Covidiots in music

I ain’t down here for your money, I’m down here for a little piece of your soul.

I thought Nick Cave was a COVIDiot for a second there.
Don't scare me like that!

Seriously!

Kicking Against the Needle Pricks

Wino is pulling out of the Psycho Las Vegas festival because of mask requirements. His Facebook statement, in full:

“WINO STATEMENT

“Two evenings ago, I received an email from Psycho Las Vegas, wherein they informed me, and other artists, that this event would require that all people, attendees and artists, wear a mask at ALL times indoors. The exception only being while singing on stage, all non-singing musicians, band members, etc. are required to be masked during the performance. This includes drummers. Also, as soon as the performance is over, artists will be required to re-don masks in backstage, front of house, vip lounges, and common areas. I have dug very deep when researching covid-19 not just on youtube, but in scientific publications, journals, lectures, etc. I BELIEVE THE VIRUS EXISTS, and has been weaponized as has been proven in congressional hearings where the evidence is overwhelming. Our govt (NIH) has been complicit in the financing, and shared scientific lab work creating a SARS based super coronavirus, designed specifically for lethality and easy dissemination amongst the human population. Bio-weapons are nothing new, but in my personal opinion pure evil. Early on in the so called pandemic it was stated by the CDC that PCR tests were inaccurate in determining if one had the virus, because they are designed for individuals who already were symptomatic. The CDC quickly backtracked as it was a desirable test to cause FALSE POSITIVES. Also, the Innova rapid tests have been recalled by the FDA for also giving inaccurate results. Mainstream media did not report this, and these tests are still in use. A paper mask was also first said by the WHO and so called experts to be useless against the virus, then of course the official word was again changed. My personal beliefs are: We are under the authoritarian cloak of a small cadre of unelected so called “elite” who are beyond rich and consequently consider themselves above the common man. This virus I believe was created as a depopulation tool, and the fear associated with it as a means to subjugate and enslave you and I, the common people. I cannot, in good conscious, perform my music in an environment that is designed to take away individuality, civil liberties and free will. I will not be performing this night at Psycho Las Vegas, not out of fear, but principle. If we, the people, continue to blindly accept this tyranny we are destined for enslavement. These are my personal views, but I urge everyone to dig deep. My apologies to my friends and fans, but it’s time to wake up.

“Sincerely,
WINO 8/19/2021
Plague Years”

cool nobody cares Wino

Never heard of Wino but wow, what an addled mind. i almost feel sorry for him; it must be horrendous being in his head.

"This includes drummers."

Well now...

It's nice that he might win a Darwin Award.
It's not like he was ever going to win a Grammy.https://t.co/9H1FGCfsZt

— Malcolm V Tucker 🏴‍☠️ (@Tucker5law) August 20, 2021

I’m too sexy for this vaccine, too sexy for this vaccine, so sexy oh my lungs hurt

deeply derpy

deeply dippy oxygen levels

i realise this is small scale.
alan the drummer from shed seven, has left the band.
and yeah, you can figure/facebook the rest.

would be funny if the Sheds recruited a female replacement

someone vaccinated would be a better sting to be fair.

The Shed Seven drummer's statement is glorious. You can just imagine him waiting forlornly each day for the government to give in and announce a u-turn, knowing that the cancellation of lack-lustre festival performances of 'She Left Me On Friday' could easily provoke a wave of street riots.

He wrote: “Forcing musicians’ hands to take sides and discriminate against a section of society in this way is, in my opinion, an unthinkable step too far.

“So it is with a very heavy heart that I must declare that if no u-turn takes place here from the Government with regards to the rule that says we can only play in music venues to vaccinated people who can prove this via an app, then I will have a moral obligation to walk away and not be a part of the forthcoming Shed Seven tour.”

Today, he wrote that because no u-turn has happened, “regrettably, although we remain good friends, I will be leaving ‘Shed Seven’ after honouring the four remaining summer festival shows.

https://yorkmix.com/shock-as-shed-seven-split-two-founder-members-to-leave-the-band/

Alan Leach said in some 90s interview that women couldn't drum. Also boasted of throwing a drumkit from their moving van onto the motorway. The latter was presumably bullshit chat, but either way he's an idiot

go further back and it gets better.

i was not going to post this here, as its just more of the same crap, and i have no time for this sh%t.
however, his 3 versions of the populus is special.

"How I see it, the public has been divided into three groups.
The first group are the people who are worried sick from obsessing over government covid transmission rate figures which the media bombard us with, which are clearly going through the roof now from the constant pressure for everyone to relentlessly test in order to attend events, workplaces and schools. This is clearly a very real anxiety for a lot of people and many of my friends and family fall into this camp.

The second group are the people who are worried sick about themselves and their children being backed into a corner where they will be forced into getting themselves vaccinated and carry digital proof on a smartphone in order to not be excluded from day to day life. In my opinion, this is equally as valid an anxiety and many of my friends and family fall into this camp.

