can't believe ilx has no lostprophets thread

Oh yeah theres more than one villa fan how strange

SO RATHER THAN USING DRUGS IN A SELF-DESTRUCTIVE WAY, IT WAS MORE OF A DOORS FRONTMAN JIM MORRISON-STYLE QUEST FOR ENLIGHTENMENT….
“Well, as pretentious as that sounds, I guess that’s what it was. I’m not just talking about substances. I mean everything. Just opening up to being like ‘come what may’ is so liberating”.

PICK FIVE WORDS TO DESCRIBE IAN WATKINS IN 2010.
“Contradictory. Proud. Unabashed. Driven. And… determined. Very fucking determined”.

"Prosecuting barrister Chris Clee QC told the court: He accepts he was a determined and committed paedophile."

Also from that interview EK linked:

There are so many rumours about me, and I love that shit. I don’t do anything to stop it. The more shit that’s out there, the bigger the smokescreen and the harder it is to tell what’s actually true and what’s crap.

Isn’t that exactly what Saville said to Louis Theroux?

Eurgh, justification of this as being an attempt to break on through is particularly chilling. Twisted logical extension of the usual twisted paedo logic that they're simply liberated individuals who refuse to be bound by the conventions of a strait-laced society.

'Pretentious' a horrible word in this context. The whole element of fame, groupies, actually telling people about it, the password thing. Wanting to be seen as this thing.

http://www.metalhammer.co.uk/news/ian-watkins-talks-about-that-photo/

any speculated that the photo was either not Watkins or had been faked. Here’s what Ian told us…

Hammer: Have you done any interviews since your picture came out?
Ian: It’s good innit?
Hammer: It’s amazing, it’s our screensaver
Ian: if you’ve done that it must be really pixelated… or have you tiled it?
Hammer: we’re going to have it as an animated gif.
Ian: already been done.
Hammer: who did that?
Ian: I did it
Hammer: what’s the story behind it?
[Ian does the zipping his lip gesture]
Ian: I do have a first in graphic design which is essentially PhotoShop… (pause) yyyeeeeessss.
Hammer: is that all you’re saying?
Ian: that’s all I’m saying. I was happy with it. And ultimately if you trace everything back to the source, it’s gotta come from somewhere hasn’t it? I got my shit locked down like a master, so nothing’s getting leaked. It worked better than I ever could have imagined and the fact that Perez picked it up and stuff is amazing.

Pic

no.

point?

it's pretty easy to find. anyway, I remember reading that interview when this story broke a year ago. I found his explanation pretty funny.

Was the timing of Cameron's ridiculously over the top internet filter announcement planned in advance to coincide with this?

His distraught family described how online porn turned a ‘happy normal lad from the Valleys’ into a paedophile

Which makes me think they want everyone to go: "If only there was a way for governments to protect the general public by blocking all kinds of online porn..."

at last, it all makes sense

H from Steps caught in cross fire

http://uk.eonline.com/news/485554/lostprophets-ian-watkins-pleads-guilty-to-sex-offenses-including-attempted-rape-of-a-baby

wring link, meant to post screencap

http://i39.tinypic.com/2zns3ti.png

pretty awful.

wonder if he could sue for that?

I'd fucking hope so.

H announced on twitter a couple of days ago that he was leaving it for a little while, I assume because he knew this was coming up. Same name, similar occupation, both Welsh, but not a child rapist. Easy mistake for an idiot to make, sadly.

not really unless u help to circulate that screencap to such a degree that kids shout and laugh at him in the streets

oh nooooooo ://///

H announced on twitter a couple of days ago that he was leaving it for a little while, I assume because he knew this was coming up. Same name, similar occupation, both Welsh, but not a child rapist. Easy mistake for an idiot to make, sadly.

