Continuing our series where stars recall their teenage obsessions, the
Alabama Shakes frontwoman remembers fishing, home recording and leftfield spirituality
When I was 11 years old, I saw my first live band performance, in our old gym at school. Some kids who were four years older than me had a band and they played cover songs: Weezer, Pearl Jam, Nirvana – lots of grunge
music. I remember thinking it was a superpower because they could make people dance. That’s when I knew that was what I wanted to do.