David First

Еach song is like starting over. Because somehow, no song's formula works for another. And that's the beauty of it all. Each…

— David First

I like to give clues - titles - that can give a simple, evocative hook into what picture or feeling welled up…

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However naïve it sounds, or however inept the result, I think the idea is to try to alchemize the crap, not just…

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Back in the day, I came up with the expression "Same Animal - Different Cages" to describe our songs. I suppose over…

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Possibly the only thing we Notekillers place on a higher pedestal than music is laughs, so, of course, we also know that…

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I do think I've learned, in the ensuing years, how to be a more effective bandleader. And maybe, just maybe, we're a…

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I tell people too young to know that we came up during two of the most dogmatic times in recent history -…

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If you're talking about musically, I think I understand just a little bit more about things that were mostly intuited back then…

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I could easily fill up each week with going to see debuts of friends' compositions alone. When you add in all of…

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Inevitably, as much as we loved punk rock, our noise was coming from a slightly different place.

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I like to go for a certain over-the-top opulence when naming the drone pieces whereas the song titles are all about concision,…

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My personal definition of rock'n'roll is people attempting to do something that's beyond their ability to do it well. And whatever the…

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We [Notekillers] are in no way super-earnest about what we do and if you see us live, you see we are cracking…

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It is inspiring to see bands still trying to do significant and new things in the realm of sound. Most people in…

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Every improv must be song specific. It has to grow organically out of the particular elements involved or it's just glib self-expression.…

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The numerous ecstatic traditions - including free jazz and funk - have all been great inspirations.

— David First

Songs start with my bringing in the basic riffs for what you might call a verse and a chorus, an A and…

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I still have my "Anarchy in the UK" 7" [ Sex Pistols single]. I'm sure it gave us a context to think…

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To me, everything in the world comes down to two categories: "about-ness" and "is-ness". "About" represents or describes something, while "Is" is…

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We [Notekillers] aren't necessarily trying to be role models, but if we are, that's cool.

— David First