June 13th 2014 not
only fell on a Friday but there was also a full moon out that night. It will be
another 49 years before a full moon falls on Friday the 13th. This
is the night I went to Fresno California to see King Buzzo and his acoustic
guitar. The show was at a place called Strummers. I assume they have a capacity
of two or three hundred at the most. Good lighting and a good sound system. Touring bands
play there. It’s one room with a low ceiling and if 300 people were in there it
would be packed wall to wall and probably hotter than shit. It gets hot in
Fresno. Luckily it was probably only about 80 degrees when I pulled into the
parking lot around 8pm.
As I pull in from the street and scan the
parking lot, I see a lot of cars and Buzz’s hair walking toward a big van.
There’s not a single parking spot open except one with a garbage dumpster
partially in it and wall behind that. This spot also just happens to be right
next to the drivers side of the big van. (After the show when I walked
back to my car I noticed hundred of what
I thought were cockroaches all over the wall behind the dumpster. I had to walk
closer to confirm, and yes indeed, they were cockroaches).
I got out of my car and talked to Buzz
briefly about it being Friday the 13th.
He said, “I have the perfect shirt on”.
I looked at his t-shirt and it said “Camp
Crystal Lake”. With a picture of a lake and mountains and stuff.
“Oh that’s awesome” I said.
He responds, “Check this out”.
He leans forward and peels down the shirt he has over the t-shirt and on the
back it says “Camp Counselor” in bold letters. This made the shirt 100 times
better. Picturing Buzz as a Summer camp counselor that would eventually be
murdered in the most gruesome of ways
made me smile.
I mentioned to him that it was a full
moon and went inside. I went into the bathroom and as I’m leaving Buzz comes
walking in.
I asked, “You feel like doing an interview”?
He said, “I’ll do it”.
I said, “You just want to go out back?
(In the parking lot) I’ll grab my stuff”.
I went out to my car grabbed a tape recorder
and walked back towards the venue. Buzz was standing near the back door talking
with Field, the guy opening the show and Dave, Buzz’s tour manager. They were
talking about the “Blood moon“. That
happened a while back. That led to talk of eclipses and somehow that led to
Buzz trying to remember who played in the 2005 World Series. He said the
Chicago White Sox. I said that sounds right. Then he struggled and struggled to
figure out the National league team.
Finally he says, “Houston Astros”.
I
say, “no“.
He says ,“Yes, I remember Roger Clemens…“
I ask, “The Houston Astros“?
He says ,“Yes, yes“.
I say, “No way“.
Dave is throwing out some guesses. I’m saying
no,
Buzz says “I’ll bet you ten bucks“.
Meanwhile Field is looking at his phone
saying that he doesn’t like sports.
Buzz says, “It was the Astros“.
I ask, “How much? Ten bucks“?
I ask Field to look it up in his phone.
Dave says if you're gonna bet you guys should shake on it, but I wouldn’t bet
against Buzz on baseball. I shake Buzz’s hand.
Field, looking at his phone says, “The 2005
World Series was the Chicago White Sox….and…The Houston Astros”.
I couldn’t believe it. I reach in my
pocket, Buzz says, I’m not gonna take your money. I find a ten dollar bill and
try to give it to him but he moves farther and farther away as I try to hand it
to him. He says, I would have paid you if I was wrong but I’m not going to take
your money.
We talked some more and Buzz went on to name
all the teams that played in every World Series since 2005.
So, that’s basically what led up to this
interview.
How’s your eyesight Buzz?
Bad…Up close.
Was it good, then as you
got older?
Oh yeah, 45. I can’t see shit…up
front.
Ready?
I’m ready.
Friday the 13th.
Yep, I got the right shirt
on. Camp Crystal Lake.
So, you’ve got an acoustic
album?
Yes, This Machine Kills
Artist.
How did this come about?
Have you thought about it for years, or did you just finish the last tour and
decide, I’m gonna do an acoustic album?
No, I’ve kinda had it in the
back of my mind for a long time, to do one, and it just came, uh, It made
sense. It happened a little faster than I thought it would, so, I don’t know.
How did you tell Dale?
Oh, he didn’t care, ‘cuz we
have a new album coming out in October, so it’s not like I took up any of his
time.
When you think of acoustic
guitars and singers, I think what usually comes to mind is story telling.
Yeah.
That’s not what comes to
mind when you think of the Melvins and the lyrics.
