30. Wayne Coyne on Arcade Fire “I get really tired of their pompousness [sic]… We’ve played some shows with them and they really treat people like shit. People treat Arcade Fire like they’re the greatest thing ever and they get away with it… They have good tunes, but they’re pricks, so fuck ‘em.”
29. Christina Aguilera on Lady Gaga “I’m not quite sure who this person is, to be honest. I don’t know if it is a man or a woman.”
28. David Lee Roth on Elvis Costello “Music journalists like Elvis Costello because music journalists look like Elvis Costello.”
27. Lily Allen on Cheryl Cole “Taking your clothes off, doing sexy dancing and marrying a rich footballer must be very gratifying. Your mother must be so proud. Stupid bitch.”
26. Trent Reznor on Marilyn Manson “A malicious guy [who] will step on anybody’s face to succeed, and cross any line of decency.
25. Mark E Smith on Mumford & Sons “There was this other group warming up … and they were terrible. I said, ‘Shut them cunts up!’ And they were still warming up, so I threw a bottle at them … I just thought they were a load of retarded Irish folk singers.”
24. Courtney Love on Dave Grohl “As for that drummer, well, he’s hit on me so many times. He’s just a very very conflicted guy about me, which is why he continually writes songs about me to hear he ‘hates’ me more than ‘anyone else.’ Kurt loathed HIM more than anyone else (except a journalist) … He’s just sub-mediocre kind of [guy] who does this ‘nice guy’ nonsense.”
23. Dave Grohl on Courtney Love “She’s an ugly fucking bitch.”
22. Kathleen Hanna on Courtney Love “Where’s the baby? In the closet with an IV?”
21. Paul Weller on Freddie Mercury “He said he wanted to bring ballet to the working classes. What a cunt.”
20. Richey Edwards on The Levellers “You could go to any Levellers concert and stand in the middle and shout, ‘Jeremy!’, and 75% of the audience would turn round.”
19. Kurt Cobain on Guns N’ Roses “They’re really talentless people, and they write crap music, and they’re the most popular rock band on the earth right now. I can’t believe it.”
18. Nick Cave on Red Hot Chili Peppers “I’m forever near a stereo saying, ‘What the fuck is this garbage?’ And the answer is always the Red Hot Chili Peppers.”
17. Noel Gallagher on Kaiser Chiefs “They play dress-up and sit on top of an apex of meaninglessness. They don’t mean anything to anybody apart from their fucking ugly girlfriends.”
16. Alan McGee on Coldplay “Coldplay are the dictionary definition of corporate rock. The singer is about as weird as Phil Collins. They are career rock personified. EMI should’ve signed Otis The Aadvark instead. At least he only sucks his thumb rather than corporate cock.”
15. Elvis Costello on Morrissey “Morrissey writes wonderful song titles, but sadly he often forgets to write the song.”
14. Noel Gallagher on Jack White “He looks like Zorro on doughnuts.”
13. Rick James on Prince “A little short ego-ed fucker who I had a feeling didn’t like people of his own race and wanted to be white and taller.”
12. Mark “E” Everett on The Beatles “John Lennon sings about peace because he’s a woman-beater. Hippies are so full of shit.”
11. Richey Edwards on Slowdive “We hate Slowdive more than we hate Hitler.”
10. Ian Brown on Bono “He’s such a fake, isn’t he? When he did Live Aid, which made them a worldwide group … he looked out and [saw] that black girl in the middle of all them people, and she’s from Hackney or something, and he was like, ‘Here’s a great shot for me around the world to show I’m Mr Africa.’ It’s like colonialist times with a big white hat.”
9. Robert Smith on Morrissey “If Morrissey says not to eat meat, then I’ll eat meat — that’s how much I hate Morrissey.”
8. Morrissey on Bob Geldof “Bob Geldof is a nauseating character. Band Aid was the most self-righteous platform ever in the history of popular music.”
7. Noel Gallagher on Liam Gallagher “He’s like a man with a fork in a world of soup.”
6. Boy George on Madonna “A vile, hideous human being with no redeeming qualities.”
5. Boy George on Elton John “All that money, and he’s still got hair like a fucking dinner lady.”
4. Elton John on Keith Richards “It’s like a monkey with arthritis, trying to go onstage and look young.”
3. Morrissey on Brett Anderson “He’ll never forgive God for not making him Angie Bowie.”
2. Anton Newcombe on Eric Clapton “People talk about Eric Clapton. What has he ever done except throw his baby off a fuckin’ ledge and write a song about it?”
1. Tupac on The Notorious BIG All of “Hit ‘Em Up,” really, but particularly this: “I fucked your bitch, you fat motherfucker.
scottser
nice.
