Band Quote by Jello Biafra Download Open image “The last true punk band to get a major label contract was The Dickies.” — Jello Biafra ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.5 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Band Contracts Labels Lasts Punk
When we started playing our music, there weren't really many bigger punk bands. We wrote for ourselves. We weren't expecting to get a record… — Chad Gilbert Copy Share Image
We had a heroic attitude to artistic freedom, and we thought normal contracts were a bit vulgar - somehow not punk. But that was… — Tony Wilson Copy Share Image
Punk-rock records came out and you bought whatever you could find. But Devo didn't happen for another three years. Sex Pistols didn't tour the… — Michael Stipe Copy Share Image
The labels can't do anything for a band anymore - they're stuck and they have no money and they're just holding onto contracts that… — Tom DeLonge Copy Share Image
“An essential difference between British and American punk bands can be found in their respective views of rock & roll history. The British bands… — Clinton Heylin Copy Share Image
Even though were not the most punk rock band, the way weve done things is pretty punk rock. Just kinda say it with a… — Brandon Thomas Copy Share Image
The only punk that I really care about and am an expert on is the original punk of 1976 to 1979. — Martin Popoff Copy Share Image
Punk rock wasn't a career choice. It was a hobby that we did for fun. We never thought we'd get as big as our… — Dexter Holland Copy Share Image
It breaks my heart to see these young, really talented bands getting chewed up into the system. I remember a time if you'd signed… — Mike Peters Copy Share Image
As long as bands are still out there slaving away in the garage and putting out their own records and just pushing the envelope… — Milo Aukerman Copy Share Image
Most punk rock bands just have a guitar, bass and drums. The Descendents, the Ramones, you name 'em, it's just how it's always been. — Chad Gilbert Copy Share Image
When my sixth grade teacher opened the class with subtle praise for the guardsmen shooting four people to death at Kent State, I'd given… — Jello Biafra Copy Share Image
You can spend the money on new housing for poor people and the homeless, or you can spend it on a football stadium or… — Jello Biafra Copy Share Image
I think Noam Chomsky is a national treasure - make that an international treasure. — Jello Biafra Copy Share Image
Another part of what gave me a questioning, rabble-rousing, activist heart and soul is that when all these heavy events went down, my parents… — Jello Biafra Copy Share Image
So basically the understanding on these so-called reissues is that they were done behind my back, without my permission, and the band informed me… — Jello Biafra Copy Share Image
I got out of that immediately was that now, all of a sudden, rock music had become a spectator sport, that corporate labels and… — Jello Biafra Copy Share Image
It depends on the situation. I mean, on one hand there's the argument that people should be left alone on the other hand, there's… — Jello Biafra Copy Share Image
It's very irresponsible as a parent to follow Tipper Gore or the Religious Right's advice and just take the offending CD or game away… — Jello Biafra Copy Share Image
Any alternative culture that inspires a lot of passion and inspiration is also in danger of being set in its ways, almost from the… — Jello Biafra Copy Share Image
I'm appalled at how many people my age, or even five or ten years younger, have no tangible memories of important history that happened… — Jello Biafra Copy Share Image
The reason I was drawn to the Band Perry was because they have a knack for doing rollicking country music that can sound a… — Phoebe Robinson Copy Share Image
It was an important period for us, because even though we weren't a "punk band", and what became a model for a punk band,… — Stephen Mallinder Copy Share Image
There is something to be said though when you have 4 or 5 guys playing with no net, there is a sense of urgency,… — Marco Mendoza Copy Share Image
My Nirvana experience was much different than the other three guys. For me, it was really new and exciting. I was just a guy… — Pat Smear Copy Share Image
I think my music has always been a mixture, depending on whom I'm working with - what band, what musicians, what producer. — Matisyahu Copy Share Image
As you'll never hear the thing again, my boy, why not throw in a couple of brass bands? — Thomas Beecham Copy Share Image
I've always made sure that I tour with bands that people aren't expecting me to tour with. — Mayer Hawthorne Copy Share Image
There is more to me than just having been in the Runaways. And even though I'm really, really proud of what the band accomplished,… — Jackie Fuchs Copy Share Image
I like the bad-boy types. Generally the guy I'm attracted to is the guy in the club with all the tattoos and nail polish.… — Megan Fox Copy Share Image
I just became accustomed to being all the members of the band. That was something that was really exciting to me. — Jacob Collier Copy Share Image
I guess because we're essentially a two-man band, we're attracting Wham's crowd. But Wham! are more of a businessman's band. — Curt Smith Copy Share Image
