“When people hear our record, they're not going to be able to put us into the 'New Metal' category or the 'pop-punk' category or the 'aggressive emo' category. I think people will be able to take it for what it is.” PeopleThinkingAbleRecordsPopsCategoriesAggressiveMetalsPunkEmo Author:Bert McCracken
“I was a snot-nosed teenage skater at one point, who listened to only punk records and hung around people that had that idea of what is okay to do and what isn't okay to do.” PeopleIdeasRecordsOkayPunkHungTeenageSkater Author:Ariel Rechtshaid
“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
“We grew up with all the Fat Wreck Records and all the Epitaph bands, that era. We mixed it up together. We were never purists of being just pop or just pop-punk. We always wanted to blend everything that we love.” WantedTogetherRecordsGrewBandGrew UpPopsFatsErasPunkWrecksEpitaph Author:Chuck Comeau
“[Columbia House] magazines were how I found out about the punk world going on in New York. Because of what I read, at the age of 15, I hounded the local record store to order a copy of Horses [1975] for me by Patti Smith.” WorldAgeOrderFoundHouseRecordsNew YorkHorseStoresLocalsMagazinesCopiesPunkColumbiaRecord Stores Author:Michael Stipe
“Punk-rock records came out and you bought whatever you could find. But Devo didn't happen for another three years. Sex Pistols didn't tour the States until '78. At that time, for me, it was really about CBGB, Patti Smith, Talking Heads, the Ramones, and Television.” YearsStatesHappensThreeSexTalkingRecordsRocksTelevisionThree YearsPunkPunk RockPistolsRamonesTalking HeadsSex PistolsCbgb Author:Michael Stipe
“I've always thought that "punk" wasn't really a genre. My band started in Olympia where K Records was and K Records put out music that didn't sound super loud and aggressive. And yet they were punk because they were creating culture in their own community instead of taking their cue from MTV about what was real music and what was cool. It wasn't about a certain fashion. It was about your ideology, it was about creating a community and doing it on your own and not having to rely on, kinda, "The Man" to brand you and say that you were okay.” MenRealCertainCultureSoundCommunityRecordsFashionHe ManBandCreatingOkayIdeologyBrandsGenreLoudRelyAggressivePunkMtvReal Music Author:Kathleen Hanna
“Even though were not the most punk rock band, the way weve done things is pretty punk rock. Just kinda say it with a big middle finger to the record labels and do it ourselves.” WayDoneBigsRecordsMiddleRocksBandFingersLabelsPunkPunk RockRock BandsRecord LabelsMiddle Finger Author:Brandon Thomas
“I've never been a huge prog fan. My background is punk. My background is learning how to play a bar chord and listen to Discharge records when I was a kid.” PlayKidsRecordsFansHugeBarsBackgroundsPunkChordsDischarge Author:Justin Broadrick
“I've played death metal, punk rock, hardcore, funk... I've done it all. And all there really is music and at the end of the day, anybody who has a record and puts out a record that's basically the same song 13 times over on one record; to me they're just cheating the fans.” EndsDoneSongRecordsFansRocksThe End Of The DayCheatingMetalsPunkPunk RockHardcoreFunkAnd At The End Of The DayDeath Metal Author:Cristian Machado
“Whether or not punk is the flavor of the month is not important for us. Bad Religion has been popular through many different climates. When heavy metal was popular, when new wave was popular, Bad Religion was still there underneath the mainstream selling more and more records.” Has BeensStillsImportantDifferentRecordsMonthsClimateWaveHeavySellingMetalsMainstreamPunkFlavorHeavy MetalFlavor Of The MonthSelling More Author:Greg Graffin