“I think some of the musicians are more like punk rock musicians. It's like an art as opposed to being a musician. It's definitely more radical psychedelic bands, more than anything.” ThinkingArtRocksBandMusicianRadicalPunkPsychedelicRock MusicPunk RockRock Musicians Author:Wayne Coyne
“Will Young. He's a great white soul singer. But he was slightly disappointing when I met him - not that friendly. Perhaps he was having a bad day. I love Take That, they're terrific. Gary Barlow is so talented. I've always hated punk rock and I'm not mad about rapping, but then it's not really for my age group.” SoulAgeYoungWhiteGroupsRocksMetsMadRapSingersHatedFriendlyPunkTerrificBad DayDisappointingPunk RockGaryHaving A Bad Day Author:Tony Blackburn
“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
“To me, the punk rock kids I grew up with were really, really smart, and to me, respecting those kids was a really big deal.” BigsKidsDealsRocksGrewGrew UpSmartPunkBig DealPunk RockReally Smart Author:Matthew Lillard
“(Punk rock is) lunging after some glimpse of a new and better world.” WorldRocksPunkGlimpsePunk Rock Author:Lester Bangs
“When I joined, they were like "Woah, dude!", because I came right out of that type of playing. But obviously with P. Roach there's more groove. I like doing those slower big fills, but I also like injecting some of that punk rock urgency. But I definitely need to mix it up, because if I was playing all fast fills all the time, it just wouldn't work.” IfsNeedsBigsRocksTypePunkUrgencyPunk RockGrooveRoaches Author:Tony Palermo
“The music industry went through such a strange stretch in 1977, especially in this country, with the whole punk rock thing coming about. Punk was rebellious-and justified in that response-but it had very little to do with music, and so it created a highly-charged but frighteningly floundering atmosphere that I found very, very disheartening. Musical quality for me has always been an important part of rock'n'roll-and winning recognition for that has long been an uphill battle all the way. Punk seemed like rock'n'roll utterly without the music.” WayLittlesLongImportantCountryWholeFoundWinningQualityRocksStrangeIndustryBattleResponseMusicalRecognitionAtmosphereRock N RollPunkJustifiedRebelliousMusic IndustryPunk RockDishearteningUphill BattlesFloundering Author:Steve Winwood
“We weren't straight-A students. We didn't start playing until we were teenagers, and we started playing rock and roll and punk rock - power chords - before we ever thought we would play folk music. So virtuosity was just never in my reach.” PlayRocksStudentsFolksTeenagerPunkRock And RollChordsPunk RockFolk MusicVirtuosity Author:Ketch Secor
“When I was growing up, I really liked punk rock. I liked the sort of people that played really powerful music that was pretty unassuming otherwise - people who didn't dress weird or do much theatrics.” PeoplePowerfulGrowing UpGrowingRocksDressesPunkPunk RockReally PowerfulUnassumingPowerful MusicTheatrics Author:Doug Martsch
“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
“Because the only thing that punk rock should ever really mean, is not sitting 'round and waiting for the lights to go green” ShouldMeanLightWaitingRocksSittingGreenRoundsPunkReally MeanPunk RockGo Green Author:Frank Turner
“I never thought of punk rock as the absolute act of rebellion for the sake of rebellion. There's a lot of that in there, but for me I think punk rock was always about questioning things and making decisions for yourself, which is a great message to pass on to your kids.” ThinkingKidsDecisionRocksMessagesAbsolutesSakeRebellionPunkQuestioningPunk RockMaking Decisions Author:Mark Hoppus
“I've learned some of the greatest life lessons from growing up in the skate and punk rock communities.” CommunityGrowing UpGrowingRocksLessonsI've LearnedLife LessonPunkPunk RockSkatesGreatest Life Author:Mark Hoppus
“Look at me... look at me... I need the attention, oooh I'm punk rock I got some tattoos, I got some piercings. If I'm gonna get some piercings then I want everyone to see it...I don't need to advertise my punkness. A real punk doesn't need to show off...Its like a Karate man... the Karate man bleed on the inside. A real punk is punk on the inside.” IfsMenWantNeedsLooksRealShowsAttentionRocksPunkTattooLook At MeShowing OffKaratePunk RockPiercings Author:Mark Hoppus
“Punk rock and skateboarding took the 'school' out of living your life, and I related to learning as I went, doing a lot of different things that I liked, when I liked. Consequently, I'm mediocre at all of the above, but still stoked on being a lifetime student of music, skating, painting, writing, etc.” WritingStillsDifferentSchoolRocksStudentsPaintingLifetimeRelatedEtcDifferent ThingsPunkLive Your LifeMediocreSkatingPunk RockSkateboarding Author:Jeff Ament
