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[Va Beach VH Fan]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/0...n_1620128.html

Black Keys, Van Halen Tiff: Patrick Carney Calls Van Halen 'F***ing Retarded'
The Huffington Post | By Kia Makarechi
Posted: 06/22/2012 7:03 pm Updated: 06/22/2012 7:05 pm

Today in rough quotes: The Black Key's Patrick Carney told Rolling Stone that it was "f---ing retarded" of Van Halen to replace Michael Anthony with Eddie Van Halen's son.

Here's the full quote:

What bands will you be checking out at Lollapalooza?

I love Black Sabbath, but I don't know if I'd want to watch Black Sabbath without Bill Ward. The band is Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi, Bill Ward and Ozzy. I have no interest in seeing bands with partial lineups. I just saw Van Halen without Michael Anthony. I'm not a very big Van Halen fan but it was such a f---ing bummer. Like what the f--k is the point?

Yeah, definitely.

I mean, sure, Eddie Van Halen's son is a pretty good bass player and he's a 20-year-old kid and that's cool, but like, what the f--k is that? That's f---ing retarded. If someone is able to be in a band for 30 years and then people are okay with replacing him with a 17-year-old, they're obviously motherf---ing assholes, right?

It's typical stuff for Carney, who goes out of his way to bash Nickelback in a number of interviews. It's always refreshing to see a rocker who's outspoken, but one has to wonder if Carney's perpetually frowny disposition is starting feel like authentic and more like a meme.

In addition to bashing Nickelback as "watered-down, post-grunge crap," Carney has called Sean Parker an asshole. It's slightly unseemly.

In other Black Keys non-news, here's a video of Deb "Spoons" Perry covering their song "Lonely Boy."

[FORD]

Sounds like this douchebag is trying to be the new Kevin DuBrow or something..... Yeah, just keep talking shit, dumbass. Look how well it worked for DuBrow's career.

To be fair though, he is right about NickelHack.

[Dave's Bitch]

If he is not a big Van Halen fan why the hell does he care who is playing bass?

[ashstralia]

and why'd he bother going to the show, when he coulda been hanging around other hipster fuckheads discussing how ironic their butthole surfers t-shirts are??

[jhale667]

He's right about Nickleback. But slagging VH seems like just a Spam-esque ploy to get attention for his own shitty band (which you hadn't heard much about lately)...

[ashstralia]

they're not even that good, are they?

18 months later... the black who?

now there's a concept. the black who.

[jhale667]

now there's a concept. the black who.

Their first CD would have to be called "The Kids Are All-White (?)"


I know, how rude.

[gbranton]

This is not news. News would be if any evidence to the contrary existed.

[binnie]

The Black Keys are a cool band.

Do I give a shit about he thinks about VH? Nope.

[Unchainme]

patrick carney ‏@patrickcarney
No. RT @NCO61: @patrickcarney Do you guys hate van halen or something?
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@patrickcarney Do you guys hate van halen or something? just saw the quote printed up, and it's causing a fuss on the vh fan sites.
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Welp. He retweeted me about it.

[sadaist]

The Black Keys are a cool band.

Do I give a shit about he thinks about VH? Nope.

I hate "hey little thing lemme light your candle cause mama I'm too hot to handle". Sticks in my head & won't go away.

[VanHalener]

Hey Patrick Carney,

Fuck you, you ball gargling douchebag!

[DavidLeeNatra]

here today...gone...later toda...

[Nickdfresh]

Well he's correct on Ticklecrack....

[binnie]

I hate "hey little thing lemme light your candle cause mama I'm too hot to handle". Sticks in my head & won't go away.

That was The Black Crowes.

This guy is from The Black Keys, who are essentially a stripped down blues band played through indie chique.

[Romeo Delight]

Well he's correct on Ticklecrack....

I'll never forget the time when I was visiting someone's house and the naive mother was talking about Chad (lead singer I think) and her 17-ish year old daughter hanging out and how neat that was...

omg...

[Romeo Delight]

The thing about that event the Black Keys headlined...no one would have cared if any other of the top 10 bands "headlined"...no one of those bands is drawing anyone to an event like that than would have gone.

Van Halen was the undisputed headline act of the US Festival. Certainly the Heavy Metal Day and arguably of the entire event given how many more showed up to the 3rd day versus the other two.

[JenniferM]

Their first CD would have to be called "The Kids Are All-White (?)"


I know, how rude.

[sadaist]

That was The Black Crowes.

This guy is from The Black Keys, who are essentially a stripped down blues band played through indie chique.

Oh. I remember listening to the rock station in San Diego about a dozen years ago & them saying that 1 song was the most played song over the previous decade at the station. More than VH, Led Zep, the Who, AC/DC, any of them. Thought that was odd. I guess a lot of people like that song. or it's just a good perfect filler length.