“I would definitely say the Oakland Raiders are the punk rock band of football.” RocksFootballBandPunkPunk RockRock BandsOaklandRaidersOakland Raiders Author:Billie Joe Armstrong
“I’ve been making electronic music for twenty some odd years but, because I grew up playing in punk rock bands, when I started touring, I thought in order to be a viable touring musician I had to do it with a band. I would DJ or tour with a full rock band.” YearsOrderRocksGrewBandGrew UpMusicianTwentiesOddPunkTouringPunk RockDjsRock BandsElectronic Music Author:Moby
“I've never recognized 'emo' as a genre of music. I always thought it was the most retarded term ever. I know there is this generic commonplace that every band that gets labeled with that term hates it. They feel scandalized by it. But honestly, I just thought that all the bands I played in were punk rock bands. The reason I think it's so stupid is that - what, like the Bad Brains weren't emotional? What - they were robots or something? It just doesn't make any sense to me.” ThinkingKnowsFeelsReasonHateTermBrainRocksStupidEmotionalBandHonestlyGenrePunkRobotsCommonplacePunk RockRock BandsRetardedGenericEmoGenres Of Music Author:Guy Picciotto
“Once I got into punk rock, I started mail-ordering albums, because a lot of the record stores in my area didn't carry the punk bands from England or Sweden or Chicago or Los Angeles” RecordsRocksBandAreasEnglandAlbumsStoresLos AngelesChicagoMailPunkPunk RockSwedenRecord Stores Author:Dave Grohl
“I love dancing, but I'm not that good of a singer. I sang in punk rock bands in high school and college and stuff, but that mostly involved lots of screaming.” SchoolStuffRocksCollegeInvolvedBandHigh SchoolDancingSingersPunkPunk RockRock Bands Author:Brian Dietzen
“I listen to all kinds of bands. I like rock music, like, male rock bands. I'm more into that instead of female singers. I like Nirvana, Green Day, System Of A Down. I also like punk rock, and I love bands like Coldplay.” KindRocksBandFemaleGreenMalesSingersAll KindsPunkRock MusicPunk RockRock BandsFemale Singers Author:Avril Lavigne
“I started playing guitar when I was in eighth grade, and that led to trying to write songs and trying to figure out how to play in bands. That led to meeting people, and getting into the local punk rock scene, and going to shows. So that was how I really got into the culture of it.” PeopleWritingTryingPlayShowsSongCultureRocksFiguresSceneBandMeetingsGuitarLocalsGradesPunkPunk RockPlaying GuitarEighth Grade Author:Chris McCaughan
“My vision of punk rock was these dudes who were spitting on the audience and moshing. That's why I kind of left that scene. Then I see all these people around my same age or between 17 and 25 that were making music themselves in their own town. They weren't just singing, but creating. I see them putting out this music where there are tons of women involved in the scene and involved in the bands.” PeopleKindAgeLeftVisionAudienceRocksInvolvedSceneBandCreatingSingingTownsPunkPunk Rock Author:Kathleen Hanna
“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
“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
“Me personally, I side more with punk rock bands. I grew up with The Misfits, The Dead Boys, The Damned, Dropkick Murphys, and early AFI. That was the stuff that really got me into music. Song writing wise, bands like Alkaline Trio were very important to me for beginning to write songs.” WritingImportantSongStuffSidesBoysWiseRocksGrewBandGrew UpPunkPunk RockRock BandsMisfitsTrios Author:Andy Biersack
“When I was very young, I played in a punk-rock band, but I also studied music theory and classical music.” YoungRocksTheoryBandPunkClassical MusicPunk RockRock BandsMusic Theory Author:Moby
“Punk rock and metal has always been a home to me, it's where I cut my teeth; and those are the friends that I have, and the bands that I love.” HomeCuttingRocksBandTeethMetalsPunkPunk Rock Author:John Dyer Baizley
“I think some of the musicians are more like punk rock musicians. It's like an art as opposed to being a musician. It's definitely more radical psychedelic bands, more than anything.” ThinkingArtRocksBandMusicianRadicalPunkPsychedelicRock MusicPunk RockRock Musicians Author:Wayne Coyne
“Even though were not the most punk rock band, the way weve done things is pretty punk rock. Just kinda say it with a big middle finger to the record labels and do it ourselves.” WayDoneBigsRecordsMiddleRocksBandFingersLabelsPunkPunk RockRock BandsRecord LabelsMiddle Finger Author:Brandon Thomas
“If girls are ever going to start to be in bands as the norm rather than as the exception. They need to see people up there that have just started playing. That's something that had gotten lost. I think that's why there are so many great girl punk rock bands now. It's like you have to make up your own rules because the old rules don't apply. You just have to start with what you have.” PeopleIfsThinkingNeedsGirlLostRocksLike YouBandExceptionPunkNormPunk RockRock Bands Author:Tobi Vail
“Punk rock really influenced me, the basic metal bands, Zeppelin, Stones and Floyd, and Southern rock bands. I think I was pretty well-rounded.” ThinkingWellsRocksBandStonesSouthernMetalsPunkPunk RockRock BandsZeppelinsWell RoundedMetal Band Author:Al Jourgensen
“Caitlin Cary and I were always talking about X when we talked about whiskeytown, before it became an actual band. We like the concept of there being no real front person in X, yet this kind of switch up of vocals and really their sheer power, and their ability to sort of bastardise punk rock and midwetsren rock and even country into their own sound.” KindPersonsRealCountrySoundAbilityTalkingRocksFrontsBandConceptsPunkSheerVocalPunk Rock Author:Ryan Adams
“A lot of punk rock. I listen to various stuff just cuz my friends now listen to a lot of different bands. I listen to a lot of underground stuff like jungle music.” DifferentStuffRocksBandMy FriendsVariousPunkJunglePunk RockCuz Author:Cassie Steele
“I'd always wanted to make a record with Jim Dickinson, and I'd known about his boys for years, ... He reminded me that when they were 13 or 14 years old they had a punk rock band and I'd called him and wanted to make a record with them then.” YearsWantedKnownBoysRecordsRocksBandPunkPunk RockRock Bands Author:John Hiatt
“Jay Z in many ways is a rock artist. In the sense that they've used hard rock, punk rock, psychedelic rock aesthetics and influences in their music. When you see Kanye West, he has a full band playing. Jay Z has a full band playing with Marshalls.” WayHardUsedArtistInfluenceRocksBandWestPunkAestheticsPsychedelicPunk RockHard Rock Author:Ian Astbury