Band Quotes
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The band projects just took natural priority. I didn't really have a solo career, just wanted to share the music in another way and to learn more about writing, recording, etcetera.
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I don't have to try and be a comedian to fit in the band. It's such a comfortable vibe. Had I been born in Sheffield, I probably would have been in the original lineup.
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You just have to know your story from the beginning. You have to know what you're going for and be honest with people about that. Don't sit there and say you're gonna be a DIY punk band for your whole life and then move on to arenas; you can't do that because then people don't trust you anymore.
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Def Leppard is obviously a different band that we are, but the music work well tighter. And the audiences seem work well together too. We are opening, but we're having a good time.
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We just did what we wanted to do. We never thought, 'Well, punk is fashionable, heavy metal is dated - let's be fashionable, let's be a punk band!'
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Thanks, but that's not going to fix anything. It's like putting a Band-Aid on a bullet wound.
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When you're looking for a band name, I know it sounds weird, but everything you look at, everything you observe and read, you kind of think, 'Man, maybe that could be our band name.'
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If You can play Your stuff in a pub, then You´re a good band.
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It’s so awesome to think that people all over the world are listening to your music. People are just getting into Wildstreet, and they find that we’ve been a band for 13 years. It’s just really cool.
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The rest of the band had a cynical view towards the way 'Tusk' was made and the reasons why I thought it was important to move into new territory. It wasn't just negativity. There was open hostility. Then I got a certain amount of flak because it didn't sell as many as 'Rumours.'
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The most exciting rock 'n' roll band of the last 50 years who are still on the road today.
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Good Charlotte fit in a lot of different genres - it's one of the coolest things our band has been able to do.
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I think every band I'm a part of fulfills something the others don't, so I'm pretty convinced I need all of them.
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Because we had two songs online (before the album was out), people were already making assumptions about what kind of band we were and what our album was going to sound like. And that's what a lot of the album is about. It's directed at all those kids that talk on message boards.
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Everyone thinks I'm a wimp and even my own band hates me. Oh, well. I guess I'll just flip 'em the bird!
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There've been times on tour when people have said to us, 'Yeah, your band is really simple.' But it's really not.
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Sony and Nickelodeon knew they wanted to create a TV show that was a platform for a band they would have for Sony. They knew what they wanted, and it took two years of auditions and screen tests and countless people coming in and out the door until they finally settled on the four of us.
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I know I'm in the band and everything but sometimes I just have to rock out to the John Frusciante Experience.
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We were the only band in history that was directed by an ass.
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We must band together to call for gun-control legislation. We must act in ways that promote the dignity and value of human life.
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You know why Guns n' Roses aren't a good band? Because no black people listen to them.
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I listened to classic rock and roll, and punk rock. 'Goon Squad' provides a pretty accurate playlist of my teenage years, though it leaves out 'The Who,' which was my absolute favorite band.
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Patrick and Joe were so young when we started the band. As slow as it was, with all the touring and crappy clubs we played, we still never had time to stop and reflect. When we took a break, it finally gave us time to reflect and grow up.
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When you get together in a group, it becomes like a family, with the different personalities and the politics that comes with being in a band. It's different than bringing something in by yourself.
