Joi: Quote #80

Martie 11th, 2010 | By herminedirt

"I went to my first punk rock show and it was great. Then the second punk rock show that I went to was lame. I realized then that it wasn’t what someone says, it’s about the band. That’s more important than a title. We decided we wanted to do our version of what we thought music should be.

Juice Magazine: Did that make anyone mad?

We didn’t follow the rules of what other punk bands were doing, so we pissed off a lot of people. It’s like the first interview we did in Flipside. I said, “We’re not here to be the twentieth band written on the back of a leather jacket, we’re here to get those people to take off those jackets and put on Suicidal shirts.” People didn’t like that. They were like “Why don’t you support your scene?” I said, “Why should I go to see some band if I don’t like them just because they say they’re punk rock.” To me that wasn’t punk rock. If you look at the ideology of punk rock, that’s not what the Sex Pistols were saying. They were saying it shouldn’t matter how you look or how you dress. It’s about if you’re good or not. It’s honesty and doing what you believe."

(Mike Muir, front-man-ul Suicidal Tendencies, de vorba cu Juice Magazine)

Joi: Quote #79

Martie 4th, 2010 | By herminedirt

"7th: Okay, Amen has had a very decadent lifestyle...very old school punk rock n roll kind of shit. What do actually think of the punk scene now?

CC : The punk scene as in what?

7th: Like the Blink 182 crap that they try to pan off as punk.

CC : I don't buy into it. It's pretty much the opposite of what punk is because my Mom likes Blink 182. Punk rock, to me, has always been not socially acceptable. It's not "mall punk". It should be just freaks, weirdos. And all the other bands that you're talking about are more just commercial music used in an advertisement. When I hear it you can tell they just want to write hooky songs that will sell records."

(Casey Chaos, front-man-ul trupei Amen, de vorba cu Seventh Circle)

Joi: Quote #78

Februarie 25th, 2010 | By herminedirt

"How is success treating you? What does it feel like to have enough money to fly anywhere in the world right now?

I'm not set for life, but I guess I can go anywhere I want. If only I knew where to go."

(Layne Staley, 1995)

Joi: Quote #77

Februarie 18th, 2010 | By herminedirt

"I said one time, that when we hit the stage, we’re there to fuck it up. That’s to put it short, and not necessarily sweet, but that’s our whole point. We’re just coming to fuck shit up."

(Dave Buckner, ex-Papa Roach, Vox Online)

"It's real life stuff. We're not writing about shit that we don't know about, like girls and cars and money – sex, drugs, and rock and roll. We only know real life bullshit that happens."

(Tobin Esperance, Papa Roach, NY Rock)

Joi: Quote #76

Februarie 11th, 2010 | By herminedirt

"E adevarat ca nu se poate face festival pornind de la o categorie de public care doreste numai sa reauda doua, trei hituri ascultate in adolescenta (pe vremea cand piesele Clawfinger nu se numeau "nu-metal"). Pe de alta parte, publicul nu poate fi condamnat, ci luat ca atare, odata ce este invitat la concert. Asteptam totusi timpuri cand trupe internationale rock vor incinge atmosfera unor cluburi, iar festivalurile de nu-metal nu vor mai fi promovate prin clipuri in care apar personaje cu tricouri Helloween."

(Horia Diaconescu in recenzia festivalului "Rock Your Mind", care a avut loc in noiembrie 2005, la Sala Polivalenta. Recenzia este scrisa la 3 zile dupa festival, pe 28 noiembrie 2005, si poate fi citita in intregime pe Muzici si Faze, aici.)

Joi: Quote #75

Februarie 4th, 2010 | By herminedirt

"I think the Grammys are nothing more than some gigantic promotional machine for the music industry. They cater to a low intellect and they feed the masses. They don't honor the arts or the artist for what he created. It's the music business celebrating itself. That's basically what it's all about."

(James Maynard Keenan)

Joi: Quote #74

Ianuarie 29th, 2010 | By herminedirt

"Daca pretuiesti libertatea de a fi o individualitate, trebuie sa iti asumi intreaga responsabilitate pentru oricare din actiunile tale. Sa ai o imagine limpede referitoare la cine esti, ce doresti si ce urmeaza sa faci. Este o ipocrizie sa dai vina pe altcineva pentru ceea ce faci, e bine sa intelegi ca esti liber intotdeauna, ca sunt alegerile tale si ca, la final, esti singurul responsabil."

(Marilyn Manson de vorba cu Evenimentul Zilei)

Quote #73

Ianuarie 21st, 2010 | By herminedirt

"There isn’t any pioneering any more. It’s almost not even accepted to be pioneering; for some reason that seems to be the attitude now. I’d say ’93 to ’95 was kind of the curvature towards things slowly reversing. It’s to the point where music is just definitely a rehash of the past, and I guess, maybe people don’t sense that there’s a future ahead of them, so subconsciously they look backward."

(Greg Sage, The Wipers)

Joi: Quote #72

Ianuarie 14th, 2010 | By herminedirt

"I did 3 shows sober and they were the worst shows of my life, so I drink on tour or on stage."

(David Yow de la Scratch Acid si The Jesus Lizard)

Joi: Quote #71

Ianuarie 7th, 2010 | By herminedirt

"It's just this monster riff, and lyrically it's about me feeling that I'm blind to people taking advantage of me, blind to my depression, just blind to everything."

(Jonathan Davis despre piesa 'Blind')

Joi: Quote #70

Ianuarie 3rd, 2010 | By herminedirt

"One aspect of DIY that I think people really miss out on is that you actually have to "Do It" yourself. It's work! It's not just a classification, like "Well yeah, I'm DIY!," then you sit around at home. If you're DIY sitting at home, NOTHING is happening. It doesn't make any sense! The work has always been central, but I like to work. And of course I always have to credit reading a Black Flag interview in Damage magazine from San Francisco in probably 1980 or '81. I think Dukowski the bass player said he'd rather work a day job for the rest of his life than ever become dependent on his music. And I thought, "That resonates with me in a hell of a way!" I don't want my art to be compromised by my monetary issues. So I decided that that wasn't going to be the case. It wasn't going to happen. It was deeply liberating."

(Ian MacKaye de vorba cu Mark Prindle)

Joi: Quote #69

Decembrie 27th, 2009 | By herminedirt

"It’s one thing you can’t download: human communication. It’s you and the audience. It’s man against machine. It’s not screwed with digitally. You can’t get that kind of experience from your computer or TV. The best music transports you."

(Buzz Osborne, frontman-ul The Melvins, stand de vorba cu gibson.com)