― I can still taste the Taboo in my mouth when I hear those songs (Scik Mouthy), Wednesday, November 27, 2013 4:46 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i also noted that fearne cotton has taken the week off work

what abt alexa chung who the daily mail thoughtfully pictured at the top of their homepage

wonder what Radio 1 have said Fearne can/can't say about it (on air/twitter)

i imagine what she is allowed to say is probably more than she has any desire to say

i don't even know what alexa chung's job is but presumably it's not a turn-up-every-day thing like fearne's?

and yes COMPLETELY gross of the mail et al to drag their names and pictures into it obv

Fearne cotton link is..?

ex-gf

A couple for about a year.

ex gf like alexa

What else is there for research? A Episode of "Buzzcocks" Maybe?

(ans: there is)

alexa chung tried to break my housemate and her boyfriend up, lil hussy

(The ep is on Youtube, I can imagine the comments are choice, by now)

a friend of mine once hosted a halloween party, the only dress code was "no sexy cats"

alexa chung turned up as a sexy cat :(

Alexa Chung _____ my _____.

oh, god

What else is there for research? A Episode of "Buzzcocks" Maybe?

http://youtu.be/mcnWEJ_CNyc

Robert Percy20 hours ago

15:50-15:54... it's as if they knew...

Mark Lamarr saying the Glitter Band is best remembered for being fronted by a paedophile with bad hair and it cuts to Watkins laughing.

hmmm on the one hand it seems pretty unlikely that you'd just randomly call someone a paedophile for no reason, on the other hand it's never mind the fucking buzzcocks

Ouch!

boy if ever there was a week to not be reading Youtube comments

I once got in a lift with Alexa Chung.

That's the extent of the story really.

I've never met Alexa Chung.

We move in very different circles, really.

I watched that 24 Hour Catwalk show on Lifetime that Alexa Chung was a guest on. #alexachungstories

By guest, I mean judge. We are all judged by the accuracies on our #alexachungstories.

Nice angle, well done.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/apple/10478328/Ian-Watkins-case-Apple-still-selling-Lostprophets-music-after-lead-singer-admitted-attempting-to-rape-baby.html

Are they still selling anything produced or influenced by Phil Spector as well?

Somehow mere murder pales besides this guy's crimes

Gary Glitter's second album is a different beast from the retro-oriented Glitter: this time the material is predominately original and many of the tunes have a harder, funkier edge to them (example: "Come on, Come in, Get On" has enough distortion on it to qualify as heavy metal). The album's best songs are the ones that became big pop-chart hits in England: "Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah)" is a surprisingly lusty mid-tempo slice of glam that was later successfully covered by Joan Jett and "Hello, Hello, I'm Back Again" combines a double-time beat with call and response vocal performance to create a truly infectious single. The album also features one of Glitter's best non-single tracks in "Sidewalk Sinner," a cult favorite that speeds up Glitter's traditional glam beat and adds some surprisingly funky rhythms into the mix. The problem with Touch Me is that the remainder of the album tracks aren't quite as solid as these highlights.

Hello, Hello I'm Back Again! 3:20 $0.99
Sidewalk Sinner 2:32 $0.99
Didn't I Do It Right 3:21 $0.99
Lonely Boy 3:30 $0.99
Hold On to What You Got 3:16 $0.99
I.O.U. 3:08 $0.99
Do You Wanna Touch Me? (Oh Yeah!)3:18 $0.99
Come On, Come In, Get On 2:32 $0.99
Happy Birthday 2:58 $0.99
Hard On Me 2:17 $0.99
To Know You Is to Love You 2:51 $0.99
Money Honey 3:03 $0.99
I Would If I Could But I Can't 2:50 $0.99
Always Yours 3:25 $0.99
I'm Right, You're Wrong, I Win 2:40 $0.99
Oh Yes! You're Beautiful 3:50 $0.99
Thank You Baby for Myself 3:42 $0.99

It is much better than his first album, that's true

It is much better than his first album, that's true

In 2002 I started a thread called Gary Glitter on the Radio in which I wondered how badly Paul McCartney for example would have to behave before people stopped listening to The Beatles, but I don't think I put the question very well so it didn't go anywhere.

Anyway, I notice you revived it some time last year to say good things about that album!

I have oft mentioned that "Happy Birthday" song.

Basically, he's in bed with a 15 yr old girl, waiting for midnight to pass and she becomes 16