I, of course, wanted to play real jazz. When we played pop tunes, and naturally we had to, I wanted those pops to kick! Not loud and fast, understand, but smoothly and with a definite punch.
I've got rock 'n' roll in my blood.
I've created a new sound. I've actually brought back dancing and vibes; it's more universal.
Drums just always sounded like the most fun part of that good music for me.
Krupa's drums went through us like a triple bourbon.
I like Dave Grohl, I guess he's a little newer. It makes you shake, it's uppity and spirited.
I just like heavy music in general - from heavy rock and heavy metal and heavy rap and heavy everything. I've always been attracted to it.
I'm a huge fan of sing-songy lyrics and loud guitars. Whatever punk band does that gets a gold star!
I love punk rock, The Clash, The Ramones, The Cramps. I love where it all came from, and music for my ears now, it has to have that same electricity, adrenaline and danger.
The patterns of big-band music are smooth and classical. It's got to be fresh. The brass section should crackle, like the sound of eggs being dropped into hot grease.
I like rock music that has melody, but it also makes you wanna get up and dance.
I crave music that'll sort of hurtle me into space and release me up there.
Anytime you throw claps back to back on a song, it makes everybody want to get up and have fun. It's a fun sound.
Gaslight Anthem's thing is its power. It's just like boom and explosions and loud, and play with everything you got.
I really loved crunk. I loved the extreme nature of it, how repetitious it was, and how these basic, angry chants would just be repeated over and over again.
What's the essence of the Go-Go's? Great melodies, guitar hooks, driving drums. All of that.
The Music was like Electric Sugar
I'm a big techno fan. I love that thumping kick drum. We heard a version of 'Lost in Love' and it was thrash metal. It sounded cool!
I like loud music. I like music that fills my ears. I'm just going to pull out my iPod and see what we got here. We're always interested in new bands because we have a retail store in northern California. I think it's got to be happy.
What I love about '80s rock music is the amazing, fantastic melodies. In pop music, it's all about the techno beat to dance to in the club and the repetitiveness, whereas in rock music there is literally, like, balls-to-the-wall singing and playing. I love it.
Bounce music is uptempo, heavy bass, call and response.
Certainly that's what I like in a lot of the music that I listen to, kind of a sexual energy. Guitars and rock get it across best for me.
Nineties music was what I grew up with, and I want to make music that's soulful but that you can also dance and drive to.
I wanted a physical kick in the music. I wanted it to be stimulating.
For me, rockabilly is very, very exciting music. It's electric and kind of wild, you know? It's 'make your hairs stand up on the back of your neck' kind of music.
