I present without comment a few choice bits from Joe King's latest missive:
We met the guys from the great band Frenzal Rhomb when we were in Brisbane.They were telling us how they toured with The Dropkick Murphys and the guitar player from Skrewdriver showed up-backstage. Nice stuff,eh? He told the guitar player from Frenzal Rhomb that he looked like a "faggot" cause of his long hair. Why would you even let that asshole from Skrewdriver backstage?!? I'd be damned if I would. Whatever my other faults I draw the line at fraternizing with guys from Skrewdriver. But I'm funny that way. I mean any scene that embraces Lars from Rancid as a hero is fucked up in my opinion. The poor guy has tattoos on his forehead now. What can you say about someone like that? You say a prayer that's what. His interviews are among my faves though. He once referred to Rancid as a "pack of badgers"!!! I never forgot that and since then I always keep my eyes open for little bon mots of information like that one."A Pack Of Badgers". Lars is a good guy though. Harmless. His heart is in the right place. He just thinks he is way more important than he really is that's all. And certainly in the punk scene now he is not alone in that thinking. You gotta love him.