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Adam Granduciel has broken the band's silence
Tags: The War On Drugs
by Ed Keeble | Photos by WENN.com
Tags: The War On Drugs
The War On Drugs have spoken out on the ongoing feud with Mark Kozelek.
For those who haven't been following possibly the silliest indie slap fight of the year, Kozelek slammed The War On Drugs first on stage, then on a blog and then through the lovingly titled 'War On Drugs Suck My Cock'.
Now speaking to Song For Whoever, War On Drugs frontman Adam Granduciel has explained exactly what happened and what the band really think.
Read the full extract below:
"I mean, to be fair to that idiot, what he said in that song… I didn’t really have a problem with any of it until I heard the song. First of all, he never met us, and yet said all these things. He’s such a douche. I asked somebody if I could get his e-mail, because I wasn’t trying to start this stupid Twitter thing, I was just bummed. I went to a mutual friend who explained that he wouldn’t give out his e-mail address. So I just got an e-mail through this friend that said “Mark wants to come to the Fillmore, he will write a song called ‘War On Drugs Suck My Cock,’ you back him up on it and he gets to play ‘Beer Commercial Guitar,’ then you back him up on one of his songs, ‘Dogs,’ from his new album. And then he plays ‘Beer Commercial Guitar’ on one of your songs.”
"We were on tour and I thought “this is actually a pretty cool idea, I don’t have anything against this guy, this is cool.” So I was really excited and was gonna write him back in a couple of days, ’cause I was busy at the time. Then two days later I get an e-mail back from him, saying “the offer has expired, maybe when I get home from tour I’ll go to Starbucks and buy your record.” I was like “you’re such a fucking prick, dude.” He was such an asshole, I didn’t even say anything. Then he goes to the internet and he “challenges” us to this thing, but I was like “you fucking prick, you already said ‘No’!” He’s such a fucking child. And then the song is just idiotic, he’s just a fucking idiot. I don’t have time for idiots. I’m just pissed that he tried to make it come out like he was challenging us. I had already essentially agreed to it, and then the Starbucks comment… what the fuck, dude. Get over your fucking self."
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