Ifs Quote by Rick Nielsen

We've played with Black Flag, Bad Brains, Minor Threat, The Ramones. You name any punk band and we've probably played or toured with them…

— Reed Mullin

I was into Metallica when they first started, like when Kill Em All came out.

— David Pajo

A lot of bands think, 'We'll be original.' The Ramones did it because they couldn't do anything else.

— Marky Ramone

When I was very young, it was Guns N' Roses and Metallica. I'd play air guitar on my bed. They've been the thread throughout…

— M. Shadows

Sure, there was Iggy and the Stooges, the MC5, but those bands played slow songs, they had lead guitar and the songs were longer.…

— Marky Ramone

I saw Metallica, I'm not a major Metallica fan, but I like music enough to get invited and went.

— Sean Dyche

I discovered the Clash, the Pistols, obviously the Ramones, Blondie.

— Anonymous

When Soundgarden formed, we were post-punk - pretty quirky.

— Chris Cornell

It seemed like, in the early '80s, there was just a moment where there was suddenly no specific notion of what a rock band…

— Bucky Pope

I had been listening to Jackson Browne, The Eagles, and Linda Ronstadt. Ramones was not my kind of music. Now, I'm a huge fan…

— P. J. Soles

Metallica - they're so demonic, they're crazy, I don't know how they do it.

— Dee Dee Ramone

Without Metallica, we wouldn't have a lot of the bands that we have now.

— Joey Jordison