The View have an album out; generate press by smashing stuff up
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Scottish scallywags The View - recently seen scoffing pick 'n' mix at Edgware Road Woolworths, unless that was four other scruffy-looking kids shooting us nasty looks - have been banned from ever staying at a Travelodge hotel.
The why is simple: they've an album out this week, could do with a little press, so they wrecked a hotel room. To the tune of a £7,000 bill, apparently. Which leads us to ask: what the hell did they do to run up that expensive a bill at a Travelodge? Have you seen these hotels? Did they torch four floors or something*? The View are on fire! Almost literally?
Says a man from Travelodge (someone who works there, rather than an Alan Partridge-style guest): "The View are banned from every Travelodge in the country. We don't care who they are, they acted offensively and were anti-social to other residents. They are not welcome back."
Actually, that why is a bit of a fib, as this damage was caused back in November, long before the release of Hats Off To The Buskers. But, y'know, it makes for a timely story now, and offers websites like this one the opportunity to remind its readers that the band's album - we just mentioned it - is out today. It's well brill!
Probably. Or not. I dunno, I haven't heard it. Gotta be better than The Twang though, innit. Have you heard that horseshit? Someone's head at IPC had better roll after the positive coverage they've wrongly received...
*Quite the opposite, actually - they flooded a room and a ceiling almost collapsed. Silly Scottish kiddies.
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i'm sure they are. And The Twang are a sort of West Midland type of dog-wank.
?
member of The View does huge poo, blocks toilet and floods bathroom.
Bandmates trash hotel room to hide his shame...
god the twang
not that name again :(
the view
suck arse
se this is what happens when the industry is run by people who thought Oasis and Cast
were the beatles and the Stones -mainstream is fucked for a long long long long time, though the nonce who signed this band 'found' the Libertines - rock n roll myths eh? They make a nice stream of money if you keep recycling and recycling and recycling and recycling.
What chills me to the bone more than death is the fact that my children, once I have some, will be sold the same boring corporate 'dangerous' myths over and over again as well, so long as the industry is run by cunts who advocate tried and dated sounds and ideas.
would you agree that with every new 'cycle' of similar bands
there's a decrease in quality?
Trashing hotel rooms
really is the most sad of rock n roll cliches.
fuck
the view are shite upon shite, so glad i lost my music shop job last week, i would have not been able to control myself from punching a fucking prick who bought this pile of sicky shitty shite.
Don't hide your feelings...
please tell us what you REALLY think of the View and their new album
they are bad boys
remember when pete the junkie got caught in a stolen car in nottingham about 7 hours after a gig in dundee
well it was the view who stole the car and drove him there....
fact
i dont know what they sound like tho
Cast = the Stones?
...surely that's taking the point a bit far, no? I cannot believe even the most deluded ever thought the Cast were anything more than a big pile of scallywank.
When The Libertines were doing this, what, 4 or 5 years ago there was probably some people saying th
Oh we do grow up and realise.
that's bullshit
the drummer was in the car, and the only reason 'pete the junkie' got in bother was because they drove up a one way street!
get your facts right before spreading shit
Having heard the album,
the producer does a great job.
ahem its kinda irrelevent
who was in the car...
they supported little man tate in king tuts once.... it was borin...
it was difficult to work out who was worse tho...
The person cleaning up after them
...doesn't get the money they were fined.
What a bunch of idiots.
No need to include 'Scottish' in that phrase, Diver.
You racist bastard.
Shitey, shit,shit
shit.
A hilarious headline for this article would have been...
A ROOM WITHOUT A VIEW
shirley?
can I have a job?
kthxbye
xxx
owen morris
oh, he makes LOUD RECORDS! LOUD RECORDS! LOUD RECORDS! you better believe he makes LOUD FUCKING RECORDS! he makes RECORDS so FUCKING LOUD itll make your a&r man FUCKING shit himself! LOUD RECORDS! AAAAAAHHHHHH
saw em in hmv today
first song was ok. then i went to have a beer
.
Pubescent Libertines! too young and scared to be junkie bastards so they trash a hotel room. They come from up south of scotland. Thats the part of scotland where people shag sheep.
"Up South of Scotland" ha ha ha
Dundee, y'know, City of discovery, it's slightly above the central belt, more like the north east.
"Up South of Scotland," that's priceless.
I didn't realise
HMV have an alcohol license! This could be a good shout.
If they started dishing out booze I might be drunk enough to pay their extortionate prices.
Probably not, but hey.
damn
the rock n roll babies!
bless them!
im not sure if im being sarcastic or if i genuinely do want to bless them for there poor attempt at being 'rock and roll'
and
thank fuck you did lose your job
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