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Scott Ian
American
Musician
Born:
Dec 31
,
1963
Band
Good
Guitar
Me
Think
You
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I think the best riffs and the best songs come when you're jamming and having a good time.
Scott Ian
Time
Best
Good
You
Good Time
Think
Having
Having A Good Time
Songs
Come
Jamming
Riffs
Even as a kid, if I would come across something cool in the record store, that would be how I found out about bands. It's kind of the same way these days. In a way even less because there are no record stores to go to anymore.
Scott Ian
Way
Kid
Out
Kind
Would
Would-Be
Record
About
Record Store
Record Stores
Something
Days
Come
Because
How
Go
Bands
Same
Store
Anymore
Stores
Across
Less
Cool
Even
Found
Why would heavy metal ever go away?
Scott Ian
Heavy Metal
Go Away
Would
Metal
Go
Heavy
Why
Away
Ever
When you're younger - duh - you don't really have the tools to deal with certain things in your life.
Scott Ian
Life
You
Tools
Deal
Duh
Younger
Really
Certain
Your
Certain Things
Things
A guitar for me is pretty much strictly in the context of writing songs for my band, coming up with ideas with my band, and then being able to perform those songs as best as I can on stage - that's what the guitar for me has always been.
Scott Ian
Best
Me
Writing
Guitar
Band
Stage
Strictly
Those
Able
Pretty
Songs
Perform
Ideas
Always
Context
Coming
Been
Up
Being
Then
Much
As big as Metallica are, they're still not like a pop act. As big as they are, they're still not U2 or Lady Gaga. It's still underground.
Scott Ian
Big
Like
Underground
Metallica
Still
Lady
Lady Gaga
Gaga
Pop
Act
If someone wants to sticker a record for whatever reason, that's fine. But once it affects someone's opportunity to, you know, get that record, then I have a problem with it.
Scott Ian
You
Problem
Opportunity
Whatever
Once
Fine
Record
Someone
Know
Sticker
Affects
Get
Wants
Then
Reason
I don't think any of our lyrics have ever been erotic in a sexual term, because I haven't really written, touched on, that subject too often. But, uh... I mean, I suppose they could point the finger at us for violence maybe in certain songs.
Scott Ian
Think
Too
Our
Lyrics
Sexual
Finger
Touched
Point
Could
Songs
Written
Term
Suppose
Because
Been
Subject
Any
Often
Maybe
Mean
Us
Really
Certain
Ever
Violence
Music and songs are written at different periods of time, at different times in your life. They reflect the feelings you have and to be honest, I quite like having positive emotions.
Scott Ian
Positive
Life
Music
Time
You
Emotions
Feelings
Reflect
To Be Honest
Having
Songs
Written
Like
Periods
Times
Quite
Different
Your
Different Times
Honest
At some point around '94 or '95, 'Rolling Stone' said that guitar rock was dead and that the Chemical Brothers were the future. I think that was the last issue of 'Rolling Stone' I ever bought.
Scott Ian
Future
Guitar
Think
Some
Brothers
Point
Bought
Dead
Around
Chemical
Rock
Said
Issue
Were
Stone
Rolling
Rolling Stone
Ever
Last
I don't even know who that person was in the '80s. I see pictures of myself from back then and I don't even recognize myself.
Scott Ian
Myself
Back
Recognize
See
Pictures
Know
Person
Then
Who
Even
I could care less about sitting around and practicing the guitar for hours a day and trying to be the best guitar player on the planet.
Scott Ian
Best
Day
Guitar
Care
Guitar Player
About
Could
Hours
Around
Practicing
Trying
Sitting
Planet
Less
Player
What is it about a zombie that appeals to me? I don't know. Maybe that it's just the most possible - I don't know - of all the supernatural entities.
Scott Ian
Me
Possible
About
Entities
Supernatural
Know
Most
Maybe
Just
Appeals
Zombie
To be honest, I'm one of the least-technical guitar players around. I just want a guitar to feel good and sound good. That's it, period.
Scott Ian
Good
Feel Good
Guitar
To Be Honest
Guitar Players
Feel
Period
Around
Sound
Just
Want
Players
Honest
I'm just not a big fan of the too-cool-for-school indie world. Metal bands have never been invited or been able to be part of the cool kids, and I like it that way.
Scott Ian
World
Big
Way
Kids
Able
Indie
Never
Part
Invited
Like
Metal
Been
Big Fan
Bands
Just
Fan
Cool
I will absolutely say that Johnny Ramone was a huge influence on me. I'm a giant Ramones fan.
Scott Ian
Me
Will
Ramones
Say
Giant
Johnny
Absolutely
Huge
Huge Influence
Influence
Fan
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