Manics don't rate charitable musicians

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by Mike Diver [Edit this content] ▾ 16 comments 15:15 October 12th, 2006

Manic Street Preachers members James Dean Bradfield and Nicky Wire have opened their gobs and directed a big load o' spit and bile the way of musicians that, like, support charities and stuff.

Contactmusic.com quotes Wire thusly:

"Musicians love having a go at politicians and doing charity events, but generally musicians are the biggest bunch of cunts you could possibly ever meet. There's not many musicians I'd like to have a conversation with."

Musicians, boring? Who'd have thunked. Bradfield added that "most musicians are jealous of each other and will stick the knife between the shoulder blades of another musician", which isn't very nice.

Yeah, that's this piece of news over with. Thanks.

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someone should set up a charity

for the muzzling of James Dean Bradfield. fuckloads of musicians would support that.

benmarwood | 12 Oct '06, 15:17 | X | Reply

Hmmm... Pot, meet Kettle

I'm sure much of it is true, but it doesn't absolve them of fitting the same description.

janfurnace @benmarwood | 12 Oct '06, 15:39 | X | Reply

Possibly the point....

..... he was trying to make.

I agree with him 100% percent. Just look at this whole madonna/baby adoption shite - WTF???

Gringo | 12 Oct '06, 15:50 | X | Reply

yea

It's all true. Most of the local unsigned bands in nottingham i've had the pleasure (?) of talking to are arrogant cliquey arsewipes. I'm cynical about certain bands who did Live 8 etc as well.

M-A-R-S-H @Gringo | 12 Oct '06, 16:05 | X | Reply

There are exceptions.....

Met We Are Scientists after a gig in Joiners Southampton last year, they were really chatty and down to earth. Not sure what they are like now though

Gringo @M-A-R-S-H | 12 Oct '06, 16:08 | X | Reply

Not sure it's entirely fair

Sure, some are. That's like any section of society.
I find people in up and coming bands, playing smaller venues are nicer though, simply because you can usually find them wandering around the venue afterwards.
Last week I met Mumm-Ra, nicest bunch of people you could hope to meet. The Automatic, on the other hand, seemed to stay backstage and keep to themselves.

skybluesam | 12 Oct '06, 16:14 | X | Reply

Aaaaah,

bless the fat old miserly cunts.

It was a pretty good interview, though. I must point out that I read it in Borders and paid no money to IPC.

SeymourMBA @Gringo | 12 Oct '06, 16:15 | X | Reply

I'm not a C***

I have to say, I do think there are a lot of c***s who do charity gigs for their own benefit, not the benifit of the gig.

But my band Wilful Missing are still small enough not to be considered hypocrites for playing the Oxjam gig in Leeds last week..!

DJAlbertFreeman | 12 Oct '06, 16:30 | X | Reply

...

Bradfield added that "most musicians are jealous of each other and will stick the knife between the shoulder blades of another musician"

...erm, wasn't Nicky Wire doing just that in the preceding paragraph?

onesixfive | 12 Oct '06, 16:51 | X | Reply

have you ever spoken to me?

I'm generally pleasant and conversations with me are like a car crash.

snow_brigade @M-A-R-S-H | 12 Oct '06, 16:59 | X | Reply

Nicky Wire is still

God. The fat one should get back to his slim fast shakes.

HighT | 12 Oct '06, 19:11 | X | Reply

if..

i'd released 'this is my truth' & 'know your enemy' i'd be bitter and twisted too

fealey @HighT | 13 Oct '06, 00:17 | X | Reply

Bless 'em

He's not wrong to an extent. The amount of musicians I've met with an overinflated sense of their own self-importance. There's a certain "attitude" of looking down their noses at people not of the inner circle - I can't describe it very well but it's common to a lot of them.

The 'blade between the shoulders' bit? How many musicians have you met who fail completely to hide their resentment at other musicians doing better than them?

But of course, this isn't everybody. I know some absolutely lovely musicians very well. And the Manics are supreme wind-up merchants. James Dean Bradfield recently spoke of how Billy Bragg inspired him - but remember that silly 'toilet' spat?

And if the Manics had a big issue with charity, they wouldn't be the only band that appeared on all three of those War Child albums...

Damian | 13 Oct '06, 00:27 | X | Reply