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Monday Coffee Break: I Hate Your Guts, Let's Write a Song

Posted at 8:10 AM on August 31, 2009 by Steve Seel (2 Comments)
Filed under: 9:30 Coffee Break

(updated below)

With this weekend's announcement (via the band's blog) by Noel Gallagher that he had quit Oasis - citing the fact that he "couldn't go on working with Liam a day longer" - the band's future is in doubt at the moment. Was this just another outburst of brotherly hate? Will they reconcile, or is this really the end?

We can be forgiven for not being sure, given the Gallaghers' long history of strife and pugilism. I think we can also chalk up some of our dubiousness, though, to the fact that so many significant bands throughout rock history have been comprised of members who, at one time or another, couldn't stand each other. And yet, they persevered, and even made great music (at least for a while, for some of them).

So, for today's 9:30 Coffee Break: let's play some bands made up of folks who had (or still have) more than their share of animosity between their members.

Update: Some of your requests we played:

1) The Beatles, "We Can Work It Out" (John vs. Paul, at the end)
2) Talking Heads, "Artists Only" (David Byrne, resented by the others but especially Tina Weymouth)
3) Simon and Garfunkel, "I Am A Rock"
4) The Police, "Driven To Tears" (Sting vs. Stewart Copeland, fist fights and all)
5) Van Halen, "Everybody Wants Some!" (Diamond Dave, hated universally)

Comments (2)

Crosby, Stills and sometimes Nash

Posted by Craig Smith | August 31, 2009 9:37 AM

The Kinks

Posted by downsideup | September 1, 2009 7:53 AM

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