Primal Scream

[chuckles07]

3 hours ago, The Red Telephone said:

Compare and contrast their treatment of Duffy with that of the Manic Street Preachers still giving 25% of royalties to Richey Edward’s family.

See also their treatment of Denise Lewis.

Yes there does seem to be a trend here and manics are stand up fella’s, so it seems.

[RichardWaller]

5 hours ago, gizmoman said:

A sad read, but the testimony of a grieving son is hardly an objective account of what went on, I'm sure the band would have a different version of events, even if you accept this account he was earning £40K a year but was still in debt, he clearly couldn't manage money or his addiction, we don't know what lengths the band had gone to previously to sort his problems out so it would be best not to rush to conclusions based on this.

Very sad, but I’m not sure I can stretch benefit of the doubt enough to doubt Louie’s statement. The main bits, the kicking out the band and bringing back as a session musician and being excluded from royalties, merch sales and the BMG sale would be piss easy to disprove if wrong and Louie would be on a hiding to nothing.

The bit about Martin messing up at the Glasgow gig and the reviews being generally positive is such a weird one. I’ve only seen them four times so you’d have to see them a hell of a lot more than I have to notice if there were any real substance to Martin messing up. No idea how many people if any have walked out of a Primal Scream gig and thought wow Martin was f**ked. It’s very suspect.

Had a look at their Twitter yesterday and they’re getting a slating. It sickened me to re-read their statement about Martin in December and only last week declaring their support for the RMT union cos the sort of shafting they gave Martin would make a Tory proud.

[Jay Pee]

5 hours ago, gizmoman said:

A sad read, but the testimony of a grieving son is hardly an objective account of what went on, I'm sure the band would have a different version of events, even if you accept this account he was earning £40K a year but was still in debt, he clearly couldn't manage money or his addiction, we don't know what lengths the band had gone to previously to sort his problems out so it would be best not to rush to conclusions based on this.

I was trying to hold fire but am now more convinced that Bobby Gillespie is a hypocrite and not a very nice person. He can go piss up a rope. 

[ClementsMike]

I think it’s possible that the situations between Duffy and also Denise Johnson may be complex and two sided , and also , Gillespie is a bit of a git. 

[Pinhead]

Gillespie used to dance like he was having a fit. Bearded gig was sound tho.