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...the truth about the Petty Rats tour, as told by the man himself.
I actually quite liked them but theyre really full of sh!t, all tee things they said. I make it a rule not to talk about other groups. Ill make an exception `cus this has to be put right. They constantly did it...I admire their spirit you know. It is like they never come near to blowing us off the stage, they never even got an encore, as a matter of fact. Which is nothing wrong with that, they were a band new band.
They were constantly ... they had that little guy...B.P Fallon who is a habitual liar. I remember reading all this quotes from me. I dont think I ever spoke to them. Which wasnt that I had something against them. Once read that he (Geldof I presume) refused to take photos with us. They didnt finish the sentences; they didnt go into the fact that he had a fever of 102, which is why he didnt want to go out. No I dont hold anything against them. Good luck to them.
I thought it was very strange. They were too hungry for publicity in those days. The easiest way to get publicity was to pick on me. caus we done the same with Nils Lofgren. Wed kind of taken the thing and so they wanted to take us. It actually didnt happen. I remember reading about me tearing banners down when I wasnt even there.
One night we come in at the sound check and they were spraying their banners which they did every night and the promoter was there and he went out and said no. But I actually went to the promoter, I dont think the Rats ever knew, I went to the promoter and he was furious. He said I am really sorry . I said its all right. It doesnt make any difference to me. So he told the kids we werent going to play `till the banners came down. Wooosh. (Here Peter makes a longs tearing down sounds). And they were paying their roadies to jump on stage and pretend to be going crazy. A real showbiz trip. But I was slightly annoyed to read I was tearing down banners. I dont understand - in England that goes on a lot more than in America.
I dont hold things against other musicians. I went out of my way to see they got sound checks. Id just been through a really rough thing doing support. It was a bit disturbing cos we actually like the band. The original demo they send us for the tour was good very early Stones-ish. I saw them call us wimps of the year or something. To make his next point, Patty looked me in the face: They would never call me a wimp to my face. You know what I mean because Id kill em, thats my mentality. I am from the South, I would actually cut them. They know that.
Funny thing was, I believed him. Be a great match that, Modest Bob meets Honest Tom: But I guess they are playing the showbiz game. Its not healthy for musicians to knocks each other. Ive got a long list if Im going to knock people to start on before I knock musician at all. Theres a lot of creeps way out in front of musicians.
Especially like the Boomtown Rats, who are trying to they had just got a record out and they seen us come in and take off. So the only thing is to go to the press and say that they blew us off the stage. Or pay off Harry Doherty (M.M.), who is Irish too, to say they blew us off stage. IM still play with them an time and blow them off the stage - yeah I'd like to see that,"
There is ample evidence of energetic and electrifying early performances by the Rats, some of it on video. The level of violence threatened by this bloke is terrifying.
I'll come to my own judgement. Crikey, spin in the music industry is hardly front page news.
There is ample evidence of energetic and electrifying early performances by the Rats, some of it on video. The level of violence threatened by this bloke is terrifying.
I'll come to my own judgement. Crikey, spin in the music industry is hardly front page news.
I just copied the article. Seems Petty was a good name for him
