“It’s insane! … Every time I get baked (on the tour bus), I go in my bunk, put on ‘The Dark Knight,’ and just wait for (Heath Ledger’s) scenes.”
—Hinder front man Austin Winkler, in the book “Reefer Movie Madness: The Ultimate Stoner Film Guide” by Shirley Halperin and Steve Bloom
“The trippiest part (of ‘The Wizard of Oz’) would have to be that tornado. I mean, it’s not trippy in that it’s colorful and musical, but there’s a sense of, ‘My God, this looks better than a real tornado!’ And that’s coming from a guy who’s from Oklahoma. … That part when the Good Witch descends in the bubble? That’s something I’ve carried with me since I was 3 years old, that I watched with my brothers when they were taking acid. And here I am, almost 50, and I’m known for descending on crowds in a bubble.”
—The Flaming Lips front man Wayne Coyne, in the same book
This article appears in Jul 20-26, 2011.