“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
“I've always gravitated naturally towards a little bit of a heavier thing, having been in punk bands and metal bands before I ever got into pop.” LittlesBitsBandLittle BitPopsMetalsPunkMetal Band Author:Lights
“I can say is our point of reference - and I think that does make us different from some bands and similar to other bands too. But it's just that spirit - it's sort of like a punk spirit - but it's not punk meaning or as in like "I'm here and I'm going to get thrashy and bloody on-stage" - but, we're not going to listen to the rules and the roles already set in place. We just want to make music that is heartfelt and feels good and sounds good to our ears, and hopefully to many other's ears as well.” ThinkingWantFeelsWellsDoeI CanDifferentSpiritSoundRolesStageBandEarsFeel GoodHopefullyPunkBloodyHeartfelt Author:Theresa Wayman
“We've played with Black Flag, Bad Brains, Minor Threat, The Ramones. You name any punk band and we've probably played or toured with them all the way up to and including Soundgarden, who we've toured with three times now. We also toured with Metallica for a year. But yeah, Megadeth was the only one we were a little sketchy about because um, it was a little sketchy.” WayYearsLittlesThreeNamesBlackBrainBandYeahThreatIncludingFlagsPunkMinorsThree TimesMetallicaRamonesSketchyMegadeth Author:Reed Mullin
“I hated it so much as a child. I just didn't like it when punk bands went metal, it really bothered me. It was happening left and right in the 1980s. It started I think with D.C. bands - G.I., Soul Side, they went metal. Right at that time, R.E.M. was coming out, these more kinda feminine bands, and I was more drawn to that than to go metal. And you remember MTV, with the bad metal. But even Metallica, it just wasn't my direction.” ThinkingChildrenSoulRememberLeftSidesBandHappeningsHatedFeminineComing OutMetalsPunkBotheredMtvMetallicaLeft And Right Author:Stephen Malkmus
“At the time, in 1996, an electronic band signing with a major label was something new, at least in France. Daft Punk knew that this meant a marathon of promotion, TV appearances, etc. To protect themselves and to be discrete, they came up with the masks and, three years later, the robot helmets.” YearsThreeTvsBandProtectMajorsAppearanceLabelsFranceEtcMaskSomething NewThree YearsPunkRobotsMarathonPromotionSigningHelmetDaftDiscreteDaft Punk Author:Pedro Winter
“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
“We had punks literally protesting Fugazi. I respect a boycott. I respect a conscionable boycott, but of all bands to boycott? Fight crime. If you really want to get out there, go fight crime.” IfsWantFightingCrimeBandPunkBoycott Author:Ian MacKaye
“I'm more interested in the meanings and the bands that fill up the spaces known as new wave and post punk.” SpaceKnownBandWavePostsPunk Author:Martin Popoff
“When I was young I wanted to make films and then I got into folk music when I was about 12, and started going to this folk club in Auckland. My dad [Barry Andrews] was in punk and post-punk bands, so I guess it was a side of music I hadn't really listened to before - the really narrative form of songwriting.” WantedFilmFormYoungSidesDadBandMy DadFolksClubsPostsNarrativeSongwritingPunkAndrewFolk Music Author:Finn Andrews
“In high school I was in a band called Goodfight, but it was more me running around on stage. It was very punk inspired. Then I started to get into indie-rock and older music and decided I wanted to write my own stuff. I quit the band. Around 16 or 17, I started recording myself at home on keyboard and piano.” WritingHomeRunningWantedSchoolStuffMy OwnRocksStageBandHigh SchoolDecidedInspiredQuittingPianoPunkKeyboardsI QuitIndie Rock Author:Angel Olsen
“It was an important period for us, because even though we weren't a "punk band", and what became a model for a punk band, we were able to be dragged along by the spirit of that time.” ImportantAbleSpiritPeriodsBandModelsPunk Author:Stephen Mallinder
“As long as bands are still out there slaving away in the garage and putting out their own records and just pushing the envelope for how songs should be written or how they should be played, punk will never die.” ShouldLongStillsSongDiesRecordsWrittenBandPushingPunkGarageEnvelopesPushing The Envelope Author:Milo Aukerman
“I still think of myself as punk, because the way I became empowered to play music is entirely due to punk bands.” ThinkingWayStillsPlayBandMusic IsDuesPunkEmpowered Author:John K. Samson