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MTV gets Fucked Up... Again
When inviting local punk band Fucked Up back to MTV Live, they had to have suspected that something out of the ordinary might happen.
The first time they were on the show back in January of 2007, overzealous fans ended up ripping apart parts of the stage, moshing, and causing a couple of thousand dollars worth of damage.
Tonight, the band was back. Sound check went alright, but when they went live, they kinda... um... trashed the bathroom.
Ceiling tiles were ripped down, spray paint went up on the walls ("Kurt RIP VP" and "Fucked Up", are my interpretations), and motor oil was spilled on the floor (as weird as that sounds) from a motorcycle that was brought into the building by the band and apparently damaged in the fray (you can see it on knocked over onto its side in the video).
Is pulling stunts like this gets how Fucked Up plans to take a shortcut to fame? Some might argue that you can't buy press like this for a mere few thousand bucks, but you can fix the bathroom for a few thousand bucks. One thing is for sure - they won't be getting invites to play at venues that like to have their walls remain intact.
I spoke to MTV Live host Daryn Jones about tonight's show. He seems to be taking it in stride. "We're happy to have them on the show because we really like their music, Daryn insists. "We figured that having them perform in the bathroom would look cool."
But from the first beat of the drum, things were going haywire. "It was crazy... it was chaos." And after seeing the photos, one can only assume that the clean up will cost some more dollars.
Fucked Up play tonight at midnight at Sneaky Dee's. Let's hope they've padded the walls and checked for Krylon cans at the door. Or not. It's not like Sneaky Dee's couldn't use some more graf and holes. If they're lucky, frontman Pink Eyes won't get fully naked.
My suggestion for the next time they play on MTV Live? Put them in a room full of things we want to see them fuck up.
Photo courtesy of MTV Live. More photos popping up at raymitheminx.com.
Update (October 11th, 12:08pm):
More photos, these by Phil Ogynist:
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Ummmm yes. Is this newsworthy?
MTV deserves it for having such a shitty band play.
Pulling stunts like this is how a band with zero talent and minimal musical ability distracts you from realizing how awful they really are.
And these guys trash Billy Talent?
2 Music about as punk as Celine Dion
3 Lame attempt to look hardcore by punching out ceiling tiles
4 Drummer wearing $9.99 helmet he bought at army surplus store on Jarvis
5 Guitarist wearing ascot like some Thurston Howell III dork with eye makeup like Robin's cousin in law who hangs out at mall goth bars
6 Fatass talentless singer removes T shirt in amazing theatrical moment of blubber cool
7 Crowd in need of defibrillation during and after this lifeless performance from a bunch of losers
8 These guys need to fuck off back to their bank teller/coffee shop day jobs. They're about as edgy as a rusty butter knife with a laughable name devoid of all imagination. If I gave half a shit about these nothings I might feel embarrassed for them.
also, re: "We figured that having them perform in the bathroom would look cool." Yeah fucking right. You put them in the bathroom, and posted your security guards out front, because you KNEW what happened last time, and you KNEW that if you didn't make a halfassed attempt to cage fans into a little area to "mosh and go crazy!" something else would happen. As it clearly did. And to the MTV security guards, and the little prick in the suit, you are a bunch of repressed cunts. Punching girls, very cool. I hope someone loses their job over this.
Actually, that helmet was used in the Vietnam war.
The set at sneaky dee's was fantastic. I liked the helmut - very practical.
I'm going to go destroy a washroom today, let's see if I get famous.
Any one remember Tom Green's numerous appearances on the Mike Bullard show?
You guys are bitter!
having a gold plated limousine is real hardcore punk these days isn't it.
They could choose to promote some other shit mainstream band.
As for all the Fucked Up detractors...wow. You guys are boring. Sorry they don't lull you to sleep like a Jason Collette show that so many of you probably frequent. Maybe if any of you actually knew of said band, I'd lend credence to your criticisms. But chances are, your wide knowledge of 'punk' starts at the Ramones and ends at The Sex Pistols. You guys are hardly ones to be castings stones as to what musician is talented.
Liking their music notwithstanding, releasing a critically acclaimed album in punk circles, being signed to Matador and having a solid-booked tour schedule seems pretty successful to me. What are you guys doing?
No comment on the band or MTV, other than it looked pretty tame. That ain't no big deal, no shocker. They were caged in the bathroom, not like they were outta control or anything, gee what will happen next, this is getting crazy, think he'll pull another ceiling tile down?
Posted by: anonymous at October 10, 2008 1:25 AM
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Yeah, right - a bunch of 7" singles with ooooh! edgy names like "Doxton cunts" sure makes you a lot of money, doesn't it. So does playing teeny tiny venues like Sneaky Dees. Don't kid yourself, Captain Internet - these guys are renters who live on Raman Noodles and still worry on the 30th of each month whether the rent cheque is gonna bounce.
Actually, that helmet was used in the Vietnam war.
Posted by: blah at October 10, 2008 3:40 AM
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Yeah, sure it was, and the sweat on the fat lead singer came from Colonel Kurtz's ass.
Hey, Duthie, these Bozos couldn't afford a gold plated limo, even if one was donated to them!! They all ride the Red Rocket to their few and far between gigs, don't you know?! Losers!!
30 years later 2008 - 'fucked up' does the same thing on MTV. They are just a parody, of a parody, of a parody, of a parody, of a parody, of a parody, of a parody of themselves.
fucked up dont have other jobs, they make enough being a band to not have to work. you know, being on the cover of NME, Exclaim, etc and all... I mean, probably not as cool as any of your bands, right.
Wanna know what's hardcore for a musician?
Taking an acoustic guitar to Iraq and film a documentary.
Stay in the shitter because that's where hipsters and your music belongs.
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2wF32PfPyM&;feature=related">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2wF32PfPyM&;feature=related</a>
<a href="http://philogynist.blogspot.com/2008/10/fucked-up-played-mens-room-in-basement.html";>http://philogynist.blogspot.com/2008/10/fucked-up-played-mens-room-in-basement.html<;/a>
singer thanked the secrutiy for not shutting them down like he thought they would, when..everyone remained sitting, and the extent of their antics was him climbing up onto a speaker, and then..climbing back down again.
there are soo much better canadian punk bands.
although he probably wouldn't waste his time, alongside any other credible musicians that would never make it onto MTV.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ja8oxvk0iVw&;feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93Hnkqw_M3k
Seems like most of you leaving the negative comments know nothing about punk outside of a few big names.