Rainn Wilson’s Favorite Band
Starring as a “rockstar” in his latest film, The Rocker, which is already running in theaters, Rainn Wilson answers what his favorite rock bands are in this interview with Spinner:
Wilson took time out to catch up with Spinner and talk about his real-life role as a music enthusiast and his own rock-star tendencies.
“There were a lot of perks,” he told us of his recent promotional tour, which had him making appearances at music festivals this past spring, including Sasquatch. “I got to interview the Who. I was terrible. But it was a dream come true,” he admits, calling Pete Townshend an “icon” and maintaining that behind Bob Dylan, “there’s no other person I wound rather meet.” But he isn’t just about the veterans. During our talk, he drops names like Cold War Kids, the National, Fleet Foxes, the Raconteurs, Kings of Leon and Wilco. “I love Wilco,” he gushes. “I just think they will be remembered like the Byrds were, as just a great American rock band. But ask him for his favorite of all time, he’s quick to answer “Radiohead.”
Unlike his characters Robert Fishman from ‘The Rocker’ and Dwight Schrute, who Wilson says “both like metal,” he himself isn’t a fan. “I like classic metal like AC/DC, Sabbath and Led Zeppelin, but as soon as they started wearing more makeup than my Aunt Mary Lou, I knew it was time to let that go.” In fact, the 42-year-old actor was more interested in “punk and New Wave in the early ’80s.” He recalls, “Someone gave me a cassette tape of the Clash’s ‘London Calling’ when I was, like, 16. It just completely changed my life.”
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