Paulo
The story about Mark Everett (EELS) encounter with John Legend (on Jools Holland) is excellent:
Fifty feet across from us in the huge airplane-hangar-like studio is the new faux soul singer, John Legend. After our first song, a production assistant makes the long walk over from John Legend’s side of the studio and whispers in my ear, “Mr. Legend wants you to put your cigar out.”
“Mr. Legend? I’m fifty feet away from him and none of the smoke could ever reach him or pose any kind of problem or threat to his health in this gigantic, high-ceilinged room…I put the cigar out between songs for Mr. Legend (real name, John Stephens) but, as it is a theatrical device integral to our performance, I have to light it up briefly when our next song comes along. At the end of the show, as the host introduces and thanks us, the sound of Mr. Legend loudly booing is heard on TV sets tuned to the BBC all over England. To contrast Mr. Legend’s pomposity, Van Morrison, an actual legend, cordiallly asks me if my cigar is Cuban. A real legend doesn’t have to name himself one. Or act like a twat.
Boy George on Elton John “All that money, and he’s still got hair like a fupping dinner lady.”
seriously skitting here at that one
Shitferbrains
He got Zappa to a T though.
Paulus
I’m reading the superb Tom Waits bio ‘Lowside of the Road’: In his very early days, Waits was often slotted in as support to Zappa and the Mothers…
Zappa’s crowd generally hated Waits and used to throw things at him, real baptism of fire stuff. Waits didn’t have a good word to say for Zappa either.
Paulo
Is the book good? It has been on the “next” bookshelf for a long time…
Paulus
May be a matter of taste, but I loved it: 500 pages, plus a 100 pages of notes and not a boring page in there.
Fergalito
“I wouldn’t ask Timothy Leary the time of day, for cryin’ out loud” – Reed on Townsend, laugh out loud #1.
“He’s not happy with himself and i think he’s right!” – Reed on Zappa, laugh out loud #2.
God i miss you Lou you cranky auld curmudgeon you.
Otis Blue
Mark E Smith was always great value for a quote. Here in his last interview he reflects on the music of the day.
“The standard of music these days is fucking terrible. Being poorly you have to watch shit like Jools Holland. A lot of it sounds like when I was 15 and I’d go round to a long-haired guy’s flat to score a joint and they’d always put on some fucking lousy Elton John LP. That sounds like Ed Sheeran to me, a duff singer songwriter from the 70’s you find in charity shops.”
Never a fan of Jools Holland, it seems. Word was that when appearing on the show The Fall’s contract included a clause stipulating that under no circumstances was Holland to play “boogie-woogie piano anywhere near the Fall”’
Few more for you –
30. Wayne Coyne on Arcade Fire “I get really tired of their pompousness [sic]… We’ve played some shows with them and they really treat people like shit. People treat Arcade Fire like they’re the greatest thing ever and they get away with it… They have good tunes, but they’re pricks, so fuck ‘em.”
29. Christina Aguilera on Lady Gaga “I’m not quite sure who this person is, to be honest. I don’t know if it is a man or a woman.”
28. David Lee Roth on Elvis Costello “Music journalists like Elvis Costello because music journalists look like Elvis Costello.”
27. Lily Allen on Cheryl Cole “Taking your clothes off, doing sexy dancing and marrying a rich footballer must be very gratifying. Your mother must be so proud. Stupid bitch.”
26. Trent Reznor on Marilyn Manson “A malicious guy [who] will step on anybody’s face to succeed, and cross any line of decency.
25. Mark E Smith on Mumford & Sons “There was this other group warming up … and they were terrible. I said, ‘Shut them cunts up!’ And they were still warming up, so I threw a bottle at them … I just thought they were a load of retarded Irish folk singers.”
24. Courtney Love on Dave Grohl “As for that drummer, well, he’s hit on me so many times. He’s just a very very conflicted guy about me, which is why he continually writes songs about me to hear he ‘hates’ me more than ‘anyone else.’ Kurt loathed HIM more than anyone else (except a journalist) … He’s just sub-mediocre kind of [guy] who does this ‘nice guy’ nonsense.”
23. Dave Grohl on Courtney Love “She’s an ugly fucking bitch.”
22. Kathleen Hanna on Courtney Love “Where’s the baby? In the closet with an IV?”
21. Paul Weller on Freddie Mercury “He said he wanted to bring ballet to the working classes. What a cunt.”
20. Richey Edwards on The Levellers “You could go to any Levellers concert and stand in the middle and shout, ‘Jeremy!’, and 75% of the audience would turn round.”
19. Kurt Cobain on Guns N’ Roses “They’re really talentless people, and they write crap music, and they’re the most popular rock band on the earth right now. I can’t believe it.”
18. Nick Cave on Red Hot Chili Peppers “I’m forever near a stereo saying, ‘What the fuck is this garbage?’ And the answer is always the Red Hot Chili Peppers.”
17. Noel Gallagher on Kaiser Chiefs “They play dress-up and sit on top of an apex of meaninglessness. They don’t mean anything to anybody apart from their fucking ugly girlfriends.”
