“At the time, we thought it was a nice way to say something unique about the group to make us different from all the other bands kicking around in London.” WayDifferentNiceGroupsBandUniqueLondonKicking Author:Gerry Beckley
“I went down to London with the idea that I was going to do vocals over this crazy, crazy trip-hop digital beat. Within two or three months, I heard Hunky Dory by David Bowie and that changed me in one way, and I realized what I actually wanted was to have an E Street Band - individuals, not session musicians.” WayTwoIdeasWantedThreeIndividualHeardCrazyStreetsChangedMonthsBandMusicianBeatsLondonI RealizedOne WayHopsDigitalSessionVocalThree MonthsBowie Author:KT Tunstall
“I moved to Manchester to join a band and ended up getting into acting, and I moved back to London to become an actor and ended up joining a band.” ActorsActingBandMovedLondonJoiningManchester Author:Jim Sturgess
“I can show bands how to produce themselves. In the same way, many bands think you can't make it without some fat cat in London or New York to manage you. Thats just crap. All you need is someone a bit older than you with a bit of business nous whom you trust.” ThinkingWayNeedsI CanShowsBitsNew YorkProduceBandCatLondonFatsManageCrapCant Author:Johnny Marr
“I'm a big fan of London in the summertime. English people are dependent on weather to change our attitudes, and, provided it's a decent summer, everyone's spirits are uplifted and the whole place is in bloom. It's a magical transformation. London in the summer, going to see bands play outside, watching football.” PeoplePlayWholeBigsSpiritAttitudeFansFootballBandSummerTransformationLondonWeatherDecentDependentSummertimeWatching Football Author:Ed Westwick
“I was in rock music in London when it was the height of Brit pop, with The Kinks revival and Suede and Blur and Oasis, and all of those really great bands that were of a certain style. If I'd really been smart and commercially minded, I would have just got myself a blazer and some Stay Press and some Fred Perry tops, and just gone out and tried to do it like everyone else. Instead, I did this ridiculous thing of trying to do this music.” IfsTryingCertainGoneRocksStyleBandSmartPressesPopsLondonRidiculousHeightReally GreatRevivalRock MusicBlurOasisBritsKinkBlazersRidiculous Things Author:Gavin Rossdale
“A lot of the music is the kind of thing I grew up with, listening to it with my parents. So there was a band in London called the BBC Big Band, and I sang with them. And I had never done a big band before, and it was just so fantastic and I had such a good time...so that's how it all came about” KindDoneBigsParentListeningGrewBandGrew UpMusic IsLondonFantasticGood Times Author:Frances Ruffelle
“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
“There's somewhat of a real fascination with American bands and American mythology in London.” RealBandLondonMythologyFascination Author:Craig Finn
“It's a lot easier having a girlfriend in a band than if you were going out with someone that lived in London.” IfsEasierBandLondonGirlfriendGoing Out Author:Simon Taylor-Davis
“[Paul McCartney] never, at the time, was going back to leaning back on the roots of his old band. He always built upon where he was, which was in London. And he didn't overuse synthesizers. He used them just enough. It's such a cool sound.” EnoughUsedSoundBandBuiltRootsLondonSynthesizersLeaning Back Author:Fred Armisen
“She let me in during her tour, in London. Her band members - especially Lenny Kaye - were shocked at the fact that I was filming Patti [Smith].” FactsBandMembersLet MeLondonShockedBand Members Author:Steven Sebring