“When Adam's House Cat broke up in 1991, which was Cooley and my band for six years, I put my entire life, heart, and soul into that thing. I mean everything. I ended up getting divorced over it, and then the band broke up and I was left with nothing. I had nothing to show for six years of my life except for a finished record that still hasn't come out. And I went through a pretty deep, dark, two-year depression after that, [which] probably resulted in some of the earlier songs that became Drive-By Trucker songs, for that matter.” YearsHeartMeanStillsTwoSoulMatterShowsSongHouseLeftDarkRecordsBandSixCatFinishedBrokeTwo YearsOver ItAdamDivorcedHeart And SoulBroke UpDeep DarkTruckers Author:Patterson Hood
“I started out playing big bands shows and different things. I was with several different small bands and groups, doing comedy and singing, emceeing, and I got a break with a very big star of the late fifties whose name was Tommy Sands.” DifferentShowsBigsNamesStarsBreakComedyGroupsBandLateSingingSandDifferent Things Author:Hal Blaine
“The mindset of the people who put the shows on and those who go buy a ticket is so fundamentally different. The band themselves don't have a sense of things, and I found this out after a lot of years of pain and frustration.” PeopleYearsDifferentShowsPainFoundBandMindsetFrustrationTickets Author:Dick Latvala
“I think I'm just trying to show a more mature side of the band and I think we've really come into the sound of our band. With every album we've grown, but I think this is just a really good picture of where we are right now and how we feel our music represents us. Under the thumb of other record companies we haven't had as much creative control and I think with this record we really did our own thing.” ThinkingFeelsTryingShowsSoundSidesCompanyCreativeRecordsHavensRight NowBandAlbumsMatureThumbsRecord Companies Author:Jason C. Miller
“Me and my band, we love playing live, and I think it shows. We have one of the better live shows in the state, and I think it's because we just love playing live.” ThinkingStatesShowsBand Author:Kevin Fowler
“There is no way that I could pinpoint just one person. When I first started, I was listening to Randy Rogers quite a bit, and I was also pretty big into Josh Grider back then. I remember going to a lot of Kevin Fowler shows early, and Eli Young Band was another one of the groups I listened to a lot of when I was learning to write and play guitar.” WayWritingFirstsPersonsPlayShowsBigsRememberYoungBitsGroupsListeningBandGuitarJust OneRogerKevinJoshRandy Author:Curtis Grimes
“We do what we want to do. We write songs. We try not to repeat ourselves too much. We have our own sound and our own way of doing things. Up until now it has always been enjoyable. None of the members have ever got to the point where they don't want to be involved in it ... It's not entirely possible for me to stand back and look at the Rolling Stones because being a part of it you can't. I wish that I could just sit in the audience for one night and see the show. Everyone in the band has said that at some point. But then you wouldn't be seeing the whole band. And that's the problem with that.” WayWantWritingTryingLooksSaidWholeShowsProblemNightSongWishSoundAudienceToo MuchSeeingInvolvedBandMembersStonesRepeatsRollingEnjoyableOne NightRolling Stones Author:Keith Richards
“Too many bands practice in their garage, play a couple of shows locally, and expect opportunities to appear from the sky. Bands have to push, work, grind, and struggle to make it happen on their own.” PlayShowsHappensOpportunityPracticeStruggleSkyCoupleBandGrindMake It HappenGarage Author:Mark Hoppus
“I still do a lot of shows with Brian Koonin, but we haven't had a full band lately.” StillsShowsHavensBandBrian Author:David Johansen
“I've always been in bands writing songs with friends in order to play shows or record a future record.” WritingPlayShowsSongOrderRecordsBandWriting Songs Author:Frank Iero
