I was in a little punk band and we put out a few punk records that weren't very political, at all.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I formed a band when I was about 13, and we all listened to punk - or what we thought was punk!
I wanted to be in a punk band before I had even heard any punk music.
We're not a political band, we're a socially-minded band.
When I was 20, political music was the uncoolest thing on earth.
When punk rock came along, the one thing you were not supposed to be was musical.
I have way too shady a background to get into politics. I was a crazy kid - I was in bands, and I don't think I'd get very far before people started digging up stuff I didn't want them to see.
Punk was more based on social change than on music, so it didn't bother me too much. It wasn't really a musical threat.
The only way to be punk rock in L.A. is to be a Republican.
The reason why I am proud of my part in the punk movement is that I think it really did implant a message that was already there. The hippies told it to me, but punk made it something cool for people to stand up for, which is that we do not believe government, that we are against government.
I was never really that interested in the punk movement. I was a blues guy: I liked Motown, James Brown.