Wow, I'm not sure what's more sour and bitter, Warren or a truck of lemon's?
I know some of us here really do like and respect Warren and don't like how he was treated and I totally respect that, however, I feel the need to respond to what what's he's said in this interview and to call it out as petty, vicious and uncalled for.
Given some comments Warren made to the fans, specifically around the time when Andy was pushed out of the band, that I actually respected I am now both disappointed, ticked off and I hope that I never have to see or hear from this clown again. Sad thing is that he does have some valid points about everything but all I can say in summary is have a bit of class man, have a bit of class.
He seems to slag Nick here by suggesting he could have had the perfect musical situation if Nick weren't around:"What I should do if I had a sensible partner is to do Missing Persons correctly. But that didn't work, like I said, I don't have a sensible partner. So it's not a working situation, it's impossible. As opposed to Duran Duran, we could've done it with just me and Simon if Nick ever left, you know?"
Then he rips the entire band and makes immature, silly comments about UOTS and the first reunion album: "I didn't know anything about the reunion. Kind of like a "reunion of the snakes," is it not? Total secrecy. The amicable factor comes from the fact that we worked out an agreement for the forthcoming album, "Astronot," where I would be compensated..."
Then, he starts his first two digs into Andy:"The other negative rumblings came from the request by DD management, that I not come to any of the shows or backstage. I was shocked. I was really looking forward to hooking up with them. I had my restaurant ready for whenever they wanted to come. I was really crushed and I got the word out. Turns out it was an Andy Taylor insecurity thing. Didn't know he saw my G Magazine photos."
"What was your first reaction when you heard that Andy Taylor left the band again?
It was the same old thing again. Exactly like 1986. When you're in a band, it has to be beyond a serious relationship. He just doesn't work. It doesn't work. "
And he rips the albums unmercilessly:"Have you paid attention to the last two Duran Duran albums?
I heard some of the stuff. Obviously, I wasn't impressed. It was very disappointing. I was hoping for a lot on the first one but it was so bad. And the second one was even worse."
Yes, we know that RCM is no masterpiece but most of us here find Astronaut, plus at least 5-6 songs which didn't make the album, to be their best work in years.
Then he's apparently friends with Nick again:"Do you keep in close contact with any of the band members?
Oh yea. I'm mainly in touch with Nick Rhodes because we still have things going on."
And then he embarrasses himself to the point of pathetic by continuing his full out, unprovoked attack on Andy:"Even to this day, on all of the major Duran Duran fan forums, you'll see the occasional Andy vs. Warren threads break out and the fans go at it...."
"On YouTube, in the comments, you see the same kind of shit there too. Anyone in the know knows there's no contest. [Laughs] It's obvious. The guy couldn't even work with them. It wasn't a good mix. I knew what our priorities were. It's a difference between a band and a brand..."
"So when Andy originally left Duran Duran, you had to go in and reinterpret his work and make it your own. Since then, the tables have turned and now Andy [has] translated your work [with the band]. How do you think he did?"
" He's incapable of redoing my work. He doesn't have the ears. He had big, big problems with the songs. The thing is, if you're a guitar player who, first of all understands Led Zeppelin, which if you're going to call yourself a "rock" guitar player, you better understand Led Zeppelin - the soft and the hard of Zeppelin. [Warren pretends to play guitar]
" So if you're going to attempt to play "Ordinary World," which is in the key of C-sharp, you have to use your ears and see where the open strings are occurring. Any guitar player would do it. Once you find the key, C-sharp, you'll see that you have an open E-string, an open B-string, and if you're holding it in different positions like in the 7th or 5th position, you say, "Oh, C-sharp minor, here's the 7th in the top, ok, now I'm playing a B." [Pauses] He couldn't find where those parts are, dude! He couldn't hear the voicings of the chords, man. That means he's tone deaf and - in a guitaristic sense - lame! Spastic! Because it's all there...."
If all this weren't enough he goes on to make fun of Michael Jackson too but hey, why quit when you're already so far behind and you apparently want to burn every bridge you can find.
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