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There's a whole apparatus for indie bands now, but back in the eighties it was just getting built. The early people really took it…

— Michael Azerrad

I used to go to Bourbon Street when I was a kid and there would be club after club after club of people who…

— Harry Connick, Jr

There was a lot of freedom, so bands in those days did not have to play for the public. They played for club owners…

— Dr. John

We once played Strathclyde University's student union where they had a crash barrier in front of the stage. I thought that was a little…

— Sam Lloyd

Something happened in the nineties. There was a shift. I don't want to blame it on grunge or the rise of indie - but…

— Brandon Flowers

Rip Rig + Panic that I joined, they were really influenced by jazz and blues and punk. So I think what happened from punk,…

— Neneh Cherry

There was a lot of camaraderie among the bands. I remember a lot of times when I'd be driving up Laurel Canyon and pass…

— June Millington

You have to remember the band played from 1960 to 1965, every night. You get into a rut playing nightclubs every night, and you…

— Rick Danko

The most significant New York club for me was Paradise Garage, where they played house music. This was around '84 or '85.

— Boy George

I can't think of a band that has made 19 albums, and hasn't either moved into what I call the manor class, or disappeared,…

— Ron Mael

I was in rock music in London when it was the height of Brit pop, with The Kinks revival and Suede and Blur and…

— Gavin Rossdale

We used to play the underground clubs like the UFO, and Middle Earth, and they were great because they would have on things like…

— Alvin Lee