“My favorite records are by bands where the musicians are all playing like themselves, but those personalities connect in an exciting way and create music that is one cohesive unit. It's not catchy like a pop song, but it's a really cool song.” WaySongRecordsPersonalityBandMusicianExcitingMy FavoritePopsUnitsReally CoolPop SongCatchy Author:Dylan Baldi
“Band members have a special bond. A great band is more than just some people working together. It's like a highly specialized army unit, or a winning sports team. A unique combination of elements that becomes stronger together than apart.” PeopleTogetherWinningSportsTeamSpecialBandMembersElementsUniqueArmyStrongerCombinationWorking TogetherUnitsSports TeamWinning SportsBand MembersStronger Together Author:Steven Van Zandt
“It's hard to say. Whenever you play with a group of people for a long time it influences the way that you play with others. They were all very defining in their own way and all affected the band in one way or another. I don't think they are so obvious in the music. The fact is that The Lawrence Arms is the culmination of a long search of trying to find people who play well as a unit.” PeopleThinkingWayTryingWellsLongHardPlayFactsGroupsInfluenceArmsBandLong TimeObviousOne WayAffectedUnitsDefiningCulmination Author:Chris McCaughan
“You see, when a nation threatens another nation the people of the latter forget their factionalism, their local antagonisms, their political differences, their suspicions of each other, their religious hostilities, and band together as one unit. Leaders know that, and that is why so many of them whip up wars during periods of national crisis, or when the people become discontented and angry. This is the explanation of all wars, all racial and religious hatreds, all massacres, and all attempts at genocide.” PeopleKnowsWarTogetherPoliticalNationsDifferencesReligiousForgetLeaderPeriodsBandHatredCrisisAngryLocalsExplanationLatterGenocideSuspicionUnitsHostilityWhipsMassacresAntagonismTogether As OnePolitical DifferencesReligious Hatred Author:Taylor Caldwell
“I've thought about bands or performers who appear from nowhere: You come out of the greenroom in this secure little unit, then you do this thing and you're shielded from everybody. I'm thinking of brilliant people, like Mariah Carey, who have no interaction. They interact with the audience at the time of the live thing but there's no build up and there's no afterward.” PeopleThinkingLittlesAudienceBandBrilliantSecurePerformersInteractionUnits Author:Sue Tompkins
“There are five of us. We've all played in various bands together, in different combinations. I know that Todd [Cook] and Tony [Bailey] are my favorite rhythm section - they're just like a unit. I guess we've all just played together in various capacities, so when the band was coming together, it was sort of like we just chose members because they had similar sensibilities and also because they're just cool. We all got along real well.” KnowsWellsDifferentRealTogetherFiveBandMembersCapacityMy FavoriteVariousRhythmCombinationCooksSensibilityUnitsSectionsComing TogetherRhythm Section Author:David Pajo