23 March

"I think it's very hard to leave a band, after a certain point. Because a band is like a teenage gang, it's like a street gang. You don't want to be in a street gang for the rest of your life, you can't mature, you can't explore...". Sting. I think the same applies to being a fan of bands, or any acts. Music can trap you in permanent adolescence, the teenage gang only exists in the context of its teenage audience. I don't remember my parents' generation talking about their favourite bands from their youth, into middle and old age. Or even going to see them at those older ages, none of them were still performing. Society has stalled, at adolescence.