Asshole Rock

April 1, 2013

This post title is stolen from the guy who does Questionable Content, and so is my tagline for that matter. At least I think this was one of his posts and an interesting topic.

If you’ve read Please Kill Meyou already have an idea of what assholes musicians are. Maybe ‘asshole’ isn’t the word, perhaps ‘egotist’ is more accurate. Is it their dark and deep artistic nature that makes them superior beings? Is it the fact that most of them are heavy drug users? Maybe it’s the fact that fans are plum annoying. A smattering of these elements and others is my guess. I’m a complete egotistical asshole, and a far below average musician. I can’t imagine what a consummate ass I’d be if I were any good.

Of course this is not across the board. Wayne Coyne seems like an all around wonderful person. When I had an awesome job I got to speak to Kerry King of Slayer and he was incredibly pleasant. I ambushed Johnny Whitney at a Jaguar Love show and he was nice enough, even though I could tell I annoyed the shit out of him. Santigold seemed like she’d be mainlining rainbows during her Bonnaroo performance. Perhaps the dickishness depends on age and genre; it’s just the young indie and punk rockers unable to relate to others in any way other than their art; their souls scorned by the world of which they’ve been forced to occupy.

Random thoughts. A post devoid of any real content. One less thing rattling around upstairs. Punt. Oh, check out the band bygones. It’s got the cyborg drummer from Hella and a bunch of other bands. Yeah.

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