“It was a fun job but I'd never claim Busted was anything other than a pop band.” JobsFunBandClaimsPopsBustedPop Bands Author:Charlie Simpson
“If you don't try and explore genres and have freedom of creativity, you're just wasting your position as a pop band.” IfsTryingCreativityPositionBandPopsGenrePop Bands Author:Adam Anderson
“I lived in Italy for a number of years and I was really digging around trying to get my hands dirty, trying to learn about Italian music. And what I ended up gravitating towards was this stuff from the '50s and '60s and maybe early '70s, where there were these incredibly talented pop singers that weren't using pop bands.” TryingYearsHandsStuffNumbersBandPopsSingersDirtyItalianDiggingPop Bands Author:Mike Patton
“The most inspiring drummer for me is Stewart Copeland from The Police. The Police are the first band I can remember really liking, and Copeland is a guy who was playing in sort of a rock band, or a rock-pop band, but he didn't want to do the traditional kind of rock drumbeat. He was doing all these kind of reggae rhythms, and the reggae style is almost an exact opposite of the rock mold of drumming.” WantFirstsKindI CanRememberGuyRocksStyleBandOppositesPolicePopsTraditionalRhythmMoldDrummerReggaeRock BandsDrummingMost InspiringPop Bands Author:Panda Bear
“When you look at bands like Take That, who have come back bigger than ever, you can see there will always be a market for good pop bands.” LooksBandBiggerPopsPop Bands Author:Shane Filan
“Sometimes I forget that the label's been around so long that some of the bands they're singing now might be influenced by the first wave of Sub Pop bands. Is there anyone on that label that you look up to or borrow from?” FirstsLooksLongSometimesMightForgetBandSingingWavePopsLabelsLook UpPop Bands Author:Hutch Harris