Back Quote by Michael Azerrad

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

I guess a lot of bands play around until they come up with something they like.

— Greg Saunier

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

We're still evolving as a band. I think that's really important for a band to do, especially after being around for so many years.

— Jim Root

I think there was a real lane built for indie bands during the time when Chairlift came up.

— Caroline Polachek

I've created several musical trends, really. That's not because I'm so far out and fabulous. It's because most bands have no ideas of their…

— John Lydon

There's this wave of new pop-punk bands that has come out that's bigger than ever. I'm really glad that we got to be a…

— Benji Madden

We'd started out as a garage band and it became like a huge band, which was fine. But everything was so magnified, drug addictions,…

— Izzy Stradlin

I feel like there's not as many bands anymore. It's more like there's a front-person and a band supporting them, solo-type spirits that have…

— Ed Droste

When I got my record deal at Atlantic, at the time, 'indie' wasn't a style of music: it was a kind of label. And…

— Kristian Bush

Now that the generation that grew up on '80s indie-rock has attained influential positions in the culture, that music is the new yardstick. And…

— Michael Azerrad

It's like they had a backlash the first 11 years. I think the reason why it always seems like there's a backlash is because…

— Kim Deal