Mark Fisher Quotes

I was real into Devo, Pavement, Captain Beefheart, and the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion.

Over the years, Joy Division has become a huge part of music culture.

Hearing things like 'Wake Up' by Lora Logic, or the Raincoats' 'In Love' - that was something I wasn't prepared for. I couldn't hear anything that came before it in the music, and I didn't want to. I was absolutely in love with its out-of-nowhereness.

My favorite band is probably The Cure. We can throw Talking Heads in there too, I listen to them a lot. But The Cure.

When I was little, people like Talking Heads were on the radio. There was something geeky yet groundbreaking about them.

Like, Mission Of Burma to me always sounded almost like they were part of the British Arty New Wave. I kind of like that. I like not being able to tell the difference.

I've been a Nick Cave fan since the early '80s when he was part of The Birthday Party thing singing Australian self-destructive rock band and I've always followed his work and loved it.

Too pop for punk, too 'old school' for the New Wave, Mumps were a '70s era New York rock band, out of time.

There's a focus that hasn't been there for ages and ages and some American bands are sounding quite English like they did in the late 70s and early 80s.

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

We're more of a rock band and we have a punk influence and a pop influence.

I really loved the hardcore alternative vibe Prince had on 'Dirty Mind.'

What is remarkable about Joy Division is the way they are bereft of two of the mainstays of most other rock and pop: longing and supplication.

I like stuff like Joy Division and Verdi, and then some naff stuff.

Bands such as LiLiPUT and Essential Logic were just as unorthodox as Gang of Four or Wire, even taking their sounds a step further with shrieking vocals and saxophone.

Ian Curtis was a young genius.

The lion's share of what I listened to in the Eighties, what really affected me, was coming from Britain.

Los Angeles produced the Beach Boys. Dusseldorf produced Kraftwerk. New York produced Chic. Manchester produced Joy Division.

Anything that's new wave is new. As far as punk rock goes, I've never really been exposed to any.

I mean, you could have said Elvis Presley was new wave when it happened. I heard Willy DeVille and Tom Petty and to me they were new wave really because they were new.

I got to play The Vortex in London with the Buzzcocks, the Fall, me and Johnny Thunders And The Heartbreakers. That was a serious Manchester night.

I love Eighties rock.

I went back and reread the Dinosaur chapter in 'Our Band Could Be Your Life,' and it was so depressing.

The Fall was super powerful to me because of their covers. They were intimidating. I bought 'This Nation's Saving Grace' when it came out in 1985, and there was something about it that made me nervous. It terrified me.

Okay, I like the Clash. I like Tears for Fears. I like A-ha.