by Glen666 » 20th Aug 06, 06:19
Found this interview with Izzy:
1993 Metal CD VOlume 1. No. 12
Izzy himself faced further controversy earlier this year when the Ju Ju Hounds toured the UK, and support act the Wildhearts were removed from the brief tour after only one date.
Subsequently, the British band made all sorts of claims, including that their removal from the tour had been precipitated by the 'fact' they had blown the Ju Ju Hounds offstage AND outsold them in the merchandising stakes. Izzy takes all of this in his stride.
"Oh, of course they did better than us in Leeds. They wiped the floor with us," he states sardonically. "No, what happened was that I never knew who was going to support us in the UK until I got there. Then I was told it was to be the Wildhearts, whom I had never heard of before. But when I met them I recognised their singer (Ginger) as somebody who had slagged me off in the press a couple of years earlier, which didn't endear him to me. And when I heard their music I realised they were totally unsuitable to support the Ju Jus. The booking agent had made a big mistake. So I had them removed from the bill for the remaining dates. I guess I had a beef with that singer and used their musical incompatibility as an excuse."
Col, if you go onto LimeWire any of the following tracks will give you an idea.
Shuffle It All, Ride On, Coke'n, Aint It A Bitch, Up Jumped The Devil
Izzy now has 6 solo albums out and every one of them is amazing.
Ginger said it was the incompatibilty thing too. All sounds too trivial 13 years later. I wonder if they still don't like each other?
