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This put a smile on my face. Fair play! “Damon Albarn carried off stage by security at Roskilde Festival after refusing to end five-hour set”
http://www.nme.com/news/music/damon-albarn-17-1221440
same with Aimee Mann
'Til Tuesday weren't a great band?!?
Lzzy Hale, Halestorm
Thought of another , James Dean Bradfield of those Manic fellas is a nice chap. Some of their recordings are great.
& whilst the catatonia fan club is in attendance ..... I once steered a very inebriated Cerys into the toilets in a North London venue , where she vomited profusely and carried on being very drunk. ha.
‘Til Tuesday weren’t a great band!
FTFY 😀
The early Thin Lizzy line up stood for a good while backstage after a gig at The Mayfair , Newcastle on The Vagabonds of the Western World Tour chatting to fans and signing posters ...
Not a great band ..but probably my favourite of recent years Gazpacho ..always join their fans for a pint & a chat after a gig ..met them on the street in Leamington Spa on The Demon tour in 2014 as they were looking for a pre gig restaurant ..and was swapping emails for a while with the lead guitarist Jon Arne Vilbo.
Depending on your definition of "nice"..there was none nicer than a very young Stevie Nicks of Fleetwood Mac fame ..who became my identi-kit for the type of women I went after in the 70's...
Bruce Springsteen really does seem like a genuinely good guy.
Ditto Robert Plant, and I don't even like Led Zep.
I not sure if that’s all that unusual (well perhaps the playing all the parts yourself bit)
Prince springs to mind as someone who's default working practice was this. Probably unusual as there aren't that many artists capable of playing all the parts.
My pick would be Ginger Wildheart (of the Wildhearts, strangely enough). A very caring guy, very and genuinely engaged with fans in person and on social media, and very supportive of ex bandmates etc.. On a recent acoustic tour his practice was to hang out by the merch table before the gigs and chat with fans until the support act hit the stage.
Good to hear that about Ginger .
I'm not a Wildhearts fan but his solo album " Market Harbour " is right up there in my favourites list ..
See Joe Strummer's been mentioned, and the clash was the best band in the world for a time. Manu Chao comes over pretty well.
I know someone who was a road manager for the Wildheatrs, he said Ginger was nightmare.
Joy Formidable were really nice
agree, they were ace when I chatted to them after a gig, as were Everything Everything after a gig at Trades in Hebden Bridge.
Most surprising "lovely Bloke" award goes to Andy Black of Black Veiled Brides (American scremo Boy band for socially confused emo teenaged girls, ie my daughter) funny, gracious and patient with a shy stammering slightly star stuck young woman who asked for an autograph, even more so when he realised he was signing another band's merch!
Wolf alice. oh and ben howard
Agree with Lzzy Hale (Halestorm). Myles Kennedy of Alter Bridge seems impossibly nice too!
B.B. King.
Tim Booth from James.
Tori Amos is totally lovely, too.
Damon Albarn's Dad was my head of art school. Nice bloke; no idea about Damon.
Met all of Shootyz Groove - decent fellows. Managed to get backstage at a Sultans of Ping gig too – they were nice enough to share their beer with a bunch of 16 yr olds.
+1 for Shirley Manson. Was super nice.
My pick would be Ginger Wildheart
You won't find many ex-band members agreeing with you.
Very happy to hear that Tori Amos is lovely.. 🙂
I'll go with Jonah Matranga (Far lead singer, does solo stuff too). Utterly bloody lovely bloke
Ben ottewell from Gomez was a thoroughly decent chap when I knew him, but that was before Gomez.
Has anyone suggested Sade yet?
She seems to be incredibly appreciative of her support. Fantastically talented and pretty darn hot to boot.
Til Tuesday were a great band!
FTFY 😜
Well, their first album wasn’t all that, but it spawned a hit single, leading to years of record company indifference when the band showed more interest in improving their songwriting skills, than churning out identikit copies.
Aimee herself has been a lot more successful, since she set up her own label. I never got to see ‘Til Tuesday, sadly.
Ben ottewell from Gomez was a thoroughly decent chap when I knew him, but that was before Gomez.
I still can’t believe that his voice belongs to him. He doesn’t look at all like he sounds.
Michael Stipe from R.E.M. always seemed a very nice fella.
definitely the boy Gedge.
Lovely chap, and generally to be seen helping out on the merchandise stall at gigs.
Thought of another one....
Mike Peters from The Alarm is a good egg.
Runs a festival at Llanberis, raises an awful lot of cash for cancer charities locally.....
Zoe Colotis of caravan palace, very nice 🙂