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Friday, February 4, 2011

Conflict of Interest Who Is Better At Ruining A Music Documentary, David Fricke Or Thurston Moore? Who Is Better At Ruining A Music Documentary, David Fricke Or Thurston Moore?

Posted by on Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 12:25 PM

Have you watched a documentary regarding nearly any kind of music and David Fricke and/or Thurston Moore appear on the screen with a mostly unrelated or extra self-important opinion? Last night I was watching the Ken Burns movie about the Statue Of Liberty and half-expected Moore to chime in about going to the Mudd Club in the early 1980s.

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HOLD THE PRESSES!

Lest we forget, Henry "Officer Dobbs Lawrence Garfield" Rollins. He often shows up to compare any number of bands to his own personal rock & roll Vietnam and sometimes makes machine gun noises with his mouth. Although I have to give him points for being a Fall fanatic.

They = any band in question.
  • They = any band in question.

I think I've seen Thurston Moore tell the same three stories well over 65 times. But it's David Fricke that makes we want to reach through the screen and throttle an image. Henry Rollins wants to decapitate you with his opinions. One of them has to go. WHICH WILL IT BE?

 

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1
Henry. He pops up in the new Motorhead doc. Ugh. Shut it, Rollins, just shut it!
Posted by Kelly O on February 4, 2011 at 12:57 PM
corey j brewer 2
Anyone in front of a wall of records is usually going to be annoying, but Rollins takes the cake every time. I gave a positive review to a music-doc once simply because he wasn't in it.
Posted by corey j brewer http://coreyjbrewer.tumblr.com/ on February 4, 2011 at 1:01 PM
sevendaughters 3
DAVE GROHL
Posted by sevendaughters on February 4, 2011 at 1:20 PM
cosby 4
@2: Hahaha.
Posted by cosby http://www.myspace.com/cosbyshownights on February 4, 2011 at 1:40 PM
5
Can I change my vote to David Fricke? He really greased up and uglified that Wilco documentary.
Posted by fartyowls on February 4, 2011 at 1:47 PM
tallchris 6
Don't forget Ian MacKaye is just as common as Thurston or Hank.
Posted by tallchris http://policeteeth.bandcamp.com on February 4, 2011 at 2:04 PM
7
David Fricke, purely for ugly points.
Rollins, seconded for saying Thin Lizzy is the best band of all time.
Posted by Casual_Observer on February 4, 2011 at 2:43 PM
8
Bono, obviously.
Posted by Levislade http://ballofwax.org on February 4, 2011 at 2:48 PM
blip 9
David Fricke is pretty terrible, but Henry Rollins is the most annoying human of all time.
Posted by blip on February 4, 2011 at 3:22 PM
Travis Ritter 10
@9 I have to disagree. Fran Drescher in the Spinal Tap documentary was pretty fucking annoying. (jokes)

Hank bought a obscure noise record off my old roommate last year, and he's a regular customer of Light in the Attic that likes to buy Sun Ra reissues. I trust his opinion over some guy who has been spoon-fed press releases his entire life.
Posted by Travis Ritter http://nuglifer.wordpress.com on February 4, 2011 at 3:30 PM
Travis Ritter 11
By the way, both Thurston Moore and Henry Rollins are in the forthcoming Rowland S. Howard documentary. I know because I watched the trailer.
Posted by Travis Ritter http://nuglifer.wordpress.com on February 4, 2011 at 3:33 PM
J. Burns 12
HENRY ROLLINS IS FAMOUS. HE IS FAMOUS.
Posted by J. Burns on February 4, 2011 at 3:59 PM
13
Rollins and his unbelievably large neck are the worst.
Posted by Erin J. on February 4, 2011 at 4:19 PM
derek_erdman 14
@13: I made his neck thicker in this drawing because I feel the same way. I could have just kept going.
Posted by derek_erdman http://www.derekerdman.com on February 4, 2011 at 6:37 PM
derek_erdman 15
@14: NO, just about the neck. I actually like Henry Rollins. A lot!

@6: You're nuts.
Posted by derek_erdman http://www.derekerdman.com on February 5, 2011 at 4:55 AM
corey j brewer 16
I really really dislike Byron Coley, he is smart and has good taste but so goddamn smug. Here is a quote from his wiki
"He has also appeared in documentaries about musical artists Half Japanese, Minutemen, Jandek, and The Holy Modal Rounders, in each extolling the genius of the subject matter."

He is also in a Silver Apples doc and You're Gonna Miss Me.
Posted by corey j brewer http://coreyjbrewer.tumblr.com/ on February 5, 2011 at 8:43 AM
Grant Brissey 17
I can't believe Henry Rollins isn't winning this one.
Posted by Grant Brissey http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Author.html?oid=23414 on February 6, 2011 at 8:41 AM
18
Why Henry Rollins isn't winning by a landslide is beyond me. I also think Byron Coley should be an option
Posted by FannyFoonan on February 6, 2011 at 1:24 PM
19
@6 Ian MacKay is somewhat common, but nowhere near the frequency of these guys. I saw Henry Rollins in a VH1 doc. about Santana. And although MacKay will without a doubt say "Hagen Daaz" I don' think he ruins the films he is in quite like these other guys which is what the poll is about.
Posted by FannyFoonan on February 6, 2011 at 1:43 PM
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@10 what record Henry Rollins buys from your roommate don't really have a bearing on "Who Is Better At Ruining A Music Documentary?" I am sure all three of these guys (four if you include Byron Coley) buy good records. That doesn't mean that they have to act like a grandfather at Thanksgiving every time a camera crew shows up.
Posted by FannyFoonan on February 6, 2011 at 1:51 PM
Andy_Squirrel 21
win
Posted by Andy_Squirrel on February 7, 2011 at 4:35 PM
LEE. 22
*ahem* RAY MANZAREK.
Posted by LEE. http://redeadening.blogspot.com on February 8, 2011 at 7:03 PM
23
The annoying thing about Fricke is he will say all great things to get on camera and be included in the documentary but his reviews of the same band/album will often have slagged them.
Posted by Me20 on July 28, 2011 at 9:54 PM
24
Lars. Or Lou Fuckin Reed.
Posted by rstvmo on October 16, 2011 at 6:27 AM

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