No. I tell some stories, but
they’re not exactly the same kind of singer song writer stories as anyone else.
I’ve heard the new album
and I can pick out lyrics here and there, “I want to say thank you…“They seem
open to interpretation because they’re so vague.
Of course. Of course they
are.
I think that’s one of the
better things about them.
Yeah, No doubt. No question….I
want to say thank you to all my friends. That part? Yeah.
Yeah!
But, it might not be about
me.
Exactly! You could be
thanking someone individually. You could be thanking all your fans…
Or, I could be writing through somebody else’s
eyes.
Do you get get more
complaints or compliments about your lyrics being too vague or nonsensical?
Well, Bob Dylan had mostly
nonsensical lyrics, so did Captain Beefheart. The Rolling Stones, I question
anybody to understand most of those, you know. So I never let it worry me.
There’s enough bands out there that want to be super direct. I’d rather just
leave it. It means something to me. That’s enough.
I think it means something
to people who listen too.
Yeah, absolutely.
There’s a new Joan Jett
album. It’s just more of the exact same style she plays…
Yeah…Who cares?
Well, the only thing that
makes it any different than anyone else playing that exact style of music, is
what she has to say. Her lyrics, there like a little more insightful, like, “I’m
getting older” or whatever. I mean the lyrics are the only thing that makes her
new album any different than all the ones she’s done before.
Yeah, I just don’t care. I
never liked her stuff. I like Cherry Bomb from the Runaways, but that’s about
it.
Probably her best songs
are covers, Crimson and Clover, or…
I don’t like those songs. I
never liked them when they came out.
Yeah?
I couldn’t stand it. Thought
it was just crap. That’s not rock and roll as far as, it’s horse shit…to me. I
don’t buy it. I’d rather just listen to the Ramones.
I heard one of their
records, the first one just went gold.
Wow, that’s great. That’s
awesome.
Did you see the
documentary? It mostly Johnny Ramone, and he’s saying that he feels like they
never really “made it”.
Yeah.
Did you see that?
Oh Yeah, yeah, yeah. I
thought it was good. You could tell how much he had to do with all of it.
Yeah, seems like he was
the whole thing.
He was everything. Without
him it would never happen.
So, as far as lyrics, I
assume most people who write songs, do the music and…
That’s what I do.
They make up sounds, or
whatever and then fine tune the lyrics.
Uh, I do that a little, but
mostly no. Mostly I just write ‘em all out.
To fit the music?
Yeah.
When Paul McCartney wrote “Yesterday”
he used “Scrambled eggs” for “Yesterday” as a place holder until he could come
up with the right lyrics.
Yeah, that makes sense. He
knew he had the melody, so…
Exactly.
That’s important.
When he came up with the
song, “Yesterday” He would play it for friends and ask, “Does this sound
familiar, is this somebody else’s song”?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Does that happen to you?
You’ve been writing songs for 30 years. Do you wonder if, “have I’ve done this
before or have I heard this before“?
It’s hard not to, but I don’t
worry about it too much.
I think at this point, I
hear things in new Melvins songs and think oh that reminds me of an earlier
Melvins song, for a moment, you know.
Yeah.
There’s one in particular,
uh, A Senile Animal I think. It reminds me of Night Goat.
Well, maybe yeah…it could be…
The songs that remind me
of other songs are just a passing moment that I can’t put my finger on, but
that one…I think the repetitiveness of it…
Oh, I know what your talking
about, um, um, um,…uh, A History of Bad Men.
Is that it?
Yeah….It’s a little
different.
Has anybody ever said that
before? “That kinda reminds me of Night Goat”.
I think somebody did yeah. I
never cared though
Has anybody ever had a
criticism that you did care about? Your like, oh, maybe he’s right?
No.
Ha!
I’ve never gotten
constructive criticism from anybody I thought was right. Nothing I ever thought…that
I took away with me…”You’re right I’m gonna do it…”.
I think even the lyrics,
people who complain, it’s like, you know, after were all dead, they’ll be
looking back and saying, “Now everybody does it like that”.
Maybe…I don’t care after I’m
dead.
The lyrics on Koollegged
rule. “The river…”. You know that one?
Yeah, sure.
That whole song!
I can’t remember them now…I
can kinda remember.
Sprouts wings and runs and
crawls…
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Did you ever have a
picture of Jesus above your bed?
