Artists you are certain are assholes even though you've never met them or talked to them

Shockah.

Siouxsie's generally awful. Curt Kirkwood too. Paul McCartney's "nice guy" image is a total front. Björk is a real bitch. Lewis & Graham from Wire are pompous fucks. But 99% of the musicians I've met are polite at the very least, and many are really wonderful.

Gene Simmons OTM

myself, for enjoying this too much.

The correct answer to the thread is probably Pete Doherty.

Lewis & Graham are the same person (Lewis being his surname).

-- Lotta Continua (autobahn7...), April 29th, 2006.

actually graham lewis is two individuals in one, kind of like a mini-voltron that forms together everytime there's a wire reunion.

From this thread, it seems Gene Simmons is the winner.

I used to think the same - but Julian Cope was really nice, so I had to change my mind about it.

"Oh, so yeah, between hanging out with the Danielson Famile and recording albums about all 50 states, I HARDLY have any time for Jesus anymore. BTW, Pitchfork said I made the best album of 2005. Better luck next year, M.I.A. Hey, M.I.A. how appropriate, right brah? Right? Hey, shithead, laugh when I make a joke or I'll shove my banjo up your ass!"

someone else i know met eminem -- he is apparently very introverted in person, even a bit shy. but that doesn't mean he isn't an asshole.

i vote for the assholes every time. they make better "copy" too.

he sat down next to my friend & she nervously introduced herself & said "i follow you on twitter" bcz she didn't know what else to say. he lit up & was all "awesome" - pulled out his phone, asked for her handle & followed her. after he left she tweeted her photo with him & he retweeted it with the caption "my new friend hollie" sooo fking cute

Most unexpectedly nice encounter was Springsteen.

The Promise was given a UK cinema premiere at BFI Southbank. Two screenings. He was due to do a Q&A after the first, which had a largely invited audience, then disappear when the second, with a paying audience, screened. I was in the first screening, and then went to the party in the bar. Lots of rumours he might appear. After 90 minutes, no sign of him. Turned out he hung around to do an impromptu appearance at the public screening. Then he turned up at the party, with Landau and Mike Smith (then head of UK Columbia and more). The execs planted themselves in a corner, and Springsteen sat on the back of Landau's chair, facing the room, and basically received supplicants for a further 90 mins, exchanging words, signing things and having photos done with anyone who wanted. And yes I did. I was struck by what an unnecessary but wonderful gesture that was.

One fella had taken the precaution of turning up with an original Thunder Road movie poster which he had once had signed by Robert Mitchum. Wonder how much that ended up worth with both signatures.

I've interviewed a couple of rock stars here and there

Lars Ulrich, despite the perception of him, was a delight and I could have talked to him for another hour

Slash was great as well, and whether just sober or (I suspect) not playing the character of ”Slash”, was great and very well spoken and perceptive

I think it helps I was interviewing them about Guitar Hero and thus not asking them questions they'd heard a million times

Worst interviews I ever had: Glenn Danzig, Phil Anselmo.

And this surprised absolutely nobody.

Slash seemed p cool in his Conan appearances.

Slash was a complete jerk on Space Ghost but it was awesome.

bb king and buddy guy are both tremendous dudes.

My boss worked for a big concert promoter for years and like hates ray charles to a sort of striking degree, said he was pretty vile, especially to women, was kinda surprised that was her answer when I asked who was the worst person she dealt with, and that ws like a decade plus of doing shows for huge stars

(&she is super awesome & charming)

She said lots were aloof or kinda rude or unfriendly obv, but charles was so verbally abusive to every one of the employees I guess

yeah, just because he is blind doesn't mean he can behave like that!

it is because he is dead that he can't behave like that

yeah, replace "is" with "was" and "can" with "could"

dead and blind... poor guy...lol

is Kurt vile?

yeh my dad worked with ray charles & said he was super sleazy
someone i know did some work for noel gallagher and said he was surprisingly nice, also makes a good cup of tea. how terribly english, guv.

my friend met gallagher in nyc once, talked to him a little, and said he was very nice

He was really mean compared to other ppl I guess, but he was still alive when he was doing concerts

Yeah, I couldn't help but notice that he stopped performing right around the time he died. I figured it was just because he's an asshole.