And then there is my category.
Those who are worried that the government is deliberately trying to cause these two groups, of very worried people, to turn on each other and that this is rapidly turning into a huge divide which seems poised to lead to hatred, segregation and physical unrest.
Forcing musicians’ hands to take sides and discriminate against a section of society in this way is, in my opinion, an unthinkable step too far.
So it is with a very heavy heart that I must declare that if no
u-turn takes place here from the Government with regards to the rule that says we can only play in music venues to vaccinated people who can prove this via an app, then I will have a moral obligation to walk away and not be a part of the forthcoming Shed Seven tour.
I hope more than anything that it doesn’t come to this, but I feel that I’ve bitten my tongue for long enough and now feel that such a hostile corner has been turned now by this Government that it’s now time to say, as a musician and a member of society, that enough is enough.
My band have my blessing if they want to start making backup drummer plans in case the
Government don’t back track on this.
"

Is this dork one of those unexpectedly monster drummers or, as I suspect, some easily replaceable indie rock hoofer? I could find some live footage and find out for myself I suppose, but, well.

How was this not the drummer from Gay Dad.

Got to wonder if Wino is maybe re-thinking his position considering Eric Wagner who was just touring with him a few weeks ago is dead.

https://www.decibelmagazine.com/2021/08/23/r-i-p-eric-wagner-1959-2021-the-skull-ex-trouble/

Fucking sad.

The Steel Woods, who brought Johnny Cash into it, and Roseanne has choice words

THEIR statement, not my dad's from beyond the grave. This is an irresponsible and thoughtless misuse of the image and supposed beliefs of someone who cannot offer his own opinion. Please remove his picture from your press release. I hope you all #getvaxxed https://t.co/zxOmf2zIrw

— rosanne cash (@rosannecash) August 26, 2021

Some kinda odd comments upthread made me wonder a bit but happy to report it looks like Will Oldham is not a covidiot

https://www.instagram.com/p/CTC4osfgBEm/?utm_medium=copy_link

I was happy to see that, I think a lot of my questioning was just down to Oldham's really, uh, idiosyncratic, trains of thought.

totally, he always puts things in sort of cryptic ways, very hard to read

glad my initial thought that it was just will being will was true

busta rhymes and homeboy sandman

busta not a huge surprise but homeboy is a real bummer - sounds like he's really far gone and has been sending emails to fans to tell them not to wear masks or even get tested :/

I see we already covered M.I.A. at the top, but she's particularly been on a largely incoherent Twitter rant over the last day or so.

The part about how because she's Tamil she knows more about air than you was particularly choice.

I care about you peeps health so much I chopped up some spinach and turmeric and made a beat with it.
So fuck you for thinking faucci cares about you more then me .

— M.I.A (@MIAuniverse) August 26, 2021

The Kanye is Ye, long live the new Kanye.

mellencamp seems like a gun owner

“People say, ‘You can’t change the second amendment!’ and I say, ‘Yes you can, that’s why it’s called an amendment,’” said Mellencamp. “It’s already been changed, that’s how it got there. And if they don’t change the laws here pretty soon, I’m going to buy a tank and set it out front of my house because I need to protect myself … really? Stupid.”

You can hear the sharp anger in his voice when Mellencamp talks about gun control. “The National Rifle Association says guns don’t kill people, people kill people – bullshit,” he said. “Guns were made as weapons and are meant to kill people, that’s what the fuck they’re any good for. Any other argument is just bullshit.”

It's funny, there have been so many angry young men in rock and roll, but Mellencamp may have been the only one to start off pissed off and stay that way forever.

0% surprised @ MIA

huh that's a pleasant surprise

Did the Coug' come out as an antivaxxer or was that a nonsequitur?

(Living in Bloomington for the better part of a decade, I heard a multitude of Mellencamp anecdotes which to a number boiled down thusly: his (now ex-)wife is very nice and he is very much a cranky asshole.)

Melencamp and company having a blast in Savannah GA a few weeks back:

https://www.gannett-cdn.com/presto/2021/07/02/NSMN/10299699-7c50-44bd-ba3c-fe93ea9f3b01-gasav-070321-Polly_celebright_sightings.jpg?width=660&height=528&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp

Mellencamp's the dude in shorts on the left, right

Lol, Mellencamp looks like he's got cornrows and should be in an East LA custom bicycle crew.

looks like Lindsey Buckingham down on his luck behind the local Target.

Suddenly picturing the scene behind the Winkie's going a whole 'nother direction.

was he the last greaser?

New Eric Clapton song!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNt4NIQ7FTA

Marky Mark
3 hours ago

Thank you Eric Clapton, a talented ‘Rebel’ with Balls.. you are the man in so many ways! 🎸😎

Wish someone had left a window unlatched for me as a kid so I didn't have to hear that.

https://c.tenor.com/eVZ_uOSR7JsAAAAC/sick-burn.gif

a talented ‘Rebel’ with Balls.

good DN

the animations are hilarious, trenchant social commentary

what a blah song, doesn't have any of the genuine looniness of van's covid record

New supergroup: Clapton, Van Morrison, and Clint Eastwood's chair.

It's no "With All Due Respect"