No.
Do you know the lyrics I
talking about?
Yeah, I can’t remember what I
was writing in relation too. It wasn’t about me. It rarely is…once in a while.
Oh! Boris, I remember Dale
said that there was a children’s show in Seattle that had a clown named Boris
and that maybe the song was about him.
Boris S. Wort. It’s not about
that though.
Is it about anything in
particular?
Um…Not anything in
particular. I mean it’s clouds of things in there.
So when you got to Houdini
and Hooch and the, Los tick a toe res…
Yeah, that was one way I’ve
done things, but I haven’t done that a whole lot.
Were you emphasizing the
lack of lyrics on that song? When you went to the major label, did you think
that was something you could emphasize, something unique to the Melvins?
Well if we hadn’t written
those down, nobody would have noticed.
Exactly!
So Cobain said, “You should
put these as lyrics”. So we did. He thought it was really funny.
It is! It’s awesome.
Yeah, I’m gonna play that
tonight actually.
Nice…Here’s my theory.
Pablo Picasso. He made all these crazy abstract portraits of people, and then
his wife said could you make a “normal” painting of me. So, it made me think
Queen might be about Mackie, or maybe…
No.
Not at all?
Not at all.
‘Cuz you’re the king.
No, no it’s not. Not about
it.
No connection at all?
Nope... None.
Is that one about
something in particular?
Um, I think it’s about
someone feeling like they’re more important than they really are... Maybe.
Do you get annoyed when
people ask you to explain your lyrics?
No not all. Not in the least.
I rarely answer questions too pointedly. I prefer to let people have their own
journey. Sometimes they come up with better ideas than I had.
Exactly! My wife says the
same thing. It’s open to interpretation and everybody can have their own…
Yes, that’s it.
…Feeling from it.
That’s it. I agree.
Do you like driving?
I love driving!
I used to be able to jump
in the car and drive forever when I was younger. Now long distances, I can get
stiff or uncomfortable. Do you ever have that happen?
No, I haven’t had that happen
Do you like driving when
you're on tour?
Yeah.
What about when you're at
home?
Yeah, I love it.
In traffic?
Doesn’t bother me. Only when
stupid drivers do something stupid, but I like to drive.
What do you like about it?
It relaxes me. Yeah, I love
it.
It’s better than being a
passenger.
I’m much more relaxed behind
the wheel. Than I am as a passenger…way more.
Is it hard to stay healthy
on the road?
No, I don’t drink or smoke or
do drugs at all. I think that helps a lot. Other than that, I go to the doctor.
I’m pretty much fine. I’m 50 now, so everything is gonna go south at some
point.
Made it this far.
Yeah, what a surprise.
A guy I work with used to
be a long hall driver. He would just drive and drive and eat and drive. No
exercise.
I don’t do that. I exercise a
lot.
Is it easier to tour now
with just you and a guitar?
Well, I just started. I’ve
done about 20 shows and this is the fourth one on this tour. I’ll feel better
when I have about 100 shows under my belt.
You’ve got a few months
ahead of you.
Yeah, give it all, just go
until it’s done.
It seems like you could
have a more economical vehicle compared to a big van.
We have a big van. I have two
guys with me.
One guys doing
merchandise, what’s the other doing?
The other is doing sound, and
tour managing.
I’ve heard you refer to
yourself as an artist. Is that different than being a musician?
Well, music is art.
It’s interchangeable?
Yeah, art is extra… No
question.
In the Pink Floyd movie,
the Pompei one. At one point Roger Waters is saying that being interviewed is
one of the very worst things you could do to a person.
Maybe to him.
Yeah, I think he has a
reputation for being confrontational.
Well, if that’s the case he
shouldn’t do interviews…Maybe he’s right…Well, the worst part about
interviews is when they expect an answer from you. If you ask a question you
shouldn’t expect a certain answer. Don’t get upset if the guy doesn’t want to
answer, or gives you an answer you don’t like…You ask, you can’t also be in
charge of the answer. You can be in charge of the question but you can’t have
it both ways. I’ve had that happen lots…“Well, I want more details“, “Well, I’m
not gonna give you more details. That’s it.” Then they get mad…Sorry man.
What do you get asked
about most often?
