“After moving to England I did some recording and eventually formed an English band, this was together for quite a few years with only a keyboard replacement. The band had no name, just my name.” YearsTogetherMovingNamesBandEnglandKeyboardsReplacements Author:Suzi Quatro
“The situation in America is when it starts moving there, all the bands from England move over to America and work from there, so that they're available all the time for everyone that wants them in person.” WantPersonsAmericaMovingSituationBandEnglandAvailable Author:Bjorn Ulvaeus
“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
“Most people in England don't live in the North, and people are snobby in England, so they wanted a band from the South.” PeopleWantedBandEnglandSouthSnobby Author:Mick Jagger
“Slade was the coolest band in England. They were the kind of guys that would push your car out of a ditch.” KindGuyCarBandEngland Author:Alice Cooper
“The Who, England's most self-conscious band, have released 'Quadrophenia,' which in turn freezes in time our image of the mid-Sixties Mod sensibility.” SelfTurnsBandConsciousEnglandSixtySensibilitySelf ConsciousFreezeMods Author:Jon Landau
“It just seemed like there were loads of bands in England writing about walking down the street and falling in love.” WritingFallStreetsWalkingBandEnglandFalling In LoveLoad Author:Simon Taylor-Davis
“There's a lot of good rappers in England at the moment. There's a lot of good dance acts. A lot of good, young guitar acts. I think a lot of groups came from that dole culture of the late 80's/early 90's - it's not as easy now. I think there's a dearth of working class bands.” ThinkingMomentsYoungCultureEasyClassGroupsBandLateEnglandGuitarRapperWorking ClassGood DanceGood Rapper Author:Ian Brown
“I sponsored every team in the Park Slope Little League for years.I sponsor two soccer teams in England, one of which is called Broadley F.C. A kid wrote to me through Facebook because they started a team in honor of their friend who died of leukemia, and he played in the band of this very obscure team in England.” YearsLittlesTwoKidsTeamHonorBandEnglandDiedSoccerLeagueParksObscureSlopesSponsorsLittle LeagueLeukemiaSoccer Team Author:Adam Richman
“England is a profoundly bizarre place that has produced thousands of bands the world has worshipped.” WorldBandEnglandBizarre Author:Gene Simmons
“From this day to the ending of the world, But we in it shall be remembered- We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; For he to-day that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother; be he ne’er so vile, This day shall gentle his condition; And gentlemen in England now-a-bed Shall think themselves accurs’d they were not here, And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks That fought with us upon Saint Crispin’s day.” ThinkingWorldSpeakBloodConditionsBrotherBedBandEnglandSaintGentleRememberedGentlemanMy BrotherThis DayShedManhoodRenaissance Man Author:William Shakespeare
“On that same tour we ran into a band at Aylesbury Friars, a biggish venue in Oxfordshire, England. They were a four-piece from Ireland called U2. They seemed like nice fellows and they sounded pretty good, but we didn’t keep in touch. They’re probably taxi drivers and accountants by now.” PiecesFourNiceBandEnglandFellowsRanDriversIrelandTaxiAccountantsVenuesFriars Author:Craig Ferguson
“in that small [time] most greatly lived this star of England: Fortune made his sword, By which the world's best garden he achiev'd And left it to his son imperial lord. Henry the Sixth, in infant bands crown'd King of France and England did this King succeed; Whose state so many of had the managing, That they lost France and made his England bleed.” WorldMadeStatesLostLeftStarsLordSonKingsSucceedBandGardenEnglandFortuneFranceCrownsInfantLord HenryFrance And England Book:Shakespeare's King Henry V Source: Shakespeare's King Henry V
“What passes for identity in America is a series of myths about one's heroic ancestors. It's astounding to me, for example, that so many people really appear to believe that the country was founded by a band of heroes who wanted to be free. That happens not to be true. What happened was that some people left Europe because they couldn't stay there any longer and had to go somewhere else to make it. That's all. They were hungry, they were poor, they were convicts. Those who were making it in England, for example, did not get on the Mayflower. That's how the country was settled.” PeopleBelieveCountryHappensWantedAmericaCultureLeftJusticePoorHappenedExampleIdentityHeroBandDiversityEuropeEnglandSocial JusticeSeriesMythHungryBeing TrueHeroicAncestorSomewhere ElseConvictsMayflower Author:James A. Baldwin
“Immense deposits of kimmeridge clay, containing the oil-bearing bands or seams, stretch across England from Dorsetshire to Lincolnshire. [An early political recognition of the native resource. The Geological Survey had identified the inflammable oil shale in reports since at least 1888.]” PoliticalEnergyBandResourcesEnglandOilRecognitionReportsNativeImmenseClaySurveysContainingDeposits Author:Winston Churchill
“We all have views on what our Irishness means to us. Two members of the band were born in England and were raised in the Protestant faith. Bono's mother was Protestant and his father was Catholic. I was brought up Catholic. U2 are a living example of the kind of unity of faith and tradition that is possible in Northern Ireland.” KindMeanTwoMotherFatherBornViewsExampleBandMembersTraditionEnglandCatholicUnityRaisedIrelandProtestantsNorthern Ireland Author:Larry Mullen, Jr.