I do think I've learned, in the ensuing years, how to be a more effective bandleader. And maybe, just maybe, we're a little better on our instruments.

- David First

The numerous ecstatic traditions - including free jazz and funk - have all been great inspirations.

- David First

However naïve it sounds, or however inept the result, I think the idea is to try to alchemize the crap, not just mirror it all.

- David First

We [Notekillers] aren't necessarily trying to be role models, but if we are, that's cool.

- David First

I tell people too young to know that we came up during two of the most dogmatic times in recent history - the so-called hippie era and the punk era, …

- David First

Possibly the only thing we Notekillers place on a higher pedestal than music is laughs, so, of course, we also know that the idea of the title is a k…

- David First

I could easily fill up each week with going to see debuts of friends' compositions alone. When you add in all of the bands I'm interested in catching…

- David First

My personal definition of rock'n'roll is people attempting to do something that's beyond their ability to do it well. And whatever the outward contra…

- David First

It is inspiring to see bands still trying to do significant and new things in the realm of sound. Most people in any category are more or less fillin…

- David First