Oh you know, influences,
stuff like that, but influence is like, you know, I don’t even know how to
answer that. I just go, anything can influence me. I have no idea….The slamming
of a door…being sick…listening to good music…all of it, all of it. All of it is
part of it. There’s no one thing. What is an influence? It’s a thing you try to
be like, but somehow put a stamp on it that’s your own. That’s it. That’s as
far as you can go with it.
I assume they want to know
about particular bands you like that make your band sound like it does. Who
knows?
Yeah, I never know what to do
with that question. Never. It’s just like I say, “We’re loud, quiet, noisy,
calm”.
What advice would you give
to the 21 year old Buzz?
Um, Don’t worry you’re not
wrong.
It’s proved out.
Yeah.
Did you worry when you we’re
21?
No, I never had any wild
aspirations for it to end up being bigger than it ended up being, but I’ve
never been afraid of working for it either. Digging it out of the dirt. That’s
the difference between me and most other musicians... Like tonight, I’m
playing in Fresno, it’s not going to be a big show. I’m gonna do it anyway. I
don’t care. I have to go out and sell this thing. I’m gonna play it anyway. It
will help me for some other show.
Well, this interview alone
will probably double the…
Who knows? I always say yes
to interviews.
It seems like there’s more
on line now the last few years, than there we’re the first…20 years.
It’s not because I wouldn’t
have.
People just never asked?
Well, I’ve never said no to
one.
I’ve heard you say, if
anyone’s interested in what you have to say…
Then I’m glad to say it. No
question.
There was interview, it
was in a print magazine, in the last few years. The guy asked you if you we’re
frustrated that you could never write a song as good as Honey Bucket ever
again. Do you remember that?
No.
Then you said your asshole
could write a better song than Honey Bucket.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Do you remember that?
Vaguely.
It was a relatively short
interview, but it seemed like the guy was trying to antagonize you the whole
time.
Probably…oh well.
I assumed it was maybe a
friend of yours.
I don’t remember, actually,
but I’m not a big fan of that song. It’s OK. It’s not one of MY favorite
songs, I’ve written. Not at all.
Do you think it’s like,
Hendrix had Purple Haze. Years later everybody wanted to hear that. Nirvana had
Teen Spirit, everyone wanted to hear that, but they were past that. It’s like…
I’m not past it. I could
still play it. I’m not past any of our songs.
Sure.
What we basically do is like
2/3 new, newer like the last ten years and then 1/3 older. sets, live. That’s
it. So it’s more geared toward the records we’ve put out the last ten years.
Then you play through the old ones too ‘cuz I still like that stuff. People
want to come…I don’t want to see somebody play just new material when I go see
a show, but I also don’t like it when people demand you do one thing or the
other. I’m not a jukebox.
I see Cheap Trick almost
every year and the last ten times probably longer it been basically the same
set list. Like the Beach Boys, or Kiss. They just have the hits they have to
play.
Well, we don’t have any hits
so it doesn’t matter.
…That’s true. Ha!
We try to remain more
contemporary than that. They don’t. They’re not.
They’re not!
They’re just Kiss… We are.
Let’s leave it at that.
It makes sense. That may
explain half of your longevity.
Maybe… maybe we’re to dumb to
quit. I have no idea.
People keep turning out
for the shows though.
We’ll see about tonight.
Ha! Well, yeah that’s
true. What have you done for me lately, or your only as good as, whatever…
It’s hard to get people to
come out and see some dude play acoustic guitar.
Especially when they only
know you from the big loud…
Yeah, exactly, so I have to
convince ‘em. That’s it. It’s my job to do that. That’s as far as I can go with
it.
Ha ha…Well I’m here.
Exactly… I’m up for the
challenge…I’ll do my best.
I have no doubts. I’m not
worried.
I’m glad you’re not.
There’s a Hendix
documentary that was made shortly after he died and they’re talking to Pete
Towshend, maybe too objectively about Hendrix and Janis Joplin. Townshend
starts getting upset, saying, these were people. These were my friends, and now
they’re dead.
Yeah.
It’s like he cracked.
Yeah.
It’s like he got asked one
too many times.
Yeah.
Do you ever feel like that
when you get asked about Curt Cobain?
No, because I know the
journalist aren’t going to like the answers I give ‘em. So, no matter what I
do, So I don’t have to worry about it. I just tell the truth and then it’s
done.
What do they expect?
I don’t know, but I’m not
gonna, what ever they expect…happy, joyous type stuff, but it’s not gonna
happen.
