Anything after SD would be preferred, but anything is better than nothing, obviously. I really just want to see what kind of crazy shit Billy would demand. I mean, he DID ask Sharon Osborne to find ugly people to place in the audience before shows "for art".

If you want to check out the riders for other bands, check out The Smoking Gun's collecion:

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/backstagetour/index.html

[Billy] DID ask Sharon Osborne to find ugly people to place in the audience before shows "for art".


Did he just ask the Osbourne family to watch a show? Easy to confuse the two.

Did he just ask the Osbourne family to watch a show? Easy to confuse the two.

Brilliant. :cool:

Are there any interviews with Sharon Osbourne or anything that outline why they aren't working together. She's currently suing Courtney Love for getting Jack Osbourne into drugs.

I just read one of these.. I started with NIN, and got annoyed .. that was retarded...I hope to never see the SP ones..

Did he just ask the Osbourne family to watch a show? Easy to confuse the two.
You owe me a new keyboard Greedo. :rofl:
Are there any interviews with Sharon Osbourne or anything that outline why they aren't working together. She's currently suing Courtney Love for getting Jack Osbourne into drugs.
That's insane. No one forced Jack to do drugs. It's about personal responsibility and free-will. I hope a judge laughs at her.

And as for those boxes of corn starch, well, we're not sure why they are so "VERY IMPORTANT!"
Ha...apparently The Smoking Gun isn't aware of how NIN used to appear on stage.

I'd love to read an SP rider. I think it would be educational.

i read a bunch of those riders
i just wasn't shocked at all
nothing seemed too ridiculous
guys like axel rose work really hard.

Teh Fooz have some somewhat humorous stuff in their riders.

-deli tray
-extra shoes

Four pairs of medium boxer shorts.

Are there any interviews with Sharon Osbourne or anything that outline why they aren't working together. She's currently suing Courtney Love for getting Jack Osbourne into drugs.

"A baldy twat in a dress" from "Q" (2000) number 162

A baldy twat in a dress

Billy Corgan? A lanky goon with a grotesquely swollen ego? Oh yes, claims newly-resigned manager Sharon Osbourne.

On Tuesday January 11, Sharon Osbourne (wife of metal star Ozzy) resigned as Smashing Pumpkins' manager after only four months in the job.

"Billy Corgan's got an ego bigger than my arse," says Osbourne, who is "disgusted" by the singer's behaviour during a recent encounter with Q (see page 40 for the full Corgan performance).
"Billy behaved in a rude and aggressive way," she explains. "He thought that by trying to humiliate your writer he would earn respect. I bet him $1,000 that it wouldn't lead to a wonderful, arse-licking story." lt didn't.

Osbourne, who claims that if Corgan "says anything bad about me, my old man will chin him", announced her defection through a humorously worded press statement. “I must resign today due to medical reasons: Billy Corgan was making me sick" she wrote.

However, she points out to Q that, "the sad thing is, he's a nice person underneath all the bullshit. Unfortunately he's surrounded himself with arse-lickers and it's a long time since anyone pointed out a few home truths. I feel sorry for the other band members because he doesn't treat people well. He's also extremely competitive and that's a bit sad. I thought their last album, Adore, was a great record but as soon as it wasn't a massive commercial success, he blamed the record company, sacked his previous management and ignored the fact that it wasn't a particularly commercial record."

Osbourne says she decided to resign after a trip to Scandinavia, where Corgan insisted the media sign contracts giving him control and copyright over their work. "The journalists were unionised; it was illegal for them to agree to a deal like that," reveals Osbourne. "Billy's reaction was, "Fuck them, the unions mean nothing to me. I'm Billy Corgan." He won't accept anyone else's opinion. He's got no problems in his life except that he's a six foot baldy twat in a dress." Smashing Pumpkins' spokesperson declined to comment.

Damn...

Thanks for sharing!

FUCK Sharon O$bourne

i think sharon is an idiot, but i'm sure there's some truth to what she said about our beloved bill.
competitive? yeah, i can believe it. blamed others for the "failure" of adore? sure. Giant ego? you bet!

she should have done her homework before she singed up...
isn't that part of her job? (to know that rockstars are "crazy")

no kidding. As if her clan isn't batshit crazy, anyway. I watched the show, I know.

Osbourne says she decided to resign after a trip to Scandinavia, where Corgan insisted the media sign contracts giving him control and copyright over their work. "The journalists were unionised; it was illegal for them to agree to a deal like that," reveals Osbourne. "Billy's reaction was, "Fuck them, the unions mean nothing to me. I'm Billy Corgan." He won't accept anyone else's opinion."

this is VERY interesting.

can anyone here explain what "control and copyright over the media's work" would entail, exactly? the right to edit all their articles and reviews? the right to orchestrate every detail relating to sp's portrayal in the press?

She's currently suing Courtney Love for getting Jack Osbourne into drugs.

Because Jack didn't know anything about drugs till then.
Has Sharon Osbourne met her own husband?

off topic but kim deal seems to enjoy non alcoholic beer
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/backstagetour/pixies/pixies_3.html

what a nutjob

Things are not what they used to be
Missing one inside of me
Deathly lost, this can't be real
Cannot stand this hell I feel
Emptiness is filing me
To the point of agony
Growing darkness taking dawn
I was me, but now He's gone
No one but me can save myself, but it to late
Now I can't think, think why I should even try
Yesterday seems as though it never existed
Death Greets me warm, now I will just say good-bye

^ fucking love that song

I mean, he DID ask Sharon Osborne to find ugly people to place in the audience before shows "for art".
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much like "No brown M&Ms", that is just a really fucking funny inane rider request.

off topic but kim deal seems to enjoy non alcoholic beer
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/backstagetour/pixies/pixies_3.html

what a nutjob
"PLEASE NOTE: THE WHOLE BACKSTAGE AREA NEEDS TO BE AN ALCOHOL FREE ZONE"

and it looks like the pixies appreciate a nice portion of sand (DESERT) after dinner.

I'm ashamed to know who Sharon Osborne is. She's done fuck all with her life but manage to get knocked up by a legend like Ozzy and she feels like she can shit on Corgan because of it? get real lady.

this is VERY interesting.

have you not learned to take what that cunt says with a grain of salt?

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Thanks bud! I was having problems finding this thread.

haha metallica has some fruity food/beverage selections for such a hardcore rockband.

i met a kid in cleveland that said he toured with the stage crew during the 96 tour. all he said was that billy always needed his bong. i have no way of confirming if he was who he said he was, but he seemed truthful and didnt even know i was a fan.

"PLEASE NOTE: THE WHOLE BACKSTAGE AREA NEEDS TO BE AN ALCOHOL FREE ZONE"

and it looks like the pixies appreciate a nice portion of sand (DESERT) after dinner.

Mmm, sand. I'm sure The Pixies could go for some nice vanilla pudding + crushed vanilla cookies.