“The most inspiring drummer for me is Stewart Copeland from The Police. The Police are the first band I can remember really liking, and Copeland is a guy who was playing in sort of a rock band, or a rock-pop band, but he didn't want to do the traditional kind of rock drumbeat. He was doing all these kind of reggae rhythms, and the reggae style is almost an exact opposite of the rock mold of drumming.” WantFirstsKindI CanRememberGuyRocksStyleBandOppositesPolicePopsTraditionalRhythmMoldDrummerReggaeRock BandsDrummingMost InspiringPop Bands Author:Panda Bear
“A rock band used to be four guys and a drummer. Now it's five guys sitting around reading manuals!” UsedGuyReadingFiveFourRocksBandSittingUsed To BeDrummerManualsSitting AroundRock Bands Author:Bill Bruford
“Plays bass guitar in rock band "Capitol Offense".” PlayRocksBandGuitarOffenseBassCapitolRock BandsBass Guitar Author:Mike Huckabee
“It was difficult to get into my friends' rock bands when I was a teenager. They somehow didn't see the need for an accordion player. That's when I realized that I had to find my own path in life.” NeedsDifficultMy OwnPathPlayerRocksBandMy FriendsI RealizedTeenagerRock BandsAccordions Author:Al Yankovic
“I feel like you've gotta be able to get up every night in front of a live audience. Whether it's 10 people or 50 people or a hundred people, whether you're in a rock band or doing the comedy circuit.” PeopleFeelsAbleNightAudienceComedyRocksFrontsLike YouBandHundredGet UpEvery NightCircuitsRock Bands Author:Sandra Bernhard
“Rock bands are a lot like football teams: If a guy is on drugs and messes up, get someone else who's proud to wear the uniform and be part of the team.” IfsGuyTeamRocksFootballProudDrugBandMessUniformsFootball TeamRock Bands Author:Gene Simmons
“As rich as you think some of us are, for every $18.99 CD you buy, the artist usually sees a toonie or so. Pay your producer out of that. Then your manager. Then split it five ways among your band mates. Now don't act surprised when you see the drummer of a platinum-selling Canadian rock band behind the drive- thru window at Tim Hortons” ThinkingWayArtistPayBehindsRichFiveRocksBandWindowSellingProducersManagersMatesSplitsDrummerCdsRock BandsPlatinumDrive Thru Author:Steven Page
“When I first saw Destiny's Child, I was in the fifth grade, and it made me want to sing and make music and there would be these freestyles on the radio for what seemed like hours, it was just so cool to me. So all of these influences and these styles started to blend together. Eventually, that evolved into me finding the indie scene in Houston. When I was 19, I joined a rock band, and that's when I began to say, "Okay, this is something that I could take seriously."” WantFirstsChildrenMadeWould BeTogetherHoursDestinySawsInfluenceRocksStyleSceneBandFindingsOkayRadioGradesFifthHoustonRock BandsFreestyleFifth Grade Author:Lizzo
“Misogyny comes naturally to a young man in his late teens; it is a function of the powerful homosocial impulses that flower along Fraternity Row, that drove the mod movements of the middle sixties and late seventies, that lie at the heart of every rock band formed by men of that age.” MenHeartAgeYoungLyingPowerfulMiddleRocksMovementFlowerBandLateFunctionImpulseYoung ManTeensSixtyMisogynySeventiesFraternityRock BandsMods Author:Michael Chabon
“He came from a rock band and even though he was not a lead singer, I knew he was musical just from that. I also knew that he was intelligent enough from talking to him, that he would not play this part unless he could handle it vocally. I knew he was not about to get up there and have to have his voice dubbed or come off croaking. So Johnny Depp casted Johnny Depp. I trusted him entirely. I knew that he was no fool and he would only do it if he felt he could handle it. I told him to listen to the score carefully and if you can handle it, fine by me, and I was right.” IfsEnoughPlayFeltVoiceTalkingRocksFineFoolBandIntelligentMusicalSingersHandleGet UpScoreTrustedRock BandsTalking To Him Author:Stephen Sondheim
“I really like LIMP BIZKIT. I mean, I've said it for years - I don't know if anyone actually hears it - but I think LIMP BIZKIT are an awesome band. In terms of the rap-rock bands, or ANY bands out there, I think they really are truly among the best.” IfsThinkingKnowsYearsMeanSaidTermRocksBandRapRock BandsLimp Bizkit Author:Lars Ulrich
“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
“I don't know what it would be like to actually play guitar. I've toured with a lot of comedians and it's never been like it is for a rock band.” KnowsPlayWould BeRocksBandGuitarComedianRock Bands Author:Eugene Mirman
“I'm much more into bad, trashy Belgian techno. I like that much more than rock bands. The whole idea of a rock band is so archaic.” IdeasWholeRocksBandRock BandsTechnoBelgians Author:Luke Haines
“Maybe if they start playing new rock bands videos, then maybe but there is no point in a guy like me spending 250 grand for a video that no one is ever going to see.” IfsGuyRocksBandSpendingVideoLike MeNo PointRock Bands Author:Sebastian Bach
“It can and will be a more powerful sound but the orchestra has far more potential for expressive power. When I hear a great rock band it can make me feel alive, but when I hear a great orchestra it can make me feel human.” FeelsHumansSoundPowerfulAliveRocksBandOrchestraExpressiveRock Bands Author:Glenn Branca
“I think most people start rock bands in their early twenties or teens, but I was almost thirty at the time when the band started really doing anything and it took another several years before people started caring about us.” PeopleThinkingYearsRocksBandTwentiesCaringThirtyTeensRock Bands Author:Matt Berninger
“My mom is very proud of introducing music to all her kids. But I played in some bad rock bands my junior and senior years of high school.” YearsKidsSchoolRocksMomProudBandHigh SchoolMy MomIntroducingSeniorJuniorsRock BandsSenior Year Author:Miles Teller