“I stop and think what they call "punk rock" today...give me a break! Let me know when they can walk in the vapor trail of Little Richard, which was punk. You've got a gay black guy with a pompadour singing about tutti frutti with your white girl. Fuck you.” ThinkingKnowsGivingLittlesTodayGuyGirlBlackWhiteWalksBreakRocksGaySingingLet MeGive MePunkTrailsPunk RockVaporBlack GuysWhite Girl Author:Ted Nugent
“The future of punk rock has nothing to do with guitars. Everything interesting that I've heard in years has been nearly all electronic.” YearsHas BeensInterestingHeardRocksGuitarPunkPunk Rock Author:Geoff Rickly
“Punk [rock] seemed like rock 'n' roll music utterly without the music.” RocksRock N RollPunkPunk RockRock N Roll Music Author:Steve Winwood
“If girls are ever going to start to be in bands as the norm rather than as the exception. They need to see people up there that have just started playing. That's something that had gotten lost. I think that's why there are so many great girl punk rock bands now. It's like you have to make up your own rules because the old rules don't apply. You just have to start with what you have.” PeopleIfsThinkingNeedsGirlLostRocksLike YouBandExceptionPunkNormPunk RockRock Bands Author:Tobi Vail
“Punk rock really influenced me, the basic metal bands, Zeppelin, Stones and Floyd, and Southern rock bands. I think I was pretty well-rounded.” ThinkingWellsRocksBandStonesSouthernMetalsPunkPunk RockRock BandsZeppelinsWell RoundedMetal Band Author:Al Jourgensen
“San Francisco, America's B-movie imitation of Paris. San Francisco, the city that ruined punk rock. San Francisco, the most intolerant place in the country.” CountryAmericaCitiesRocksParisPunkImitationRuinedSan FranciscoPunk Rock Author:Jim Goad
“This hair has a reputation of being stereotypically punk rock, and I'm the girliest person you'll ever find so it took a while for me to figure out how to convey my style. I never wear black very often anymore, all the colors I wear are extremely soft and lovely.” PersonsBlackRocksStyleFiguresColorHairLovelyReputationPunkPunk Rock Author:Ariana Grande
“It seems like the powers that be are really trying to separate everything and really divide the genres and divide the trends. If you're metal and you don't sound like Slayer would sound now, then you're not metal. If you're punk rock and you don't sound like and preach about what The Sex Pistols would have preached about back in the day, then you're not really punk rock.” IfsTryingSeemsSexSoundRocksGenreTrendsDividesMetalsPunkPunk RockPistolsBack In The DaySlayerSex Pistols Author:Cristian Machado
“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
“When I was growing up I never babysat. I was considered to 'punk rock' to be trusted with kids.” KidsGrowing UpGrowingRocksPunkTrustedPunk Rock Author:Angelina Jolie
“I am genuinely into soul, R&B and hip hop - all these genres that get slapped under the 'soul' genre. That spoke to me more than it did to my punk-rock friends. And punk spoke more to me than it did to my soul friends. I basically didn't fit comfortably in either world.” WorldSoulRocksFitHip HopMy SoulHipsGenreHopsSpokesPunkPunk Rock Author:Patrick Stump
“Caitlin Cary and I were always talking about X when we talked about whiskeytown, before it became an actual band. We like the concept of there being no real front person in X, yet this kind of switch up of vocals and really their sheer power, and their ability to sort of bastardise punk rock and midwetsren rock and even country into their own sound.” KindPersonsRealCountrySoundAbilityTalkingRocksFrontsBandConceptsPunkSheerVocalPunk Rock Author:Ryan Adams
“A lot of punk rock. I listen to various stuff just cuz my friends now listen to a lot of different bands. I listen to a lot of underground stuff like jungle music.” DifferentStuffRocksBandMy FriendsVariousPunkJunglePunk RockCuz Author:Cassie Steele
“I was starting to play the ukulele at the same time I was having all these conversations with [the late Ramones guitarist] Johnny Ramone, these intense tutorials staying up late and listening to the music he grew up on, and picking up what's a great song and what makes a great song. He was all about lists and dissecting songs, like what's a better song by Cheap Trick: "No Surrender" or "Dream Police"? Sometimes you'd be surprised by the answer. It was an interesting dichotomy between hanging out with the godfather of punk rock and starting to play the ukulele. They came together.” SometimesPlayDreamTogetherSongAnswersInterestingRocksListeningGrewConversationLateGrew UpPoliceStartingListsSurrenderTricksIntenseStayingHanging OutPunkGuitaristPunk RockDichotomyUkuleleRamonesDissectingTutorial Author:Eddie Vedder
