John Gourley Quotes

It was like going to church, except Ozzy Osbourne was there.

My dad took me and my brother to see Corrosion of Conformity. All I remember was that there was a dude swinging a chain in the mosh pit, and the bouncers were dragging him out.

A lot of people are surprised by my love of heavy metal. I fell in love with heavy metal almost before any other genre. One of the first concerts I went to was a Donnington Monsters Of Rock concert.

We just get up there and play rock-and-roll music, man. Everybody sweats and has a good time.

My first concert was Method Man and Redman because they came down to Kosovo.

But anytime at a metal show, fans are going to be going crazy.

My first concert was Chicago and Moody Blues. I was 15 years old.

The first willing concert I went to was Aerosmith when I was like 14.

I discovered after going to music festivals that I am a rock fan. I love the guitars, the phrasing, and the abandon of rock fans.

Give metal a chance!

We just done doing The Blessed Hellride tour and Ozzfest.

We had no clue what heavy metal was. We were like: 'What's that?'

The first concert I ever went to was the Bee Gees.

Oh, man, the first concert I ever went to was Boston and Sammy Hagar, and it was absolutely incredible. I was just blown away by both bands, and, once again, it was my first concert, so that made it super, super special.

My first concert I can remember was AC/DC when I was 9 years old, in Paris. It's a good first one!

Our album 'Show No Mercy' came out in late '83, and we did three or four shows in San Francisco after the release. That was our first experience with stage-divers, crowd-surfing, people walking on people across an entire crowd.

It was fun while it lasted, but it never seemed real to me. I could not believe I was in Van Halen.

My favorite rocker is Go because it is heavy and chaotic.

They played Boston. They played at the Boston Tea Party and through an amazing chain of events I got to hang out with them backstage even though I was underage.

Who doesn't like to play Black Sabbath tunes!

The Wacken festival started more than 20 years ago with just a few hundred people in attendance. Tickets now sell out before the lineup is announced.

I'm a veteran of Ozzfest.

For a rock band, I didn't see the point in live albums. To my mind, you've got to be there.

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

We saw The Who on New Year's Eve in 1975.