Hubschrauber

“Every concert ended up in chaos. We never were able to finish even one show: we were always stopped by the police."
Many of their gigs presented more dangers than flying bottles. On stage - the band brandishing a repertoire of treasonous songs - they were beaten, shot at, and, in one instance, nearly electrocuted when someone threw buckets of water onto their improvised stage. Puente Encina says these unpredictable moments were also liberating. "Playing in constant danger was in itself an act of courage and rebellion... We had nothing to lose.
Death could be waiting just around the corner. The worst possible outcome would be to die of boredom.”
― Alli Patton, Blitzkrieg Bops: A Brief History of Punks at War

“It was a bizarre, mad situation, but looking back, I still have good memories about it, and I think the good memories are just from the fact that in the face of massive adversity, you find a sense of kindredship... In terms of living through the conflict, it's amazing what, as human beings, we can put up with. We just get on with our everyday lives, and the grotesquely abnormal becomes every day. You change your lifestyle to suit and just try and survive.”
― Alli Patton, Blitzkrieg Bops: A Brief History of Punks at War

“But with friends, you design your own relationship, which in turn designs your grief, which can be felt even deeper when they are gone. Those can be roots that are much harder to pull.”
― Dave Grohl, The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music

“. My head and my heart seem to play this cruel trick on me, deceiving me with the false illusion of youth by greeting the world every day through the idealistic, mischievous eyes of a rebellious child finding happiness and appreciation in the most basic, simple things.”
― Dave Grohl