“I think that everybody that's coming out to Warped Tour, when they come to see the show, they're always like; let's go see that band that band that band and... that girl. I think that I tend to be that girl sometimes and I think that it's cool that I get to hang out with this Summer camp of smelly boys.” ThinkingSometimesShowsGirlBoysBandSummerHanging OutCampsComing OutThat GirlSummer CampSmellyWarped Tour Author:Katy Perry
“I've been involved in a lot of different kinds of projects. I've been on straight hip hop tours. I've been on underground rock tours. I've been on multimillion selling rock shows. I've been in the jam band thing, and both commercial and underground hip hop. Very few people listen to one kind of music.” PeopleKindDifferentShowsRocksInvolvedBandProjectsHip HopSellingHipsHopsDifferent KindsJam Author:Boots Riley
“People expect us to be a straight up dance band but there are many more elements to our sound that you really get to see during our live show and hear on our record 'See The Light.'” PeopleShowsLightSoundRecordsBandElementsStraight Up Author:Nomi Ruiz
“For me personally, Blink-182 has been a big influence. Just seeing them way back in the day play little shows and start from a garage band to where they are now, makes me believe anything is possible if you truly want it and commit your life to it.” IfsWayWantBelieveLittlesHas BeensPlayShowsBigsSeeingInfluenceBandCommitGarageBlinkAnything Is PossibleBack In The DayBlink 182 Author:Beau Bokan
“Write your own music and write frequently. Go to as many live shows as you can as well (of bands you enjoy of course). You can learn a lot watching other performers.” WritingWellsShowsCoursesEnjoyBandPerformersWrite Your Own Author:Dia Frampton
“I found myself in Zurich Airport. I'd done a TV show, oddly enough, with Mavis Staples. That's the way they do it in Switzerland. And I'd had a bit of a late night with members of her band. And I was - my flight was delayed. And I was sitting in the airport, and I just came up with the idea. And by the time, we landed at Heathrow, I'd pretty much sort of got it.” WayIdeasDoneEnoughShowsNightFoundBitsTvsBandMembersLateSittingFlightTv ShowsAirportsDelayedSwitzerlandStaplesLate NightZurich Author:Nick Lowe
“Karl Agell sang for our Blind album which was our second best selling record. He's a great guy and as a matter of fact, before Mike, Woody and I really got going on touring on the old Animosity stuff, Karl & I did about a dozen shows performing the Blind album from start to finish. He's still a good friend of mine and is now in a band called Lead Foot that's more Rock and Roll but they're fantastic, kind of Thin Lizzy or MC5 sounding.” KindStillsMatterFactsShowsGuyStuffRecordsFeetRocksMinesBandBlindAlbumsSellingFantasticPerformingDozenGood FriendRock And RollMikeTouringMatter Of FactWoodyAnimositySecond BestGreat GuyLizzy Author:Reed Mullin
“We're doing all the shows as an eight-piece band. There's so many different kinds of palettes for each film that we've had to find a balance of musicians who can shift from one instrument to another to make all those sounds for us come to life.” KindDifferentShowsFilmSoundPiecesBalanceBandMusicianInstrumentsEightDifferent KindsPalette Author:Stuart A. Staples
“It was my second show as a writer, and Justin Timberlake was just coming off boy-band stardom. People were rolling their eyes, but I used to watch the Mickey Mouse Club, and I knew all those kids were talented as hell. Justin was as comfortable on camera in that first episode as any of our cast members.” PeopleFirstsShowsEyeKidsUsedBoysWatchesHellBandMembersComfortableCamerasCastsClubsEpisodesRollingMiceJustinMickeyStardomBoy BandsCast Members Author:Jason Sudeikis
“I was a member of the band when it was just, like, a conversation at a bar. Then we constantly practiced, we played shows, we tooled around in the studio. And then, when I moved and kind of bailed on that, is when... So, yeah, for the first, 'Mass Romantic,' I was heavily involved. Then, for a couple records after that, I was not really involved at all.” FirstsKindShowsRecordsCoupleInvolvedBandConversationMembersMassYeahMovedStudiosBars Author:Dan Bejar
