Wednesday, October 06, 2004

How Do You Run A Campaign On A Record Of Failure? Watch this video to find out. 7:23:11 PM     |

I Thought Avril Liking Them Was Odd A few months ago I mentioned how Avril Lavigne declared that Radiohead's The Bends was one of her favorite albums.  That was odd. This is odder: According to NME, Slash, formerly of Guns 'n' Roses and currently of Velvet Revolver, has declared that he loves Radiohead.  Here's the transcript: “I’m sort of a new fan of Radiohead. I wasn’t hip to them when they first came on the scene, but I discovered them later. So I went out and bought all their f*cking records and now love them all. I probably didn’t get turned onto them until 2001- I guess it had to be Kid A that got me first. They have the best guitar sounds, regardless of how much techno sonic stuff they have going on around them. I’ve haven’t heard guitar sounds like that in god knows how long. And Thom Yorke has an amazing voice. He has such depth of character and emotional strain. The drummer’s great, the guitar players are great, their ideas are great- they have a wonderful f*cking imagination. Some of the stuff that sounds like straight-form rock’n’roll, they put a twist in it you’d never expect. They are one of those bands who are really prolific. I know they get compared to U2 and Yes, but they really do have a unique thing onto themselves. There was a point in time where they came out with Hail to the Thief which was when this band of mine, Velvet Revolver, were first starting- Hail to the Thief is one of the few records that has come out in the last few years that I’ve bought. There is a mood that goes along with listening to those guys and sometimes it can be a little draining, but I remember driving around in my car with that record on and that led to me to their other records. So for a couple of months I listened to nothing but Radiohead every day. I thought their music was so compelling. I wouldn’t try to sound like them. I get influenced by people and I try to pick up whatever positive tiny nuance that might be added into my repertoire, I do it subconsciously. I appreciate bands doing something different to what I do, and leave it at that. So I become more of a fan that someone who is trying to alter his life so he can be like them. Would I work with them? No, no way. I’m too introverted to actually go seek these people out. The closest I came was when I was trying to get to a concert they were playing at the Hollywood Bowl. I’ve never seen them live, only on TV. But the concert on TV was great. I like anything that has sincerity and originality and integrity and some f*cking balls. And Radiohead have all those things.” Wow.  Some pretty insightful comments.  But seriously, he's "too introverted"?  This is a guy used to getting up in front of tens of thousands and playing his guitar as if nothing more important existed in the world. Introverted.  Sure.  And that tiger was just trying to "help" Roy.  Or Siegfried.  Or Ebert.  Or whoever. 4:28:56 PM     |

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