#70s punk
Ian MacKaye ~ Minor Threat, Fugazi
Quote of the Day: October 24, 2020
“There are many things that people do happily that I can’t imagine why they would do it… But I have to say that even though I am critical or judgmental of society at large, I’m not critical of people individually. We are who we are.” ~ Ian MacKaye
Joe Strummer
Quote of the Day: October 23, 2020
“What’s holding me up is I’m confused about the nature of the music. Because the modern music doesn’t reach me. I mean to say the sound of the modern electric production. A lot of sequencers… synths. That’s what people are buying. Because that doesn’t reach me, it throws me back to like 1948, but I don’t want to be there. Back there, I’m talking about blues records…. The roots of rock ‘n’ roll is rhythm and blues and that’s like really where I’m at, where I was always at.” ~ Joe Strummer
Dee Dee Ramone
Quote of the Day: October 22, 2020
“The distance thing is partially due to the fact that I’m pretty shy and I’ve struggled with extreme stage fright in the past. So I just have to go onstage in a different head space so I’m not as self-aware.” ~ Dee Dee Ramone
Iggy Pop
Quote of the Day: October 21, 2020
“I’m a little bit damaged in about 15 different ways, and it’s been nice that no particular damaged area has become a major issue. I’m a more than moderately healthy 65-year-old male who has gotten away with a lot of stuff.” ~ Iggy Pop
Lemmy Kilmister ~ Motorhead
Quote of the Day: November 15, 2020
“Apparently people don’t like the truth, but I do like it; I like it because it upsets a lot of people. If you show them enough times that their arguments are bullshit, then maybe just once, one of them will say, ‘Oh! Wait a minute - I was wrong.’ I live for that happening. Rare, I assure you.” ~ Lemmy
Ari Up ~ The Slits
Quote of the Day: November 14, 2020
“No one ever sounded like The Slits or looked like them, no matter how many people tried it, or were influenced by it. It’s impossible. You can’t recreate that. There will never be another Sex Pistols. There will never be another Clash.” ~ Ari Up
Joan Jett
Quote of the Day: November 13, 2020
“Happiness doesn’t necessarily lie in material things. You just have to put yourself in a position to be happy. If you can do what you love for a living, that’s a good start.” ~ Joan Jett
Iggy Pop
Quote of the Day: November 12, 2020
“How am I going to listen to that horrible noise I make without a gram of coke and a couple of double Jack Daniels?” ~ Iggy Pop
Johnny Thunders
Quote of the Day: November 11, 2020
“The only technical things I know are treble, volume and reverb, that’s all.” ~ Johnny Thunders
Pete Shelley ~ Buzzcocks
Quote of the Day: November 10, 2020
“It used to be felt that you had to know someone in the music business to get into it. It was not for mere mortals like us. This enthused people and enfranchised them to become part of culture.” ~ Pete Shelley
