At first it all went marvellously to plan. Having learnt the ins and outs of megalomaniacal rock star living from the very best – check out a young pre-frontman Peter Hayes’ cameo alongside legendary arsehole and Brian Jonestown Massacre frontman Anton Newcombe in fantastic rock ego exposé Dig! – Hayes plus big-haired, black-leathered bassist Robert Turner and beautiful drummer Nick Jago decided to take on the world.
But in the year 2000, a fledgling Black Rebel Motorcycle Club took the art of being awkward to a whole new level. As consistently proven by the likes of Lou Reed, Van Morrison and Mark E Smith, sunny social skills and the rock’n’roll dream are not always easy bedfellows. There are lots of miserable bastards in the world and most of them are musicians.
