Raygun issue apology over Viral
AN APOLOGY FROM RAYGUN
Thu, 06/08/2009 - 16:50 by Mr. HMHere is the offending article:
Quite.
I could go on, but i'll leave it to the man himself. Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you Ray Gun (no really that's his name)....
"Since Monday my band have advised me not to speak out even though since the incident I wanted to publicly express my regret and accept full responsibility. I thought it was time for you to hear directly from me that I’m sorry.
When future generations look back on the events of the last few days, as they surely will, I ask that they think not of the singer in a band nobody has ever heard of saying some slightly ridiculous things about his music, but of the way those shameful events brought people together.
Admittedly people were brought together mainly on messageboards as they posted comments such as ‘LOL WHAT A DICKWAD’ but that is not really the point.
I owe some apologies.
I’m sorry to my bandmates Adj, Sam and the other one. And I thank each one of you for standing by me during what has been a difficult time for all of us.
I apologise to Delia Smith and to the concept of psychedelia. What I did to you both was unforgivable.
I now fully accept that if you stuck Iggy Pop, James Brown, David Bowie and Shirley Bassey in a lift you would basically just have Iggy Pop, James Brown, David Bowie and Shirley Bassey in a lift. You would not have our music. You would have three famous singers and a dead one.
I also accept that I know very little about hedonism and that I am not an expert in the field of drug use simply because of the time I tried to get high from smoking a banana in the Argos car park.
I apologise for being somewhere in the region of 27% more of a twat than I usually am, and I apologise for any twatish parts of my nature, although I do urge you to consider the fact that I am a singer in a band. I am by definition someone who wants to stand on a stage and sing while people watch me and for that reason will always be a little bit of a twat because it is in my makeup.
On the subject of makeup, I apologise for sometimes overdoing the eyeliner. I apologise to those who have pushed forward the proud tradition of singing men in makeup: Robert Smith, Brian Molko, the ginger one from Pussycat Dolls.
I apologise to Ken at my label and ask that you do not drop this boy.
In future I shall look to, and take my cues from, the true masters of modesty, humility and understatement: Bono, Johnny Borrell, Kanye West.
I close by thanking you for your time and requesting that my band and I are now afforded some space, and some time, to consider these awful events and to rebuild our lives.
This is now a band matter and I respectfully ask that we are permitted to move forward in private.
Thank you."
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Oh dear
Top marks to bracestower
Broom time.
I was referring to the fact this was supposedly genuine, and then that if so he was thicker than pigshit, and finished by saying what a minor PR stunt it had been. Learn to read .
Parody, bollocks. This is another set of wannabe little wankers who are desperate to be the "Next big thing" or whatever shite that Whiley and the NME are bigging up. Unfortunately the gullible media are more than stupid to actually take notice of them... right, Mr HM?
Are you thick or something? You're more embarassing than Raygun if you believe this.
Are you thick or something? You're more embarassing than Raygun if you believe this.
OhMG. This 'band', their videos and their press release are clearly an act of well crafted parody. PARODY i.e. NOT SERIOUS. I don't know if the fact people are taking it seriously is because they're terminally thick or because pop has become so embarassingly close to a joke these days that even the pop industry itself can't tell the difference.
No, wait, it's both.
Cunt off
This is one good reason for having lawful ownership of AK74 assault rifles as a prerequisite for going within aiming distance of these cunts. Well done HM for giving them the oxygen of fucking publicity...
...and yet one more face you would never tire of repeatedly punching
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ps: who fancies Mojitos at 11?! My place tomorrow. Don't be late. Lets really fuck the system!
I broke this story on here Mr HM. I want the Midsomer Murders DVD boxset as payment. I shall invoice accordingly.
It's possible to forgive and forget many things. But the fact that Ray is a spit for Gary Numan is something that pushes him beyond redemption. Guy liner?
Re. Dandyboy Ha Ha! You loser! He was citing Bono, Kanye and Borrell in order to take the piss out of himself, and them! Then you went on to call him ‘thicker than pigshit’! HAAAAA!
dandyboy - don't be special.
The tongue is firmly in cheek all the way through the "apology".
The band look and sound shit, regardless.
Bullshit PR stunt. You have to do this kind of thing these days since every worthless fuckwit can get their despicable, pointless racket onto the web and iTunes.
Mr HM, you have just done their PR's job for them. Well done. Yeah he's a cunt in that interview but it's not like he started spouting racism or anything. There's really no reason to have posted any of this other than that, I dunno, they slipped you a few quid? There are plenty of wanky bands giving wanky interviews so why feature these streaks of piss?
In a week or two this non-story will have been forgotten and the NME will be dribbling all over these talentless spunkstains and their shitty fucking shit wank album precisely because of all this free PR.
Brilliant. The world just got even more cunty. Well done.
