I was trying to take the band in a direction that I thought was appropriate, and Roth was trying to take the band in more of a Las Vegas direction. And there he is.
Now, the instrumentation in the jazz band and the jazz dance band has gone through many evolutions. For instance, in the 'twenties the tradition was two or three saxophones.
As a result, I had to get my own playground which was my band Colours. This band lasted for about eight years and then the air was out of it and it was time to finish.
It's no longer unusual for real avant-garde composers to have been in a band, and for bands to be interested in a wide range of music. Look at how artists like Aphex Twin are influenced by Nancarrow and Stockhausen.
I know that there are a lot of sort of silly things that one thinks as a music listener about bands. I am a fan of many bands.
A lot of bands have the enthusiasm kicked out of them by playing really dreary pub venues that just churn bands through.
Gym Class is a band I am more directly involved with than any other band except for Fall Out Boy.
The ship that will not obey the helm will have to obey the rocks.
He that winna be ruled by the rudder maun be ruled by the rock.
A diamond is just a rock. A really expensive rock.
I'm not dissatisfied with my place in it rock 'n' roll.
If I'd been a rock star, I'd probably now be dead.
Am I a rock star? Yeah, I guess.
Rock 'n' roll is much easier if you're white.
Now they have banging guitar and no bass and call it rock, but that's not what I call rock.
I'm a rock star because I couldn't be a soccer star.
Blues became rock, rock became soul, and all of it was colorblind.
What makes the most money for this business? Dead rock stars.
Compared to what they were, rock concerts now are like business meetings.
Rock stars get room keys, I get business cards.
I try to be a better dad and husband than I do pretend rock star.
