Famous Folks who are Unlikely Fans of Your Favorite Artist

the Carson Kressley lookalike in V is a Savoy Brown fan.

One of the reasons that Plant chose Albini to record that record with Page a couple of years back was because he was a fan of Big Black and The Jesus Lizard.

do you really believe that?

I'm betting Pynchon is in Lotion. Seems like it'd be a good place to hide.

I love prog rock!

Meanwhile, that Fred Durst talk about MBV the other day did amuse me.

are you serious? any documentation?
-- duke clickety (dan...), May 6th, 2004.

Mr. Nolte was at the (Smog) show at the Bowery Ballroom last summer, and made a point to go backstage and introduce himself.

pat nevin wow.

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they can't admit they've got the hots for her

RAISE YOUR STANDARS!

-- henry s (henr...) (webmail), May 18th, 2004 11:48 AM. (later) (link)

is he really a fan or did he just read the new yorker piece and think it was a good subject for a film? or perhaps someone at his production company did the same?

http://sethputnam.com/seth&michael.jpg

from putnam's website

michael mcdonald - august 9th, uncasville, CT

i got there a lot later than i wanted to. the show was at the mohegan sun indian casino, and it was free. "first come, first served" as they say. when i got there, i was like 400th in line, and wondered if i'd even get inside or not. they sit 6 people at every table. since i was by myself, there was a table in the front row that had only 5 people in it, so, they sat me there. it was awesome, i was about 5 feet from michael mcdonald! i sat next to 2 groups of people. one guy (with some broad), claiming he was danny devito (but he wasn't short enough or funny enough to be him), and a group of 3 nice "housewife" types. they asked me before the show what my 3 "desert island" cd's would be, and being an asshole, i said, "how would you be able to play cd's on a desert island with no electricity?". they later, between themselves, asked each other who the 3 guys they could be stranded on a desert island would be (with no surprise, no husbands of theirs were mentioned), one of them said "mel gibson (generically understandable), billy joel (!!!!!), and michael mcdonald(!!!!!!!!!!). it made no sense to me at all. so, back to michael mcdonald, he was on tour promoting his new cd of motown covers. i didn't care what he was going to sing. his voice is so awesome, he could even sing hatebreed or limp bizkit songs, and i'd think he was awesome. he sounded unbelievable! he did some doobie brothers songs, some of his solo songs, and some motown ones (stuff from marvin GAYe, stevie wonder, etc). he sounded better than i expected. he has easily one of the most unique gay voices ever. his band was really good as well, they were all from other bands that i never heard of, but, supposedly, they're well known musicains. by the end of the set, he did "taking it to the streets", and a whole bunch of civilized middle aged people rushed the stage. he totally fucking kicked ass all night. i highly recommend seeing him.

I read in EW that the was the basis for Hey Ya, which does sound like something the Buzzcocks could've done. Maybe not lyrically, but the retro-60's vibe to it is there.

Then again, maybe Andre was intending the same but forgot his delay pedal on the day he had to lay the vocals down, so he just improvised delay.

You're obviously forgetting the trail-out of "I Believe",....

THERE IS NO LOVE IN THIS WORLD ANYMOOOOOORE...THERE IS NO LOVE IN THIS WORLD ANYMOOOOOORE...THERE IS NO LOVE IN THIS WORLD ANYMOOOOOORE...THERE IS NO LOVE IN THIS WORLD ANYMOOOOOORE...THERE IS NO LOVE IN THIS WORLD ANYMOOOOOORE...THERE IS NO LOVE IN THIS WORLD ANYMOOOOOORE...THERE IS NO LOVE IN THIS WORLD ANYMOOOOOORE...THERE IS NO LOVE IN THIS WORLD ANYMOOOOOORE...THERE IS NO LOVE IN THIS WORLD ANYMOOOOOORE...THERE IS NO LOVE IN THIS WORLD ANYMOOOOOORE...THERE IS NO LOVE IN THIS WORLD ANYMOOOOOORE...THERE IS NO LOVE IN THIS WORLD ANYMOOOOOORE...THERE IS NO LOVE IN THIS WORLD ANYMOOOOOORE...THERE IS NO LOVE IN THIS WORLD ANYMOOOOOORE...THERE IS NO LOVE IN THIS WORLD ANYMOOOOOORE...THERE IS NO LOVE IN THIS WORLD ANYMOOOOOORE...THERE IS NO LOVE IN THIS WORLD ANYMOOOOOORE...THERE IS NO LOVE IN THIS WORLD ANYMOOOOOORE...

