Cliques Quotes

"High school is high school, but it`s not until you get out of high school that you realize that it`s just a stepping stone in life. Nothing is easy about high school. I didn`t know where I fit. There are so many cliques of people who are popular and who are not. You get too caught up trying to figure out where you fit in the whole scheme of things, but really, it truly doesn`t matter. All that matters is that you have your friends who are your friends -- period." Interview with Tim Lammers, July 2004.

I grew up in Hawaii and I think it was easier because we did not have cliques at high school.

Chester on high school: "I was a geek who thought I was cool. I didn`t hang out with a particular clique, but with different people from different cliques. I was a total nerd, trying to fit in. Luckily, I found music and that was my niche. That sorta took me out of my geekdom. I was never invited to parties as a teenager - I turned up with the popular people. That`s where the lyrics to `Guilty By Association` came from."

Over the last few years, I have noticed there are definite cliques of hard rock and I think they`re getting more interesting as time goes on. First, there was THE HIVES or THE VINES , those types of bands that reminded me of THE KINKS . Real stripped down, not out of control. Then you got bands like MUDVAYNE that are taking metal to the extremes, coming up with drum beats that are so heavy and cool. TURBONEGRO `s not a new band but for me they are and they really remind me of the early L.A. GUNS , just a lot of high-energy rock `n` roll. Actually, I like a lot of bands that come from that part of the world. REFUSED , they`re a Swedish band and they`re really extreme. I wish it was more commercial. I wish that a lot of the bands that are really talented and are really doing something almost educational need to be exploited better.

MySpace is becoming part of the scene at school, so it`s only going to increase as kids head back to school. Now the cliques are moving online.