“If there's one thing that differentiates me from the rest of my family it's the rock element. I hung out with friends who like punk rock a lot. Not getting a big record deal, and having a hard time for years, it means you have to prove yourself and scratch your way up from nothing.” IfsWayYearsMeanHardBigsDealsRecordsOne ThingRocksProveElementsMy FamilyHard TimesPunkHungScratchesPunk RockDifferentiateProving YourselfHaving A Hard Time Author:Martha Wainwright
“I'd always wanted to make a record with Jim Dickinson, and I'd known about his boys for years, ... He reminded me that when they were 13 or 14 years old they had a punk rock band and I'd called him and wanted to make a record with them then.” YearsWantedKnownBoysRecordsRocksBandPunkPunk RockRock Bands Author:John Hiatt
“If you've sold over a million records, you are not punk rock, you are milking the system for everything that it's worth.” IfsMillionsRecordsRocksPunkPunk Rock Author:Billy Corgan
“Punk rock, when I was a part of it, was called 'the underground.' There was something very attractive in all the hidden places, the hidden histories.” RocksAttractivePunkPunk Rock Author:Mary Harron
“When I was growing up, I fetishised New York City. It was the land of Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground, it was where Leonard Cohen wrote 'Chelsea Hotel', it was CBGBs and all the punk rock clubs. Artists and musicians lived there, and it was cheap and dangerous.” ArtistCitiesGrowing UpGrowingLandRocksDangerousNew YorkMusicianClubsHotelNew York CityPunkPunk RockVelvetReedsChelseaVelvet UndergroundCbgb Author:Moby
“Woody Weatherman showed me two beats, the "do do dat, do do dat" rock beat and the "ooh at ooh at ooh at" punk beat and other than that I was pretty limited. I had just gotten a drum kit for Christmas, which I was stoked about so I was ready to go. Back then, the prerequisite for playing punk rock drums wasn't very high, it was really pretty generic as I'm sure you can imagine.” TwoImagineRocksReadyBeatsPunkPunk RockWoodyPrerequisitesGenericReally PrettyWeathermen Author:Reed Mullin
“Pledge Allegiance was a pretty generic name back in the day. In the 80's I was the promoter for all the punk rock shows and I'd book Black Flag, Dead Kennedy's, Minor Threat etc and I'd hook them up with places to stay if needed so it's hard to keep track of it all.” IfsBookHardShowsNamesBlackRocksNeededThreatTrackEtcFlagsPunkMinorsHookPledgeAllegiancePunk RockBack In The DayGenericPromotersGeneric Name Author:Reed Mullin
“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
“I am far from an "old" person in human terms, however I've spent over half my life immersed in the punk rock and hardcore community. I am not wholly defined by that as a person, but it is something that has been part of me for a long time.” HumansPersonsLongHas BeensTermCommunityHalfRocksLong TimeDefinedPunkPunk RockHardcoreOld Person Author:Jacob Bannon
“I need punk rock. It's the medicine for me, but it's bitter and sickening. If you don't need it - if you're happy and healthy - run toward that.” IfsNeedsRunningRocksHealthyMedicineBitterPunkPunk Rock Author:Bradford Cox
“My whole view of music completely flipped over on its head. I grew up listening to punk rock, SST. I liked people that were making music that weren't necessarily very good at their instruments, it was more about the ideas they had than how well they could play and sing.” PeopleWellsIdeasPlayWholeViewsRocksListeningGrewGrew UpInstrumentsVery GoodPunkPunk RockFlipped Author:Doug Martsch
“You can't really come into a concept record objectively, because you immediately associate it with Yes, stuff from the 1970s that punk rock kicked against, the pretentiousness.” StuffRecordsRocksConceptsPunkAssociatesPunk RockPretentiousness Author:Colin Meloy
“Jay Z in many ways is a rock artist. In the sense that they've used hard rock, punk rock, psychedelic rock aesthetics and influences in their music. When you see Kanye West, he has a full band playing. Jay Z has a full band playing with Marshalls.” WayHardUsedArtistInfluenceRocksBandWestPunkAestheticsPsychedelicPunk RockHard Rock Author:Ian Astbury
“Well I listened to mostly rock music, and I felt like hip hop was like an extension of rock music when it was done well. So energetically, again I felt like it was in line with punk rock and maybe hard rock, more than it was in line with R&B, which I never really liked.” WellsHardDoneFeltLinesRocksHip HopHipsHopsPunkExtensionsRock MusicPunk RockHard Rock Author:Rick Rubin
“I liked seventeen-year-old me, I was happy when I was seventeen. I was this troubled goth kid that wore eyeliner and make-up to school and listened to punk-rock music and I loved my friends and I started to make music - I like seventeen-year-old me.” YearsKidsSchoolRocksMy FriendsPunkRock MusicPunk RockSeventeenGothEyelinerSeventeen Years Old Author:Mark Hoppus