“I dropped out of high school and I couldn't go to college 'cause I wasn't smart enough, so I'd resigned myself to loading trucks and playing punk rock on the weekends.” EnoughSchoolCausesRocksCollegeSmartHigh SchoolWeekendPunkTruckPunk RockResigned 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
“In high school I was good at math and everybody wanted me to do something with that - mathematics or engineering - which was a nightmare scenario for me. Meeting other artists and going to punk rock shows at that age, there was a feeling of freedom and community that I wanted to partake in.” ShowsFeelingsAgeWantedSchoolArtistCommunityRocksHigh SchoolMathematicsMeetingsMathNightmarePunkEngineeringScenariosPunk Rock Author:Laura Owens
“High school and college were my punk, formative years. I was playing hardcore, learning to be a musician. In bands, you tour, but you're paid nothing; you're playing to 50 people in a basement, sleeping in a van, and you love it.” PeopleYearsSchoolSleepCollegeBandMusicianHigh SchoolPaidPunkVansBasementsHardcoreSleeping InFormative Years Author:Steve Aoki
“As a child there was no place for adventure or experimentation. I guess that kind of freedom started in high school with punk rock. That's what enlightened me to not being afraid to express myself.” KindChildrenSchoolRocksAdventureHigh SchoolEnlightenedPunkBeing AfraidExperimentationPunk Rock Author:Mark McNairy
“That was my intention, was to have it be from the perspective of my high-school-aged self, and to try and emulate the music that I listened to at that time. So to write essentially like a pop-punk song about musicals. I wanted the dichotomy of the tone of the music with the lyrics and my singing voice.” WritingTryingSelfWantedSchoolSongVoicePerspectiveSingingHigh SchoolIntentionPopsTonePunkEmulateDichotomy Author:Laura Benanti
“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
“I read a lot - surveys of vernacular music. A lot of it is the Harry Smith Anthology of American Folk Music, which I've loved since I was in high school. They had it at the library and I always thought that was interesting, even when I was into punk and stuff. Just the history of storytelling and the amount of melancholy a lot of old music has.” SchoolInterestingHigh SchoolLibraryStorytellingMelancholyPunkFolk Music Author:Bradford Cox
“Back in high school, about two years ago, I was in this silly punk band called Ballet for Athletes. We were all trying to take it seriously, and then I realized that "punk" and "serious" aren't really two words you can put in the same sentence - at least, in my opinion.” TryingSchoolOpinionSeriousHigh SchoolAthleteI RealizedSillyBalletPunk Author:Mister Lies
“My first passion was running: I excelled at that starting till the end of the high school. I pretty much cover about 20 miles a night on stage. I basically rechanneled all the athleticism and adrenaline, and everything that's exciting about sports into music. That was my secret weapon, because in Ukrainian punk rock scene - where everything was very gloomy - being athletic was not cool. I didn't publicize anything about my sport past, but I rolled in onstage with a background nobody had, and I became instantly recognized as the wildest performer in the punk-rock scene.” RunningSchoolPastNightPassionSportsSecretSceneHigh SchoolExcitingPunkAthleticAdrenalineGloomyPunk RockUkrainian Author:Eugene Hutz
“I was into punk rock back when I was in high school. I used to go around to dive venues and take photographs. But now it’s been just much more about the country stuff and soulful folk.” CountrySchoolUsedStuffRocksHigh SchoolPhotographFolksPunkBack WhenPunk RockVenuesSoulful Author:Garrett Hedlund