Bill Oddie is a massive Prince and p-funk fan, The Funky Gibbon was his homage to George Clinton.

And as mentioned above Axl Rose was a huge PSB fan, November rain was his (miserable) attempt to write a PSB style song.

(BTW, not exactly "fan"-related, but a band-related article that's surprising in its content and focus.)

Okay, so David Bedingfield (and The Bravery, but they don't fit this thread's requirements) have both been tapped (and have accepted the invite) to be Duran's openers when My Favorite West Midlanders play on their home turf at St. Andrew's football grounds on May 28. Hello? (I'm wondering if this counts, BTW. I won't know officially if this means he's a fan for awhile.)

New famous Duran fan addition (might not be surprising): Christina Applegate Was seen praising the band after an L.A. concert date in July 2003.

I have also come to find out that Deftones ARE real Duran fans and not the opportunists I marked them out to be when they participated in that weird ska/punk Duran tribute album in '97. So HUGE pats on the backs of those guys.

Oh! And did you know that Neil Gaiman wrote a bio on DD back in the early '80s? It's something he kinda likes to keep secret, though he's stopped short of completely ripping on the band.

I don't know if she was necessarily a fan or not, but apparently Allison Anders has this thing for John Taylor; it's why he scored Mi Vida Loca and co-starred in Sugar Town. Also, some of Cheap Trick attended one of JT's birthday parties; this could just be because they're pals, though. (OT: I like Cheap Trick. They certainly have nothing to be embarrassed about.)

Scissor Sisters were apparently quite happy to open for Duran during their 25th anniversary (of existence, not of recording) gigs in the UK back in 2003. You can even see Ana Matronic raving on about the experience in the special DVD attached to the "limited edition" Astronaut release.

I think Elisabeth from the second (?) "Survivor" (the one who's now on "The View") was interviewed about her musical tastes ca. the time period when she was appearing on "Survivor" and she mentioned being into DD. (This could be surprising considering how young she is... but then again, look at me. *laughs* I'm younger than she is by a few years!)

(Next up: Figuring out surprising fans of Japan/David Sylvian. And Franz Ferdinand.)

-- Brad Laner (b...), May 11th, 2004.

This has to be the strangest ILM post I've ever read. Brad Laner of Medicine? Working at the Sherman Oaks Moby Disc? Where I actually bought an Electric Company LP one time (possibly from Brad Laner himself)? Selling Gong records to Sherman Helmsley in Sherman Oaks? I have to go to bed now.

Bill Drummond for one. Peter Green fan too, his chapter on meeting his idol in 45 is one of the funniest and most heartbreaking pieces of music writing ever.

Doesn't this usually involve bloodletting,degrading sexual acts and strangulation, though?

It always amazed me that Anthony Reynolds from Jack worships Sylvian to the extent of bringing people home and making them watch Japan and Sylvian bootleg videos!

Yep. He's also a Magnetic Fields fan.

Chalk up Vincent Gallo in the prog-rock obsessives column, in this case Yes.

Will they disembowel you?

(Addition: Def Leppard have said some very nice things about DD. The two bands are friendly with each other.)

It always amazed me that Anthony Reynolds from Jack worships Sylvian to the extent of bringing people home and making them watch Japan and Sylvian bootleg videos!

Okay, first of all, who is Anthony Reynolds (yes, I know, "from Jack", but I've yet to hear of this group!), and what can I do to become friends with him? *laughs* Actually, I can use the power of Google for the former, but the latter... ?