I remember reading
interviews over the years. You’ve never glamorized…
No…never.
I remember you, shortly
after his death saying, he was a junkie and now he’s a dead junkie.
Yeah.
It’s not something to look
up to.
No, it’s horrible.
Then…
There’s no good side to it. I’ll
never get over it.
Recently it seems you may
have softened up a bit, I read that the recording of Stag was difficult for you
because, I think you we’re referring that it was around the time he died.
No it was Stoner Witch.
Stoner Witch.
No that didn’t really effect
it. It was all weird though.
I hate to even ask kinda ‘cuz…
No, I don’t mind.
I met him briefly a couple
times. I recognized him as a person. Not so much this bigger than life…
Sure.
Have you ever heard the
story , Keith Richards was sleeping and he kept a cassette recorder and guitar
by his bed for ideas. He woke up in the morning and the tape was to the end. So
he rewinds it and the riff to Satisfaction is on there.
I don’t remember. I don’t
doubt it.
The riff came to him in
his sleep basically and he doesn’t remember writing it or…
I’m sure there’s lots of
stuff he doesn’t remember.
So he listens to the rest
of the tape and it’s just snoring for a half hour.
Yeah, what a surprise.
It seems crazy to me the
Johnny Ramone never thought the Ramones ever actually “made it”.
In his eyes.
It seems like the Melvins
are a practical, realistic, blue collar band that is not hoping or expecting
more than…
Well, we’ve already been a
band ten years longer than they were.
Right…Really?
No, they quit after 20 years….’96
and they started in ‘76.
Towards the end there,
early 90’s, I didn’t go to a Ramones show in Santa Clara so I could go to a
Melvins show in…
Thank you. Thank you, thank
you.
On the way back I swung by
there and they had the doors open. It was the end of the show. They were still
playing, Joey was holding the sign “Gabba Gabba Hey”…that was the time I saw
the Ramones.. .from outside in the parking lot.
That’s great.
You said that in the
earlier days the Melvins were more confrontational.
What do you mean?
Well, you said that maybe…
the music was more confrontational than…
Well, no, the audience was
more confrontational. To us.
Think so?
Oh, yeah, yeah….My attitude
hasn’t changed.
I saw on Youtube someone
threw a bottle of water or something, and hit you and then you left?
That was a beer glass.
Oh!
If it would have hit me in
the mouth, it would have broke my teeth out.
What! No!
If it would have.
Oh yeah…alright.
So I was done, and it was at
the end of the show anyway.
That’s what I thought too.
Yeah, I wouldn’t walk off
from, fuckin’, I’ve had shit, tons of shit thrown at me.
That’s the first thing I
thought. There’s more to it than uh…
Yeah, they’re stupid. They
don’t know what they’re talking about. As usual. What a surprise.
Playing venues this size,
you like the smaller…
I like smaller yeah.
At the same time this is
your job, most venues this size are dumps, with disgusting bathrooms and
usually places you would never want see in the daylight, but this is your work
environment.
Yeah.
If you have to get from
one side of the venue to the other to go to the bathroom or whatever, you
personally are going to have to deal with a bunch of drunks…
I try to do it as little as
possible…I try to go before I get to the club.
Is it tough dealing with
people who are all drunk?
It’s never easy, but I just
try to avoid it… I don’t want trouble. So the best thing is to avoid it.
I remember one time in San
Jose. You guys were opening for Helmet, and the club didn’t have a backstage so
you Dale and Mark we’re hanging around outside and half the people who would
come up to talk to you we’re just blabbering like idiots. I mean they may have
been smart, but they were drunk so…
Yeah, that’s normal….It’s not
fun for a guy who doesn’t drink. Believe me…but, whatever, it could be worse.
Yeah, you’re not digging
ditches.
No….I’m not….thankfully.
Have you grown up having a
mental picture of some celebrity, and then met them in person and find them to
be totally different than you expected? Gene Simmons for example?
Ummm, Nobody.
Not a single person?
I haven’t met that many
people…Not that many heroes.
Yoko Ono?
No she was about what I
expected. Eccentric weirdo on drugs.
She was at that time?
What do you think?
Ha!
Don’t be that naive…It worse
than you can think. Always.
Meeting celebrities is
worse than you would think?
No, peoples lives are worse
than you would think…They have publicist and people trying to make you think it’s
better than it is.
Yeah, I believe it.