It's hard to say, death affects everyone in different ways

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heard bad shit about michael gira & it feels true

would be kinda disappointed if michael gira wasn't an asshole tbh

are the butthole surfers buttholes?

Ask the good folks at Touch & Go Records.

A super religious friend of mine asked Gibby to sign his t-shirt once upon a time and ended up with a giant spurting cock instead of a signature, but I think that actually makes him awesome

gira does seem to be an exemplary arsehole in terms of putting his vices to good use, but i would not kiw

There was a Spin oral history of the Buttholes & they basically sounded like drug crazed maniacs

Ringo Starr, Sting, Patrick McGee and Bono.

Detachable Penis is one of the greatest songs EVER.

Worst interviews I ever had: Glenn Danzig, Phil Anselmo.

I've had really pleasant interview experiences with both. Anselmo thinks he's smarter than he is (expresses boneheaded ideas in really convoluted ways, uses big words where they're not needed, etc.) but was friendly enough. Another supposedly horrible dude I've had very pleasant interactions with: Dave Mustaine of Megadeth. Gira, Eugene Robinson of Oxbow, David Thomas of Pere Ubu, Mike Patton: all super cool.

The hands-down biggest asshole I've ever dealt with in a professional capacity? Joey DeMaio of Manowar. The only interview subject I've ever had hang up on me.

are the butthole surfers buttholes?

― nostormo, Saturday, February 16, 2013 6:51 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Ask the good folks at Touch & Go Records.

― Put Another Quarter In The Pukebox (Old Lunch), Saturday, February 16, 2013 7:09 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

kinda weird that people never look at the BH side of the coin here. I worked for T&G at one point and have nothing but love for them but the thing people call the 'Surfers dicks for is wanting to get some terms going instead of working in perpetuity on a handshake deal.

You worked for touch & go?

They put out Pump, didn't they?

Ringo Starr, Sting, Patrick McGee and Bono.

I met Bono briefly on holiday and had a little chat and he was very jovial and chatty. This was after I'd been looking over and sniggering to my boyfriend at the guy over there in the weird glasses who 'thinks he's Bono'.

Where do you holiday?

Where the Streets Have No Name

A place called Vertigo.

This was in Florence, in the Uffizi gallery. iirc he queried why Michaelangelo's David wasn't circumcised even though he was 'one of the top 5 Jews'
xp it WAS on a Sunday and I remember having to stop myself from making any Alan Partridge 'Sunday Bloody Sunday' jokes

You worked for touch & go?

yeah. briefly. retail promotion. I was terrible at it.

Like, going around to Sam Goody's and trying to convince them to hang up Coco Rosie posters or something?

You worked for touch & go?

yeah. briefly. retail promotion. I was terrible at it.

― available for sporting events (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Sunday, February 17, 2013 6:53 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalin

Those Quarterstick releases never got into Sam Goody :-(

so many ppl deprived of june of 44 records

Pretty sure I bought all my Rollins spoken word albums at Sam Goody, actually. Aerosmith strikes again.

” I'm telling you, this Rollins guy is the next Dennis Leary, with the musical talent of Adam Sandler, you gotta get in on the ground floor”

Like, going around to Sam Goody's and trying to convince them to hang up Coco Rosie posters or something?

calling them on the phone to convince them to hang Kepone posters

if you can even deal w/that concept

You wouldn't have had to convince me to hang a Kepone poster. I loved those guys!

toldja he was an asshole

http://www.glendalenewspress.com/news/tn-818-0318-british-goth-rocker-arrested-for-alleged-dui-hitandrun-in-glendale,0,7800622.story

sorry, alleged asshole

I'm not gonna even venture a guess here. Once upon a time I'd have said Phil Anselmo. Then I met him, and he turned out to be a really nice guy. So who the fuck really knows?