Band Quality Quotes

The Beatles were raw musically, but I think they really had something.

These new bands sound like Gang of Four — if Gang of Four sucked.

I feel like I'm waving the flag for musicianship, trying to bring back bands that can play.

I never understood bands saying Nirvana had anything to do with derailing their career. Maybe those bands didn't have the goods.

I found out how great the E Street Band is. The reality of a band that you can't scoop aside, can't put in a corner.

If You can play Your stuff in a pub, then You´re a good band.

Average band with a great drummer sounds great, great band with an average drummer sounds average.

It doesn't really change, actually. I think The Rolling Stones have gotten a lot better. An awful lot better, I think. A lot of people don't, but I think they have, and to me that's gratifying. It's worth it.

I never have any problem getting enthusiastic with a good song and a good band.

Some bands today have the experience of really working together and honing their craft. And other bands are very much like, 'I just got a guitar for Christmas, let's start a band.' And you can hear the difference.

I can always tell if a band has a British rhythm section due to the gritty production.

There's an interesting thing I've seen with Australian bands: when you put them side-by-side with bands from other parts of the world, they're just more musical. They're just better.

If you're a good band then the filter of the band is pretty strong.

But, then again, I wouldn't call myself an indie-rock supporter even if there are some really good bands out there and there will always be some real good new bands.

LCD live was set up to be an argument about what's wrong with bands and why bands should be better. I always thought that we were so obviously not a great band, comically not a great band. I was not a great front man.

Why are Franz Ferdinand the perfect live band? They just are.

There were a lot of times where there was a great deal of fodder recorded and played, because there was a market for it - just as there is today. And there were more bad bands than there were good bands - I think that should always be remembered.

I think that the quality of all bands is steadily improving and it is a pleasant thought to me that perhaps the efforts of Sousa's Band have quickened that interest and improved that quality.

Well, to tell you the straight honest truth, it was like a Grateful Dead cover band. I didn't feel - and nothing against the guys - I didn't feel that they were opening up like they should. I'll tell you what, with guitar players, Steven has what I like in guitar players.

Ninety-nine per cent of opening bands stink.

If you don't have a good rhythm section, your band is toast; you're a bar band. Good rhythm section, you've got a chance to get out of the bar.

How do you possibly say that a cover band is better than the band that created and wrote the material? It's absurd.

When I got my band in 1983, I knew what I had to do. If I'm going to have a big band, they're going to have to sound equally as good as what I'm used to hearing.

I said that the only way I could have a band that would work in the format of my show is if the band were crap. So if I have a band they'd have to really suck.

In the studio, you can always stop, rewind and do it again, but on stage, you can never do that - it's a different energy. It separates good bands from bad bands, being able to play, perform and really capture an audience. I think that's the hardest part.