Queens of the Stone Age frontman justifies the exotic requests with good humor; other artists were marked by strange demands
Whether for good humor or to test whether the production is attentive, some lists of artists’ dressing room requirements ended up becoming folkloric over the years. Sometimes, Josh Homme He decided to join the fun and made unusual pre-show requests.
In participation on podcast Dish From Waitrose (via NME), the vocalist and guitarist of Queens of the Stone Age revealed his craziest performance demands. Before revealing the items themselves, the musician made it clear that he only does this in the name of good humor, pure and simple.
Josh said:
I always say that elitism is bad — when I’m not included. I think as you get older, one of the things that keeps you young, besides injections, is having a good sense of humor. Then, as the years went by, and we had access to more and more absurd requests being accepted, it starts to make you ask for stranger things.”
By revealing what he already asked for as strange, Man he also said that people used to question him about the bizarre items. The answer, to keep the joke going, was based on rudeness. The frontman of QOTSA told:
For a while, I used to order chocolate-dipped ants and a map of Ireland to put on the wall. People asked me, ‘Josh, why do you want ants dipped in chocolate and a picture with a map of Ireland?’ and I said, ‘You know what? Mind your own business’.”
The most curious thing is that, despite being strange, the American’s demands are not even close to joining the list of bizarre requests from artists for the dressing room.
Bizarre demands
Among the requests that went down in history in an artist’s dressing room are some of the biggest names in music. Jack Whitefor example, already banned bananas on a tour. He later explained that one of his team members had a severe allergy to the fruit.
Now the eccentric Kanye West I couldn’t have a less extravagant list. Tubs of yogurt and various snacks share space in the rapper’s dressing room with drinks machines that deliver fine drinks at the push of a button.
Paul McCartney He’s the detail-oriented type. Everything must be dry cleaned the day before your arrival on site and all lights must have a dimmer.
THE Van Halen There also used to be a very strange requirement in the 1970s. The band asked for a bowl full of M&M’s and prohibited the inclusion of any brown colored chocolate.
Years later, the vocalist David Lee Roth revealed that the requirement was a security measure, placed in the group’s contract with the contractor. If there were brown M&M’s, it was because the agreement had not been read in detail.
Collaborated: André Luiz Fernandes.
Source: Rollingstone
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