If he really thinks citing Bono, Borrell or Kanya West as examples of restraint, then he really is a thicker than pigshit cunt. Sounds to me more like a knowing cunt who's now looking back on a week where, as Alexvegas rightly points out, they've gone from complete unknowns to knowns-amongst-the-Hoxton-broken-dressing-up-box brigade.
No one (really) knew who they were last Friday. By this Friday lots of people will have learnt of their existence and heard their music. Being the butt of a joke clearly hasn't bothered him (if that's really his words) and it's done nothing but propel them into the public eye.
I personally don't think he came off as that much of a twat compared to all the other skinny jeans twats out there. A trip down Brick Lane or Camden will find people just like him but who haven't just recorded an album.
totally genuine...
Is this genuine? If so, are the rest of the group going to apologise for being a bunch of soppy eunuchs? And what about the clueless twats who thought they were good enough to sign? Its quite noble of him to take all the shit for all the fuckwits who are now trying to weasel their way out of the whole fiasco. Gutless cunts.
Is this genuine? If so, are the rest of the group going to apologise for being a bunch of soppy eunuchs? And what about the clueless twats who thought they were good enough to sign? Its quite noble of him to take all the shit for all the fuckwits who are now trying to weasel their way out of the whole fiasco. Gutless cunts.
totally genuine...
No one (really) knew who they were last Friday. By this Friday lots of people will have learnt of their existence and heard their music. Being the butt of a joke clearly hasn't bothered him (if that's really his words) and it's done nothing but propel them into the public eye.
I personally don't think he came off as that much of a twat compared to all the other skinny jeans twats out there. A trip down Brick Lane or Camden will find people just like him but who haven't just recorded an album.
If he really thinks citing Bono, Borrell or Kanya West as examples of restraint, then he really is a thicker than pigshit cunt. Sounds to me more like a knowing cunt who's now looking back on a week where, as Alexvegas rightly points out, they've gone from complete unknowns to knowns-amongst-the-Hoxton-broken-dressing-up-box brigade.
Bullshit PR stunt. You have to do this kind of thing these days since every worthless fuckwit can get their despicable, pointless racket onto the web and iTunes.
Mr HM, you have just done their PR's job for them. Well done. Yeah he's a cunt in that interview but it's not like he started spouting racism or anything. There's really no reason to have posted any of this other than that, I dunno, they slipped you a few quid? There are plenty of wanky bands giving wanky interviews so why feature these streaks of piss?
In a week or two this non-story will have been forgotten and the NME will be dribbling all over these talentless spunkstains and their shitty fucking shit wank album precisely because of all this free PR.
Brilliant. The world just got even more cunty. Well done.
dandyboy - don't be special.
The tongue is firmly in cheek all the way through the "apology".
The band look and sound shit, regardless.
Re. Dandyboy Ha Ha! You loser! He was citing Bono, Kanye and Borrell in order to take the piss out of himself, and them! Then you went on to call him ‘thicker than pigshit’! HAAAAA!
It's possible to forgive and forget many things. But the fact that Ray is a spit for Gary Numan is something that pushes him beyond redemption. Guy liner?
I broke this story on here Mr HM. I want the Midsomer Murders DVD boxset as payment. I shall invoice accordingly.
ps: who fancies Mojitos at 11?! My place tomorrow. Don't be late. Lets really fuck the system!
If u re interested in cougars and young men , if u want to make friends with cougars and young men, if u want to develop a long-term relationship or marriage with young men and cougars, u can sigh up free the ** kisscougar.com ** to browse the people who meet your requirements. No cheat here because the people here upload their true inf. and pcs...... be patient to fill your profile ...better older than 22years old
This is one good reason for having lawful ownership of AK74 assault rifles as a prerequisite for going within aiming distance of these cunts. Well done HM for giving them the oxygen of fucking publicity...
...and yet one more face you would never tire of repeatedly punching
Cunt off
OhMG. This 'band', their videos and their press release are clearly an act of well crafted parody. PARODY i.e. NOT SERIOUS. I don't know if the fact people are taking it seriously is because they're terminally thick or because pop has become so embarassingly close to a joke these days that even the pop industry itself can't tell the difference.
No, wait, it's both.
Are you thick or something? You're more embarassing than Raygun if you believe this.
Are you thick or something? You're more embarassing than Raygun if you believe this.
Parody, bollocks. This is another set of wannabe little wankers who are desperate to be the "Next big thing" or whatever shite that Whiley and the NME are bigging up. Unfortunately the gullible media are more than stupid to actually take notice of them... right, Mr HM?
I was referring to the fact this was supposedly genuine, and then that if so he was thicker than pigshit, and finished by saying what a minor PR stunt it had been. Learn to read .
Broom time.
Top marks to bracestower
Oh dear