“My favorite idea is doing an all-night tent show starring my friend's band Marijuana Deathsquads, where everyone would wear super-loud headphones, and there would be tons of subs and lights. It'd be really dope.” IdeasShowsLightWould BeNightBandMy FriendsMy FavoriteLoudMarijuanaAll NightDopeTentsHeadphones Author:Justin Vernon
“Navigating with a partner makes it half as difficult. We keep each other in check. It's not like she [Angie Marr] was ever a quiet little wifey wife behind the scenes. She's exactly like me. She's very smart. We're very lucky that we've always wanted the same things. She loves guitar music, she loves important records, and our lives are about records and shows and great bands.” LittlesImportantShowsWantedDifficultBehindsHalfRecordsOur LivesWifeSceneLuckyQuietBandSmartGuitarPartnersChecksLike MeBehind The ScenesVery SmartGuitar Music Author:Johnny Marr
“I really like Howler and an American band on Sub Pop called Jaill. There will always be new bands that I like, it's always been that way. I still go out to shows. One thing I don't like now is this idea that all singing needs to be expressed at maximum volume with so much bullshit sentimentality - it's pervading regular pop music.” WayNeedsStillsIdeasShowsOne ThingBandSingingPopsVolumeBullshitMaximumPop MusicSentimentality Author:Johnny Marr
“It's important me as a musician and also as an occasional show goer to feel the presence of a band on stage, to hear a PA reverberating and slapping off the walls, the push and pull of an audience, the blood, sweat, and heat. It's a primal thing in a way.” WayFeelsImportantShowsAudienceBloodStageWallBandMusicianHeatSweatOccasionalPrimalOff The WallSlapping Author:Jacob Bannon
“It's nice to have a band that can adapt to whatever show we're in, so we can play on a big stage or a house show.” PlayShowsBigsHouseNiceStageBand Author:Phil Elvrum
“Some kid can say, "Hey, I really want you to play my town in Switzerland, or Sweden, or Latvia," and they could have a fun night at the show. On the other hand, all those kids could have a record that means something to them in a more personal way a couple months down the road. The live band is a really important thing for us, but my focus is on the album now.” WayWantMeanImportantPlayShowsHandsKidsNightFunRecordsFocusMonthsCoupleBandTownsImportant ThingsAlbumsHeyDown The RoadSwedenSwitzerlandLatviaFun Night Author:Zachary Cole Smith
“Leading a band and producing yourself and picking cool tunes and putting a show together takes a lot of thought, and a certain amount of courage. In my early twenties, if I wasn't getting good enough at it, then people would not come and see me. Anybody who has lasted this long - I hope we get better with age.” PeopleIfsLongEnoughShowsAgeTogetherCertainAmountBandTwentiesGet BetterTunesGood Enough Author:Bonnie Raitt
“It was sort of in the jam-band era and it was at the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester [New York], right where I grew up. I actually went back there a couple years ago when I was on tour for Kroll Show. I performed at that theater, which was really cool to go back to the first place I'd gone to a concert.” YearsFirstsShowsGoneNew YorkGrewCoupleBandGrew UpYears AgoTheaterTheatreErasConcertsJamReally CoolPortCapitol Author:Nick Kroll
“Robert Altman made that movie Kansas City about the jazz scene in the city, and we saw that band all together, and that was an amazing show. That's what I got into. I like jazz.” MadeShowsTogetherCitiesSawsSceneBandJazzKansasKansas City Author:Nick Kroll
“I certainly know guys in comedy, I know some actors, and I definitely know some musicians, who have survived to a certain age and make a good living doing what they do, but nobody knows who they are. They wake up every day and they have the ability to get paid practicing their art, but underneath it all, if you scratched the surface, you still get, "If I only had my own show . . .," or "If I only had my own band . . ." It's what people always do when they want to be their own star.” PeopleIfsKnowsWantArtStillsShowsAgeGuyCertainActorsStarsMy OwnAbilityComedyBandMusicianWake UpPaidSurfaceSurvivedNobody KnowsGood Living Author:Denis Leary
