Backgrounds Quote by Doug Martsch

When I was younger, the music that made sense to me the most was Modest Mouse.

— Alex G

Bands really are big for a lot of the same reasons, like in the Seventies and Eighties up into the 2000s where we are.…

— Luke Hemmings

Primal Scream could be the biggest band in the world. They are fantastic when they make rock records - once every 10 years.

— Steven Van Zandt

As big as Metallica are, they're still not like a pop act. As big as they are, they're still not U2 or Lady Gaga.…

— Scott Ian

Every single band in the world has these gigantic songs that people are obsessed with.

— Sebastian Bach

But I think bands that rolled in with a big attitude, like they were some big deal, I just found that very strange.

— Rob Zombie

Nothing surpasses my performances with small bands, especially with Charlie Parker. A small band doesn't forestall creativity.

— Dizzy Gillespie

Any of the bands that came out at the same time as us, they're either gone now, or they got just mega huge, like…

— Wayne Static

I don't think drums had ever sounded so big until Led Zeppelin's first album.

— Jimmy Page

When you look at bands like Take That, who have come back bigger than ever, you can see there will always be a market…

— Shane Filan

Linkin Park has been a band for such a long time, for me, in my eyes. I was 16 years old when I first…

— Austin Carlile

There are a few artists that I'm really into. I mean, I'm a big Nick Cave fan. And there's a band from Australia called…

— J. Robbins