for everyone who hates Wavves,

[Damn]

I don't really know what to say, but the fact of the matter is that I'm not really that good.

Ryan came out to play drums a month before I started touring, or a month before we started touring.

[TitoPuente]

I was being facetious, he's definitely a turd, but I didn't fully realize the speed at which he blew up, that's gotta be pretty intense

[bradx]

no, its not.  working the lunch grill at mcdonalds is intense.  working on the line in a factory where you have to keep up to speed on a line is intense.  playing guitar is easy shit.  gimme a fuckin' break.  maybe he shoulda spent some more time rehearsing before heading out on a world tour.

Theres people around who tell you that they know
The places where they send you, and its easy to go
Theyll zip you up and dress you down
Stand you in a row
But you know you dont have to
You can just say no

[vulture]

working the lunch grill at mcdonalds is intense. 

is this from personal experience?

[bradx]

you want a personal experience?

fine.

it was about a decade ago when i was closer to wavves fag's age.  i was having trouble findig a job, so i went and applied at the local metal plating factory and was hired on the spot.  they showed me a long video detailing all the safety equipment we would need, and then turned it off and gave me none of it.

i showed up for my shift that night, and a guy in the lunchroom came up and started talking to me.

he asked "do you speak spanish?"

"no"

"are you in jail?"

"no"

"then why are you working here?"

turns out the majority of the workers were either illegal immigrants or on work release from the county jail.  these people are worked like slaves or else they get sent back where they came from. 

so, i punch in and walk out on the floor.  its about a hundred and ten degrees, and the air is thick with a chemical haze making it difficult to breathe.  thank god they let ya smoke! 

i got put on the front of a line putting small metal parts onto racks.  from there it is dipped into several tanks, and they are taken off at the other side.  still doesnt sound that bad, but believe me, it was.  the racks came in several sizes, and none fit that parts quite right.  i had to jam the parts in there full force, and almost every single time my hand would slip and get all cut up on the metal shavings covering the racks.  after doing this for several hours my hands began to look like raw hamburger. 

for several days i did this work, coughing out loads of black shit every night when i finally got home after my 12 hour shift.  one night a rack fell off, and they gave me a big metal hook and said to get up there and fish it out.

so i climbed up the tanks, covered in warning signs saying "stay off!" and "danger - electric current", trying to keep myself balanced and at the same time fish the rack out.  that was my last day.  of course, any time i needed a job i would go back.  it became a joke the the hiring manager, to the point he would ask "how many days ya gonna last this time?" or when he would pop in the training video i would put my feet on the table and pretend to be eating popcorn. 

a 12 hour shift of metal plating work with a buncha convicts and illegals, that is intense.  that is stressful, hard work.  $8 an hour.  playing festivals in spain, having people like your band and release your records, thats easy living.  i am not ever going to feel bad for someone who "got too popular too quick".  fuck that. 

[goneoffdatlean]

Damn, I actually agree with Officer Brad on something.

 Seriously, I don't get how dude deserves any sympathy.  "All the praise, money and love came too quickly....it's just soo.....overwhelming, oh woe is I".  Really?

I'd love to have dude's "problems".

[cranley]

"AND YOU CAN TELL PITCHFORK MAGAZINE THAT I... .I ......DIG MUSIC......




......AND I'M ON DRUGS!!!!"

[vulture]

Damn, I actually agree with Officer Brad on something.

 Seriously, I don't get how dude deserves any sympathy.  "All the praise, money and love came too quickly....it's just soo.....overwhelming, oh woe is I".  Really?

I'd love to have dude's "problems".

I think most people would agree on that. I cant feel bad for anyone who bitches about getting paid and praised and shit for making music and doesnt have to punch in for forty hours if they are lucky enough to even get work.

[TitoPuente]

I think we can all agree that he shouldn't be pitied: he was able to play music, smoke pot, probably smooch with some fine hunnies, and travel the world.  Surely a good life.

But dig this: a major implosion was perhaps good for his career: do you really think Wavves would have gone onto to be a prolific musician that that would travel a dynamic path as an artist in his genre? Hell no! He even admitted in his interview he was not THAT good at guitar.  Now, he has a reason to go pay for some guitar lessons and read some books about music theory and come prove he's not a one-album (debatably one-hit) wonder.  I'm dubious.

[bruce]

he's no phish

[yanni805]

Wavves is in rehab. All of your dreams came true.

[abusive_husband]

LEAVE WAVVES ALONE!!!!

HA!!

I stand by this.

[Angry_and_Horny]

wavves aside, this thread made me laugh so many times. thank you internet.

[BRACE]

Wavves just "prank called" (called from a blocked number) me. He left me a message saying that he was a faggot in a foreign country about to do an interview with Pitchfork. I assume he was being sarcastic, but maybe not??

[jimv]

Wavves just "prank called" (called from a blocked number) me. He left me a message saying that he was a faggot in a foreign country about to do an interview with Pitchfork. I assume he was being sarcastic, but maybe not??

thats wasnt not wavves, that was none other then john sharkey III