CAMBRIDGE, England – With a run of successful concert tours, albums and singles, the U.K.’s super hot Editors are making plenty of positive waves in the music world.
So what’s up with the crap coming from drummer Ed Lay’s mouth recently?
In July, The Cambridge Evening News in the U.K. caught up with the petite drummer outside a club in Cambridge:
“When we catch up with drummer Ed Lay to chat about the band’s phenomenal rise, he’s unloading all the bands equipment from a van to set up for rehearsals – proof that even if you have a number one album and a shower of critical acclaim under your belt, you still have to get your hands dirty occasionally.
“I had to hire my own van and go and pick all our stuff up,” he moans. “See, it’s not all glamorous you know. Nobody does my washing either.”
Umm, did you really say that, dude?
Hey Ed, I can guarantee you that fans of the Editors don’t want to hear you whining, especially about moving your own equipment or, wait a minute, washing your own clothes!?
Did you grow up in the Queen’s Palace? And, just to make you feel a bit better you pissy wanker, look on the ‘bright’ side – it won’t be long, if it hasn’t already happened, before you’ll be hauling your own vans of bloody money to the bank, bitch!
If, Ed, you are saying that Editors’ amazing success in the U.K. in the span of two years is not good enough for you, there are thousands of more humble, appreciative and better drummers in the U.K. alone that would gladly take your place in a drum beat, and it’s almost a bet they’d never complain about washing their own clothes or moving their own equipment.
No, Editors are not Westlife or Maroon 5 (and that’s good, right?), but again, Ed, you’re not garnering any sympathy by complaining, especially among the kind of fans Editors attract – indie and alternative rock fans.
This is not just a remark, but what seems to becoming a trend for the band itself – there are simply rockers out there who can’t stand you guys, and in a way it comes across on stage when the band plays. But worse than all of that is to whine like a baby about stupid little things – a violation of a serious aspect of the indie rock etiquette (we’d expect to hear someone like Paris Hilton whine about washing her own clothes, but a drummer for a goth indie rock band? Ugh…)
Not cool, dude.
On another note, for all the gals out there that dig Editors’ guitarist Chris Urbanowizc for more reason than one, here’s something he told the BBC in January of 2005 – as the Editors began to attract a lot of attention from radio and television – about returning to his hometown of Nottingham to play.
Urbanowizc talks about his stage fright and his preference to play for “more intimate audiences of 150 people, in a small dark venue with sweat dripping off the low ceilings.” Hot!
Editors’ Links
– Singles from An End Has A Start, the Editors’ second album released in July
– Wrapping Up U.S. Tour, Editors Return to U.K. for Next Tour
– Summer Rock Festivals Growing in Popularity, and Profits
