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Warning: If You Talk Too Loudly During Her Boyfriend’s Gig, Kate Nash Will Not Be Afraid To Choke A Bitch

1:32PM Jess McGuire | Kate Nash, Brit Award winning ladysinger of ‘Foundations‘ fame, appears to be rather protective of her boyfriend, Ryan Jarman from The Cribs. During a recent show at SXSW, Kate snapped when a bunch of suits, no doubt sent by The Man to totally ruin the punk vibe of the night, talked loudly during her fellow’s set. After a great SXSW show, Kate revealed: “I’ve just been hanging out with Ryan and watched The Cribs. There has been lots of sun and beer. He gets angry but I do too. I threw some beer over some of the crowd at The Cribs gig over here the other day. “I thought it was going to be amazing – but I got there and the band were amazing but the crowd were s**t. It was just industry w*****s with their clipboards. “I threw a beer and it went over all of these industry people and they got upset. “And I was like, ‘Have you never had beer thrown over you at a gig before? It’s a Cribs gig.’ Some of my friends have broken bones at gigs. Ha! You sure showed ‘em, Kate! Keep it real! Sex Pistols forever! Take your clipboards and your calculators and your hype generating and your beerless shirts and your unplastered limbs and piss off home, Industry Wankers TM! Until Kate needs you to promote her particular cutesy brand of female singer-songwriter schtick, and then come back! And help sell the records! Don’t hate the playa, hate the game! Etc! Also, are we alone in thinking she looks like an extra from Heartbeat? You know, with an added healthy dollop of fucking hardcore attitude and bone-breaking beer flinging street cred and stuff… More »

Music World Farewells Hilly Kristal, Father Of CBGB; Johnny Rzeznik Sees Opportunity To Get 2c In

9:25AM Clem Bastow | After his legendary New York club was shut down not long ago, the founder of CBGB (& OMFUG) has died from complications stemming from lung cancer aged 75. Apart from obviously playing an integral part in the careers of so many bands we love (Television, Blondie, Suicide, Talking Heads), we loved Kristal for pretty much hating every band he was called upon to talk about in the rockumentary Punk: Attitude. And while we’re (obviously) not alone in offering well wishes, we thought we’d leave you with some words from the leader of one of the bands so keenly associated with the club: the Goo Goo Dolls. Johnny Rzeznik of the Goo Goo Dolls, who first played CBGB in the late 1980s, said agents from recording companies often came to the club. “So many bands would never have made records unless they came to CBGB,” he said. So there you have it. Hilly Kristal: founder of CBGB, responsible (indirectly) for giving the world Iris. Deryck and Avril thank you, Hilly. Rest in peace. More »