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says Sonic Youth’s Lee Ranaldo. “People got this idea that ultimately what mattered was the quality of what you were doing and how much importance you gave to it, regardless of how widespread it became or how many records it sold.”


“the KLF were a bunch of conceptual pop tricksters who won the hearts of their home country with stunts like recording country singer Tammy Wynette in a rap context. Performing at the prestigious BRIT awards, Extreme Noise Terror blasted the KLF hit “3 a.m. Eternal” into oblivion while the KLF sprayed the audience with machine guns preloaded with blanks. When the KLF were awarded “Best British Group” honors later that night,”
― Sound of the Beast: The Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal
― Sound of the Beast: The Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal

“for instance. “When we say ‘World Domination,’ ” Pavitt explained, “we’re saying, ‘Fuck you, we’re from Seattle, and we don’t care if the media machines are in L.A., we’re going to create our own.”
― Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground, 1981-1991
― Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground, 1981-1991

“They developed this influence and this clout and they shared it. It’s a very inclusive movement.”
― Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground, 1981-1991
― Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground, 1981-1991

“We were the only band that played with D.R.I. and C.O.C., and then Celtic Frost and Venom. We were doing shit that nobody else was doing, and we didn’t care. I never took myself that seriously.”
― Sound of the Beast: The Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal
― Sound of the Beast: The Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal

“Beat Happening know that the deep moments in our lives don’t extract profundities from us; rather, it is clichés that are the endless, involuntary spew of the lover’s discourse.”
― Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground, 1981-1991
― Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground, 1981-1991

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