15% Distorted neo-primitivist bam-ba-lamm-ing
15% Monochromatic post-Whitestripesian blues-based dualism
12% Non-Jaggery swaggering
11% Rust Belt populism
“Once you start selling records, you can’t really justify having two songs in Cadillac commercials.” – Patrick Carney
10% Indie-rock class warfare
“We got interviewed by The Situation. That was a low point in our lives.” – Dan Auerbach
9% Job creation initiatives
“I asked them what they were achieving by not having a bass ... and they said, ‘Why don’t you come and be our bass player?’ I’d love to have done it, actually, just to have seen the look on John Paul Jones’ face.” – Robert Plant
8% Gresham’s Law as a metaphor for Nickelback hate
“Rock and roll is dying because people became okay with Nickelback being the biggest band in the world. So they became okay with the idea that the biggest rock band in the world is always going to be s*** — therefore you should never try to be the biggest rock band in the world.” – Patrick Carney
7% Lucrative licensing deals with Zale’s, Victoria’s Secret, Subaru and American Express
“I almost want to scream it from a rooftop: This band embodies the spirit of what rock marketing should be!” – Livia Tortella, co-president/COO, Warner Bros. Records
7% Lucrative song placements in “Ghost Whisperer,” “Gossip Girl” and mediocre reality shows about fishing
“These people who love us now are not gonna give a s*** about us, maybe, in five years.” – Dan Auerbach
5% A chilly, Hobbesian worldview
“I think everybody’s an idiot. Pat thinks everybody’s an idiot. You think everybody’s an idiot. Okay? That’s how it is. Welcome to f*****g reality.” – Dan Auerbach
1% Tormenting TV food personalities on the Internet
15% Monochromatic post-Whitestripesian blues-based dualism
12% Non-Jaggery swaggering
11% Rust Belt populism
“Once you start selling records, you can’t really justify having two songs in Cadillac commercials.” – Patrick Carney
10% Indie-rock class warfare
“We got interviewed by The Situation. That was a low point in our lives.” – Dan Auerbach
9% Job creation initiatives
“I asked them what they were achieving by not having a bass ... and they said, ‘Why don’t you come and be our bass player?’ I’d love to have done it, actually, just to have seen the look on John Paul Jones’ face.” – Robert Plant
8% Gresham’s Law as a metaphor for Nickelback hate
“Rock and roll is dying because people became okay with Nickelback being the biggest band in the world. So they became okay with the idea that the biggest rock band in the world is always going to be s*** — therefore you should never try to be the biggest rock band in the world.” – Patrick Carney
7% Lucrative licensing deals with Zale’s, Victoria’s Secret, Subaru and American Express
“I almost want to scream it from a rooftop: This band embodies the spirit of what rock marketing should be!” – Livia Tortella, co-president/COO, Warner Bros. Records
7% Lucrative song placements in “Ghost Whisperer,” “Gossip Girl” and mediocre reality shows about fishing
“These people who love us now are not gonna give a s*** about us, maybe, in five years.” – Dan Auerbach
5% A chilly, Hobbesian worldview
“I think everybody’s an idiot. Pat thinks everybody’s an idiot. You think everybody’s an idiot. Okay? That’s how it is. Welcome to f*****g reality.” – Dan Auerbach
1% Tormenting TV food personalities on the Internet