“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
“Being in a rock band is just an excuse not to get a job” JobsRocksBandExcuseRock Bands Author:Billy Corgan
“I started playing around with local rock band swith the alto. And then, in a nutshell, somebody fell ill one night, the lead singer of one of the bands, and they knew I could sing, so they asked me if I would stand in. And I quite enjoyed it, actually, I must say, at 14. It was a real trip to have girls wave at you and smile and everything just because you opened your mouth and sang.” IfsRealNightGirlRocksBandMouthsIllWaveSingersLocalsEnjoyedOne NightRock BandsPlaying Around Author:David Bowie
“I started out, in the mid-'70s, taking photographs of rock bands that I liked but not because I really wanted to photograph them. Initially, I was pretending to be a photographer, simply so that I could go up to the front of the crowd and be a bit closer to the bands. But, I found I was gradually developing an interest in the photos I took.” WantedFoundBitsInterestRocksFrontsBandPhotographerPhotographCrowdsDevelopingPretendingRock Bands Author:Derek Ridgers
“Being in a rock band for 20 years is not the best resume for anything else.” YearsRocksBandResumesRock Bands Author:Walter Martin
“We didn't know what the reception was going to be when we walked out on the runway, but it felt like we were in a rock band. People started cheering. It was a nice way to begin Zoolander 2, with that kind of reception.” PeopleKnowsWayKindFeltNiceRocksBandCheerReceptionRock BandsRunway Author:Owen Wilson
“It seemed like, in the early '80s, there was just a moment where there was suddenly no specific notion of what a rock band could be or what a song could be.” MomentsSongRocksBandNotion80sRock Bands Author:Bucky Pope
“I think you can realise that a lot of people in bands - well - I guess you kinda wanna... There's a lot less mystique in playing in a rock band today, than in the 60's or 70's. I don't think there's any bands that I can think of, that have this rock god myth that like Led Zeppelin had.” PeopleThinkingWellsI CanTodayRocksBandMythRealisingRock BandsZeppelinsMystique Author:Chris Baio
“I got to be about 13 and everyone started playing guitars and being in rock bands. There was no place for me with my trumpet and I wasn't cool anymore. Although now if I played the trumpet it would be the coolest thing in the world.” IfsWorldWould BeRocksBandGuitarTrumpetsRock BandsPlaying Guitar Author:Douglas Booth
“I'm fascinated with the attitude of younger rock bands, even ones that are making money at it. I don't ever hear them talk about it as a "career." It almost makes me think there isn't even a music industry anymore, like an atom bomb fell and it was just eradicated forever.” ThinkingAttitudeCareersForeverRocksIndustryBandMaking MoneyBombsAtomsFascinatedMusic IndustryRock BandsAtom Bomb Author:Travis Morrison
“There was no indie rock band in the 90s at the level of, like, Grizzly Bear. I listen to their records and it's crazy how good they sound. That really freaks me out.” SoundLevelsRecordsCrazyRocksBearsBandFreakRock BandsGrizzliesIndie RockGrizzly Bears Author:Travis Morrison
“I'm in a funny position: I've been in one band in my life and that was with my brother. As incredible as that has been, I feel like I'm missing out a little bit on being in a real rock band - or how I imagine being in a real rock band to be. It's like being in a street gang: you all wear the same leather jacket or whatever.” FeelsLittlesHas BeensRealBitsImagineStreetsRocksMissingPositionBrotherBandLittle BitIncrediblesMy BrotherGangJacketsLeatherRock BandsMissing OutLeather Jackets Author:Eleanor Friedberger
“Critics and fans use the music of their youth as reference points. For years, people seriously wondered who "the next Beatles" were going to be, and classic rock bands were the de facto yardstick for rock quality.” PeopleYearsUseNextQualityFansRocksYouthBandCriticsClassicRock BandsYardsticksClassic Rock Author:Michael Azerrad
“Never had a ska phase, but I was in a very grunge-like rock band that awkwardly had an alto sax in it.” RocksBandPhasesRock BandsGrunge Author:Colin Stetson
“I'm finding it hard to listen to other rock bands. It's been hard for me for a long time, but now I can't listen to any new bands at all.” LongI CanHardRocksBandFindingsLong TimeRock Bands Author:Matt Tong
“Over my career, I'd say the last 25 years; we've gone from music and computer being for 10 people in the world to having personal computers, to now being able to do amazing things on your iPhone, or with Rock Band. So, right now there's enormous capability with technology in our devices that everybody has access to.” PeopleWorldYearsAbleLastsCareersTechnologyGoneRocksRight NowBandComputerAccessEnormousDevicesCapabilityAmazing ThingsIphoneRock BandsPersonal Computers Author:Tod Machover
“The music industry is not what it used to be. Being in a good band is great, and I've been lucky to be in great bands. I've done solo stuff, and that's been great. I also produce rock bands and I do co-writes, where I write with different singers in bands and songwriters.” WritingDifferentDoneUsedStuffRocksProduceIndustryLuckyBandSingersUsed To BeSongwritersSoloMusic IndustryRock BandsGood Bands Author:James Iha
“I had this one rock band I used to listen to, but I forgot the name of them.” UsedNamesRocksBandRock Bands Author:Ace Hood
“You know, being in a rock band, you can't overdo the costume changes too much because everyone thinks, oh, that's not a real rock band. Look how many times he changes costumes. That's not rock. Rock's about going on in a T-shirt and staying in it and getting it all dirty. But that's not really my approach.” ThinkingKnowsLooksRealToo MuchRocksBandApproachDirtyShirtsStayingCostumesT ShirtRock Bands Author:Mick Jagger