The Bangles are proof that short skirts and electric guitars go hand-in-hand. They are one of the great all-girl groups, backing up their looks with a serious pop-rock pedigree.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
At a young age I thought, 'Wow, that fiddle thing, that's pretty cool. That mandolin is great. These drums, I like these drums... ' They were Indian drums. And I was saying, 'But that guitar. That guitar. Girls are going to like that guitar.'
And they kind of left to find a guitar player at the very end, so you know, I don't really take it as any slight that I wasn't able to play on the record. It's flattering just to play with them period.
There's something about guitars, they're just so big, you know what I mean? You're just like, 'Ugh!' It just seems so overwhelming. And the ukulele is, like, the opposite of overwhelming.
It's hilarious, because my guitar has what's known as a tremolo bar or a whammy bar. And the whammy bar is probably the most alien thing on my guitar that could possibly relate to a classical guitar.
As for style, there is something about the way musicians dress-they seem to be able to create their own world within their fashion alone.
The Meatbats are a throwback band.
Guitar players in the nineties seem to be reacting against the technique oriented eighties.
Rock stars should be able to tune their own guitars, apply their own eyeliner, and pick out their own leather pants.
Guitars are like women. You'll never get them totally right.
Really young kids are into guitars.