Marie Kacmarek said once upon a time:
quoted 12 lines I saw him a year and a half ago and he BLEW. He was so baked out of his>>I saw him a year and a half ago and he BLEW. He was so baked out of his
>>head that he forgot the lyrics to two songs, stopped halfway through,
>>blamed the (hastily formed, I imagine) backup band for his problems, then
>>restarted the songs. He mumbled everything like he was trying to remember
>>something (like maybe the lyrics).
>
>I had exactly the same experience at the Double Door in Chicago. I don't
>think I've ever been as disappointed with a live performance as I was
>with Tricky's. He even started a song and was so wasted, he was incapable
>of finishing it. He publicly humiliated Martine by spewing diatribes at
>he onstage. Very uncool to bring your personal issues in front of the
>audience. And he's supposedly a sensitive performer?
Damn. That sounds like a great show to me. Ever since Stiv Bators died I
haven't had any wasted performers to look forward to.
How many Ian McCullochs does it take to put on a show?
One and a fifth.