“The Impressionists had to fight the gallery system for many years before becoming accepted. One of their methods of fighting was to band together and hold their own shows.” YearsShowsTogetherFightingBecomingBandMethodAcceptedGalleryImpressionists Author:Oliver $
“You feel like you're trying to show off your cool by mentioning the five bands that you know are great and the five books that will reflect well on you. I can't do it. I should take the time to but I don't want to take the time to do that.” KnowsWantFeelsShouldTryingWellsI CanBookShowsFiveLike YouBandShowing Off Author:Emily Haines
“When you're looking at a sea of people there ready for a band, it is an unbelievable feeling. You've just got to seize the moment and put on the best show you can and make sure everybody's having a good time by the end of it.” PeopleEndsMomentsShowsFeelingsSeaReadyBandGood TimesUnbelievableHaving A Good TimeSeize The Moment Author:Caleb Shomo
“From the age of 16 on, I brought my guitar everywhere. I just fell in love with learning the guitar, and I wanted to learn songs and chords, and that led to wanting to start a band, and to wanting to do our first show.” FirstsShowsAgeWantedSongBandGuitarChords Author:Donavon Frankenreiter
“My start came with experimental musicians and live bands. I never played with DJ's because it wasn't really the correct fit. It fit in more with someone using a laptop to create their own electronic music. When you're doing music like that, it's hard to get more than 20 people to come to your show.” PeopleHardShowsFitBandMusicianDjsLaptopsElectronic Music Author:Girl Talk
“In 2008 it's easy to get huge before you have an album out with the Internet. I think that's great and you see a lot of artists like that. It seems like it's becoming rarer to find a band that has been touring for six years, doing small shows and then breaking out.” ThinkingYearsHas BeensShowsSeemsArtistEasyHugeBecomingInternetBandSixAlbumsTouringEasy To Get Author:Girl Talk
“I went to my first show [of the Grateful Dead], got right up front and never left. The incredible excitement, the family, the spirit, the hope, the happiness, all the different things I love and live for in life are there. The joy, the optimism, the teamwork, the experimentation, the exploration, the curiosity. No band has inspired more artwork, no band has inspired more books. No band has ever inspired a more loyal following and I'm involved in all of that stuff.” FirstsBookDifferentShowsJoySpiritLeftStuffFrontsInvolvedBandOptimismGratefulInspiredCuriosityIncrediblesFollowingExcitementDifferent ThingsExplorationTeamworkLoyalExperimentationArtworkThings I Love Author:Bill Walton
“A few Disney TV composers had me pinch-hit writing some scoring cues to picture. Disney tapped me to be the composer for the underscore and song producer for this new show called "Phineas and Ferb."There is nothing like a successful animated show to get your chops up. You have to do every style - action, adventure, romantic, suspense, spy, poignant, rock, funk, big band - delivered on a deadline.” WritingShowsBigsActionSongSuccessfulRocksStyleAdventureTvsBandProducersSuspenseComposerSpyAnimatedDeadlinePoignantFunk Author:Danny Jacob
“I was on one bus with my band and crew for seven years. I didn't come to town with a karaoke tape. I didn't get on a TV show. There were no shortcuts. Anybody who wants to follow my model is welcome to it. You don't want to follow my path.” WantYearsShowsPathTvsBandModelsTownsSevenWelcomeBusTapeTv ShowsCrewSeven YearsShortcutsKaraoke Author:Kenny Chesney
“I did do an off-Broadway show for about 15 months. '91 and '92. It was nice to have a steady paycheck for a while. It was Oliver Jackson and Earl May, Art Barron and myself were the house band. I was 24 and 25 at the time.” MayArtShowsHouseNiceMonthsBandSteadyBroadwayPaychecksBroadway Shows Author:Jon Gordon