We deliberately used elements from Brazilian music and from African and Asian music. Now people can hear that but then it sounded so abstract, they couldn't hear it. Arto Lindsay abstractafricanasian Change image and share on social
I just had this notion that I wanted to do the most extreme thing I could and I also very consciously wanted to do something that was very different from Mars because we were all very close. Arto Lindsay closeconsciouslyextreme Change image and share on social
There was a generation of people who moved here to make something of themselves. They had to really struggle and created really something on their own apart from a lot of attention. It was a really exciting time here. Arto Lindsay attentioncreateexcit share on social
Then the early punk rock period with Television and the Ramones. That's what I loved- that's what I was listening to immediately prior to when I started to play. Arto Lindsay earlyimmediatelylisten Change image and share on social
It was a scene in the sense that we were all close and we all knew each other before the different bands had really formed. We used to rehearse in the same place. Arto Lindsay bandcloseform Change image and share on social
We were interested in this notion of compression- a lot of the songs were really short so that you'd absorb them in memory rather than when you're actually hearing them. Arto Lindsay absorbcompressionhear Change image and share on social
There was some conflict there over Saturday nights because we were all really broke in those days- all the money you had in the world was in your pockets. Nowadays when you're say you're broke, it's not the same thing. Arto Lindsay breakconflictday share on social
Certainly since then many people have taken a lot of those ideas and ridden them for years and years and made careers out of them. Part of that is willingness to do the kind of work that I wasn't willing to do. Get into a van and cover the country. Arto Lindsay careercountrycover share on social
Playing with Kip I definitely learned a lot playing with these incredible guys and hearing them. Arto Lindsay guyhearincredible Change image and share on social
The period right before punk rock where people like Lou Reed and Iggy Pop were really strong. Arto Lindsay iggyloupeople Change image and share on social
