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Brian Fallon
American
Musician
Born:
Jan 28
,
1980
Band
Because
Me
People
Think
You
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Sometimes I get the bug to live in London for a year, or something like that, and maybe I will. But New Jersey's home.
Brian Fallon
Home
Sometimes
Will
Year
Live
London
Something
New
Like
Bug
Get
Maybe
Jersey
Everybody told us we would never make it. Even friends would say to me, 'Okay this band thing is cool, but seriously, what are you really going to do?' I can't think of anyone who believed in us, and that was fuel for the fire, because the more anybody said I wouldn't do it, the more I was like, 'No, I'm going to do it.'
Brian Fallon
Me
You
Seriously
Fire
Band
Think
Everybody
Say
Okay
Would
More
Never
Like
Make
Because
Said
Friends
Going
Anybody
Anyone
Fuel
Us
Really
Who
Cool
Even
Believed
Thing
I'm a pretty private person.
Brian Fallon
Pretty
Private
Private Person
Person
The first time I heard 'White Man in Hammersmith Palais,' I loved the vulnerability in the music and the lyrics.
Brian Fallon
Music
Time
Man
First
White
Lyrics
Vulnerability
First Time
Heard
Loved
I do find that I tend to write about big questions. Why are we here? What are we doing? How do we relate to each other?
Brian Fallon
Big
Other
Relate
Find
About
Tend
Write
How
Doing
Questions
Big Questions
Each
Why
Here
Everyone should see 'A Nightmare Before Christmas,' hear 'London Calling,' and read 'Great Expectations.'
Brian Fallon
Christmas
Great
Before
Everyone
See
London
Calling
Read
Hear
Expectations
Should
Nightmare
I would love to learn how to paint motorcycles and stuff like that. I really, really am fascinated by that.
Brian Fallon
Love
Would
Stuff
Like
Learn
How
Am
Motorcycles
Really
Paint
Fascinated
That's how I would describe myself, persistent.
Brian Fallon
Myself
Would
How
Persistent
Describe
I just like a good song, it doesn't matter. I mean, I am into girl groups and stuff like that. I listen to anything.
Brian Fallon
Good
Song
Matter
Girl
Good Song
Stuff
Like
Am
Listen
Just
Anything
Mean
Groups
We come from that school where we don't believe we're different from you, and it's insulting to me on some kind of weird level that musicians are put on a pedestal.
Brian Fallon
Me
You
Musicians
School
Believe
Pedestal
Kind
Some
Put
Weird
Come
Insulting
Where
Different
Level
The Clash will always be from London, and we will always be from New Jersey. But New Jersey doesn't create us.
Brian Fallon
Will
Clash
London
New
Always
New Jersey
Us
Create
Jersey
Tom Waits is someone who has really struck me, ever since I was a kid. He's really a big deal for me.
Brian Fallon
Me
Big
Kid
Someone
Struck
He
Since
Deal
Big Deal
Waits
Really
Who
Tom
Tom Waits
Ever
It's always Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, and Tom Waits for me - the big three.
Brian Fallon
Me
Three
Big
Bruce
Bruce Springsteen
Always
Springsteen
Waits
Dylan
Bob
Bob Dylan
Tom
Tom Waits
If you asked me to make a Gaslight Anthem album on my own, I would say, 'No way, that's crazy.' I would never have been able to do that.
Brian Fallon
Me
Crazy
You
Own
Way
Say
Would
Able
My Own
Never
Make
Anthem
Been
Asked
Album
It's all about knowing your audience. When I buy a record by a band and it sounds completely different, I'm just like, 'Why didn't you change your band name?'
Brian Fallon
Buy
You
Change
Band
Record
About
Name
Like
Knowing
Audience
Sounds
Just
Different
Your
Why
When you're older, you realize a little bit more hard truths. You are who you are. And the people that like you, they like you for being you.
Brian Fallon
You
People
Older
Bit
More
Like
Truths
Being
Little
Little Bit
Realize
Hard
Who
I like movies and radios and Bruce Springsteen and New Jersey. That's what I like, and if people don't like that, well, literally you can go on iTunes, and there's hundreds of other bands you can listen to.
Brian Fallon
You
People
Other
Hundreds
Bruce
Bruce Springsteen
New
Like
Well
New Jersey
Go
Springsteen
iTunes
Bands
Listen
Literally
Movies
Jersey
I learn tons of John Frusciante's licks from the Red Hot Chili Peppers. I'm never going to play like the Chili Peppers, but I might use that if I've got a dub beat or reggae thing mixed with a soul thing.
Brian Fallon
Soul
John
Peppers
Beat
Never
Hot
Red
Like
Learn
Dub
Got
Mixed
Going
Chili
Reggae
Might
Use
Play
Thing
Tons
I don't want to be a lead player. I don't want to shred and play fast licks. I just want to be the best rhythm section ever.
Brian Fallon
Best
Section
Lead
Just
Want
Rhythm
Rhythm Section
Shred
Ever
Fast
Play
Player
When I first started fingerpicking, the first thing I learned was 'Don't Think Twice It's Alright' from Bob Dylan.
Brian Fallon
First
Think
Alright
Learned
First Thing
The First Thing
Dylan
Bob
Bob Dylan
Twice
Thing
Started
I was never a fan of open tunings, because some people will do that and fumble around. But that's not my jam.
Brian Fallon
People
Will
Some People
Some
Never
Open
Because
Around
Jam
Fan
As I've gotten older, I've realized the element that sounds like The Gaslight Anthem that's mine is always going to be me. The other three-fourths of it is going to be the other guys. I can't stop doing what I do naturally, whether I'm in The Gaslight Anthem or my own thing.
Brian Fallon
Me
Own
Older
Other
Mine
Guys
My Own
Like
Always
Gotten
Doing
Sounds
Anthem
Going
Stop
Whether
Realized
Naturally
Element
Thing
I'd like to say I don't care, but I do. 'Cause when you put out a record, you try to do it for yourself first, and you want your audience to accept it, but you also want the press to accept it, too, because it validates what you do.
Brian Fallon
You
Yourself
Cause
Try
Care
First
Too
Say
Press
Out
Record
Put
Like
Also
Accept
Because
Audience
dont Care
Want
Your
I'm from New Jersey, the Shore, and Asbury Park and all that goes with that. I wouldn't want to mess around with that. I like New Jersey. There are nice people here.
Brian Fallon
People
Nice
Park
New
Like
Mess
Around
New Jersey
Goes
Shore
Want
Nice People
Jersey
Here
When you write a lot of songs, sometimes you don't have a place for them, and you need an outlet for them.
Brian Fallon
You
Sometimes
Outlet
Write
Songs
Lot
Place
Them
Need
You can't staple me to the Brooklyn hipster. I don't buy skinny jeans and $50 T-shirts. I wear the same clothes I've always worn, from Target.
Brian Fallon
Buy
Me
You
Clothes
Worn
Brooklyn
Wear
Always
Target
Same
Skinny
Jeans
Staple
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