Band Quote by Ian MacKaye

The Band was rebelling against the rebellion. The rebellion went to a place where it became too obvious, too trendy, like you were just…

— Robbie Robertson

When Black Flag and DOA and all those bands were touring in the early 80s, it was kind of a forest and you just…

— Henry Rollins

During our formative years, it was all about, 'What did Metallica do?' and 'How do we do that?' and then you try and find…

— Synyster Gates

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

I listened to a lot of bands that were happening at the time, but no one in particular.

— Caroline Corr

After I left D.C. to join Black Flag, I felt I was in a band.

— Henry Rollins

There were many African Americans - many, many stories similar to my story.

— Claudette Colvin

I was in a lot of bands growing up.

— Jesse Andrews

I think that was going on with bands like The Strokes was that the idea of the band, a real band, was making a…

— James Mercer

Later after college I discovered Gang of Four, Buzzcocks, and those kind of bands. My tastes have changed but I still carry a lot…

— Page Hamilton

We were coming out of the black community with this thing called rap music, which was basically black men yelling at the top of…

— Chuck D

As a late teenager, the punk movement pushed me further. In particular, the Clash, which happened to leak through the time of disco, showed…

— Chuck D