That’s how it works…The worst
stories are always true.
No one has ever quit the
Melvins.
Nope…Not yet.
So, when someone who is in
the Melvins gets put out of the Melvins does it come as a surprise?
Sometimes…not to me.
I mean…
They usually don’t like it….It
doesn’t happen that often.
Not anymore it seems.
Well, it never did…All the
bass players we had, that were real bass players lasted a long time…We’re not
doing that again.
Would you be like halfway
through a tour and thinking, “When this is over man, this person is out of here”.
Sometimes. It’s a wide
variety of things and nothing to do with the way they played. Personal issues,
always.
Personalities…
Whenever they have some
problem I can’t deal with.
What’s your favorite
Beatles album?
Um, Revolver.
Stones?
Sticky Fingers.
I read that Ron Wood was
in the band something like 12 years before they made him a full member.
Yeah, well they haven’t put
out a good record since the mid 80’s.
Is Some Girls the last
good one?
To me.
Do you like any of
Emotional Rescue?
It’s OK, but I never listen
to, I don’t even own it. Couldn’t be bothered.
The lesser known albums
are a curiosity, but you hear them once…
Yeah, totally.
Do you like gardening?
No.
Never have?
Uh, my wife does the
gardening. I do the hard labor.
You get the garden beds
ready?
To some degree. We don’t
really grow a garden just some plants. I would do it different, so I just let
her do whatever she wants.
You’ve said the Melvins
have never had any brother bands?
No, none that I can think of.
I can’t even think what a
brother band is, but what comes to mind in The Stooges and MC5.
Yeah, pretty much. I mean
they’re part of some scene, you know?…Not me, but whatever. I never wanted to
be part of anything…I didn’t even know I hated it till you told me I had to do
it.
Yeah…Do what?
That’s what I mean. Anything.
You might have been doing
it fine, then somebody told you you had to do it.
Now I don’t want to do it.
That’s exactly it.
You had a black Les Paul
with a Kiss sticker on it. I think there was a sunburst Les Paul with a Kiss
sticker shortly after that.
Yeah.
Was that the one you
played with Fantomas?
No, that was a tobacco sunburst.
Do you still have all your
old guitars?
I don’t have the tobacco sunburst, but I have the other ones. They don’t have Kiss stickers anymore.
There’s the black Les
Paul, where the Kiss sticker was there’s a circle with…
Zodiac symbol.
Yeah! That’s what I
thought it was. Did you put that on there?
Oh yeah, carved it with a
knife.
That’s a San Francisco/Bay
area…
Yeah, yeah. Exactly.
There’s a Melvins movie?
We have one about the 51 date
tour we did. Coming out…at some point.
Have you seen any of the…
Yeah, it’s almost done. Be
out, hopefully by February.
A two hour movie?
No! It’s 51 minutes…One
minute for each city.
Ah! Clever.
Exactly. Fifty three minutes
with credits.
Did you play D.C?
Yeah, every state plus D.C.
in 51 days.
So, the first day before
the 51, I saw you play in Sacramento.
That was two days before.
That…so..so, oh! uh…
We did 52 shows. We had a day
off between them.
So then you went to
Seattle then Hawaii?
Alaska.
Alaska.
If I was gonna do it again…
Did you go to Hawaii?
Yeah, we had to!
Oh yeah. Ha Ha!
If I was gonna do it again. I
would start in Alaska. Then go to Hawaii. Then go to L.A… Or I would start in
Alaska, go to Hawaii and then fly to Seattle.Then go around and end in L.A….Probably.
If I had to do it again I wouldn’t end in Hawaii. I’d get those out of the way
first. If I was gonna do it again, but I’m not gonna do it again. I already did
it.
I was gonna ask. Do you
want to do it again?
No. It was easy, but it’s
pointless now.
Favorite Who?
Oh…Who Sell Out.
Yeah. Yeah. I like that
one a lot too. Seems like the production is…
It’s an Amazing record. Live
at Leeds is good, but it’s a live album. Um, Who’s Next…Tommy. All of ‘em are
good. The Who are one of my favorites.
It seems like the bands
that are super awesome, there’s usually a drummer behind them that is super
awesome.
Oh yeah.
They’re probably the least
noticed.
Usually. If your drummer's no
good your band is no good.
You can have a sloppy
guitar player that’s a mess, but if the drummer's keeping it all together..
I know that feeling.