16. Alan McGee on Coldplay “Coldplay are the dictionary definition of corporate rock. The singer is about as weird as Phil Collins. They are career rock personified. EMI should’ve signed Otis The Aadvark instead. At least he only sucks his thumb rather than corporate cock.”
15. Elvis Costello on Morrissey “Morrissey writes wonderful song titles, but sadly he often forgets to write the song.”
14. Noel Gallagher on Jack White “He looks like Zorro on doughnuts.”
13. Rick James on Prince “A little short ego-ed fucker who I had a feeling didn’t like people of his own race and wanted to be white and taller.”
12. Mark “E” Everett on The Beatles “John Lennon sings about peace because he’s a woman-beater. Hippies are so full of shit.”
11. Richey Edwards on Slowdive “We hate Slowdive more than we hate Hitler.”
10. Ian Brown on Bono “He’s such a fake, isn’t he? When he did Live Aid, which made them a worldwide group … he looked out and [saw] that black girl in the middle of all them people, and she’s from Hackney or something, and he was like, ‘Here’s a great shot for me around the world to show I’m Mr Africa.’ It’s like colonialist times with a big white hat.”
9. Robert Smith on Morrissey “If Morrissey says not to eat meat, then I’ll eat meat — that’s how much I hate Morrissey.”
8. Morrissey on Bob Geldof “Bob Geldof is a nauseating character. Band Aid was the most self-righteous platform ever in the history of popular music.”
7. Noel Gallagher on Liam Gallagher “He’s like a man with a fork in a world of soup.”
6. Boy George on Madonna “A vile, hideous human being with no redeeming qualities.”
5. Boy George on Elton John “All that money, and he’s still got hair like a fucking dinner lady.”
4. Elton John on Keith Richards “It’s like a monkey with arthritis, trying to go onstage and look young.”
3. Morrissey on Brett Anderson “He’ll never forgive God for not making him Angie Bowie.”
2. Anton Newcombe on Eric Clapton “People talk about Eric Clapton. What has he ever done except throw his baby off a fuckin’ ledge and write a song about it?”
1. Tupac on The Notorious BIG All of “Hit ‘Em Up,” really, but particularly this: “I fucked your bitch, you fat motherfucker.
nice.
The story about Mark Everett (EELS) encounter with John Legend (on Jools Holland) is excellent:
Fifty feet across from us in the huge airplane-hangar-like studio is the new faux soul singer, John Legend. After our first song, a production assistant makes the long walk over from John Legend’s side of the studio and whispers in my ear, “Mr. Legend wants you to put your cigar out.”
“Mr. Legend? I’m fifty feet away from him and none of the smoke could ever reach him or pose any kind of problem or threat to his health in this gigantic, high-ceilinged room…I put the cigar out between songs for Mr. Legend (real name, John Stephens) but, as it is a theatrical device integral to our performance, I have to light it up briefly when our next song comes along. At the end of the show, as the host introduces and thanks us, the sound of Mr. Legend loudly booing is heard on TV sets tuned to the BBC all over England. To contrast Mr. Legend’s pomposity, Van Morrison, an actual legend, cordiallly asks me if my cigar is Cuban. A real legend doesn’t have to name himself one. Or act like a twat.
Oh man.
The Noel Gallagher ones are priceless.
Boy George on Elton John “All that money, and he’s still got hair like a fupping dinner lady.”
seriously skitting here at that one
He got Zappa to a T though.
I’m reading the superb Tom Waits bio ‘Lowside of the Road’: In his very early days, Waits was often slotted in as support to Zappa and the Mothers…
Zappa’s crowd generally hated Waits and used to throw things at him, real baptism of fire stuff. Waits didn’t have a good word to say for Zappa either.
Is the book good? It has been on the “next” bookshelf for a long time…
May be a matter of taste, but I loved it: 500 pages, plus a 100 pages of notes and not a boring page in there.
“I wouldn’t ask Timothy Leary the time of day, for cryin’ out loud” – Reed on Townsend, laugh out loud #1.
“He’s not happy with himself and i think he’s right!” – Reed on Zappa, laugh out loud #2.
God i miss you Lou you cranky auld curmudgeon you.
Mark E Smith was always great value for a quote. Here in his last interview he reflects on the music of the day.
“The standard of music these days is fucking terrible. Being poorly you have to watch shit like Jools Holland. A lot of it sounds like when I was 15 and I’d go round to a long-haired guy’s flat to score a joint and they’d always put on some fucking lousy Elton John LP. That sounds like Ed Sheeran to me, a duff singer songwriter from the 70’s you find in charity shops.”
Never a fan of Jools Holland, it seems. Word was that when appearing on the show The Fall’s contract included a clause stipulating that under no circumstances was Holland to play “boogie-woogie piano anywhere near the Fall”’