sam Dunn
“The United States military is now using the music of Metallica and other heavy metal bands to break the will of Saddam Hussein supporters to get them to talk. Theyre blaring heavy metal music at them. That should make the artist feel pretty good, huh? Put your heart and soul into your last CD and the Army is using it to torture people.” PeopleFeelsShouldHeartSoulStatesLastsArtistUnitedBreakUnited StatesMilitaryBandArmyHeavyTortureMetalsSupporterSaddamHusseinHeart And SoulCdsHeavy MetalMetallicaUnited States MilitaryMetal BandMetal MusicHeavy Metal Music Author:Jay Leno
“I just want to be considered a heavy metal band, because metal has always been around and will always be around. We're just a heavier version of metal. Heavy metal will never go away. It's like a cockroach. It's the best title, because we play metal that's heavy.” WantPlayBandHeavyVersionsTitlesGoing AwayMetalsHeavy MetalCockroachesMetal Band Author:Mitch Lucker
“I used to do this big rant at the end of some gigs with Ben Folds Five. The band broke into this big heavy metal thing and I started as a joke to scream in a heavy metal falsetto. I found myself saying things like: Feel my pain, I am white, feel my pain.” FeelsEndsBigsPainUsedFoundWhiteFiveBandJokesHeavyBrokeScreamMetalsFoldsGigsHeavy MetalRantFalsetto Author:Ben Folds
“After watching a couple of live performances of bands like Nirvana, I was really excited and inspired by how raw and powerful it was. I wanted to at least aim in that direction with the guitar and do my own version of it. I know it doesn't really sound like that on the other end, but I wanted guitar, heavy rhythms, and singing to be the stamp of the whole thing.” KnowsEndsWholeWantedSoundMy OwnPowerfulCoupleBandSingingPerformancesAimInspiredGuitarExcitedHeavyVersionsRhythmStampsLive Performance Author:Panda Bear
“Down is an incredibly important band to me. And there's one other project that may be a little tough for people to understand - it's not sonically heavy, but subject-wise it's absolutely heavy. It's a band that I've been in for many, many yearsm and I've just been waiting for the right itme, and boy, it sure is the right time. So, yeah, you will hear music from Philip Anselmo again, and it ain't gonna be nothing nice.” PeopleMayLittlesImportantWaitingBoysWiseNiceSubjectsBandProjectsToughYeahHeavyRight TimePhilip Author:Phil Anselmo
“It's really an orchestral piece featuring a group and it was quite revolutionary at the time and it in fact, it kicked Deep Purple off as a name in Great Britain because it made all the newspapers. Everyone was writing about us. And there was some confusion as to what kind of band we were after that, which is why Deep Purple in Rock is such a hard unbending album of really furious hard heavy rock. Heavy metal hadn't been invented at that point.” WritingKindMadeHardFactsNamesPiecesGroupsRocksBandAlbumsHeavyNewspapersConfusionRevolutionaryBritainMetalsPurpleFuriousGreat BritainHeavy MetalDeep Purple Author:Roger Glover
“I started out in a heavy metal band with a guy who could really play guitar, and I thought the only thing missing from Guided By Voices was a lead guitarist. In the early days, I would bring people in just to play leads, like Greg Demos and Steve Wilbur.” PeoplePlayGuyVoiceMissingBandGuitarHeavyMetalsGuitaristHeavy MetalDemosMetal Band Author:Robert Pollard
“We've always said we're a HEAVY METAL band. We've kinda branched out here and there - we've done a rap thing, we've done a rap-rock thing, we've done something with Angelo Belmonte, who's the primary composer of Twin Peaks. In fact, most of David Lynch's movies is Angelo. He did something with us and that was great. We've also acted, we've done an episode in Married with Children, which was awesome - so we're always looking to do things which you wouldn't expect.” ChildrenSaidDoneFactsRocksBandMarriedHeavyRapPrimariesMetalsComposerEpisodesTwinsHere And ThereHeavy MetalMetal BandTwin PeaksMarried With Children Author:Charlie Benante
“I didn't want to live in LA again, although I'd go back every couple of months to do an interview, usually with a heavy rock or metal band. And as the decade went on, so much of that scene had become totally corrupted by too much coke and money and silicone.” WantToo MuchRocksMonthsCoupleSceneBandHeavyDecadesInterviewsMetalsCokeMetal Band Author:Sylvie Simmons
“If anything, I feel that the current generation of listeners of heavy music are progressing a bit passed their gateway bands and are digging deeper than they used to and understanding more abrasive and complex music and art. It's like being around an unfamiliar language long enough that it eventually begins to make sense.” IfsFeelsLongArtEnoughUsedLanguageBitsUnderstandingProgressGenerationsBandComplexesCurrentsHeavyDeeperMake SenseListenersDiggingUnfamiliarGatewaysHeavy MusicCurrent Generation Author:Jacob Bannon
“I was working as a cocktail waitress in a heavy metal bar. Then, my manager said I should try some acting, which led to an audition Satisfaction, where I played a musician in an all-girl band. That movie is where I met my future ex-husband Jody Porter.” ShouldTryingSaidGirlActingMetsBandHusbandMusicianSatisfactionHeavyBarsManagersMetalsAuditionsExesMy FutureCocktailsWaitressHeavy MetalEx Husband Author:Britta Phillips
“We had to do something at [a festival in Washington, D.C.]. I remember Chris Martin, by then we all knew him, there were certain people who were regulars. He would say, "Oh, my God, you guys, I think I'm going to throw up." It was a daytime festival, and they went on right after some really heavy band, and he was saying, "I don't think I can do this. I think I'm going to throw up." He was in the bathroom thinking he was going to be sick. He said, "They're going to hate us." In fact, they hated them. They hated Coldplay - did not go over well. His instincts were correct.” PeopleThinkingWellsSaidI CanFactsRememberGuyCertainHateCan DoBandSickInstinctHeavyHatedBathroomFestivalsDaytimeI Can Do This Author:Jancee Dunn