Andy Rourke shows up late, gets paid half
posted by davidt on Tuesday May 19 2009, @01:00PM

WeMissUMoz writes:
The Boston Globe reports:

Discounted DJ: Rourke spins and muses
...By the time Andy Rourke finally arrived at the Roxy [nightclub] Saturday night, party promoter Jon Regan was rattled. "I'm not going to give him the rest of his money," said Regan. "And if he's got a problem with that, I'll [expletive] knock him out." Regan had already paid Rourke, the former bassist for the influential British band The Smiths, $2,000 - plus hotel, meals, and a king-size bottle of Absolut - to DJ for two hours.
Morrissey's former amigo was supposed to start spinning at 9 and end at 11. But he didn't show up until 10:15, and then sat backstage with a tall vodka drink. "I need a leveler," Rourke said, explaining that he'd just flown from Manchester, England. "I'm a bit knackered." Exhaustion aside, Rourke said he digs DJing because it gives him a chance to meet loads of Smiths fans. "I've signed quite a few breasts," he told us. "One drunk woman came back a year later and she'd had my autograph tattooed. I was a bit mortified that someone could be that stupid."
In response to the inevitable reunion question, Rourke is noncommittal. "Every couple of years, Coachella rears its head," he said, referring to the music festival that's tried to entice The Smiths with the promise of a huge payday. "I'm a great believer in never saying never, but I think Johnny [Marr] and Morrissey would have to be down to their last McDonald's to do it for money. . . . You better not say that - I don't think Morrissey eats McDonald's."

Because he showed up late, Rourke spun for a while at the after-party and, at the end of the night, got half of the $1,000 he was owed.

 
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Old habits die hard (Score:1, Informative)
Still getting paid for being a waster. 3k for pretending to be a DJ for an hour. Let's hear no more "poor Andy" stories. He's obviously doing very well for himself.
Anonymous -- Tuesday May 19 2009, @02:10PM (#331510)
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    Mate. Fuck....Off. (Score:2)
    "...I don't think Morrissey eats McDonald's."
    Is he trying to be funny?
    He doesn't 'think'?!!!

    Pffft, throw me a shotgun Jose!
    Hello Indie -- Tuesday May 19 2009, @02:16PM (#331511)
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    Andy's surefire jetlag cure (Score:0)
    Drinking a litre of vodka.
    It's less calories than pepsi and lets you spin records all night.
    Anonymous -- Wednesday May 20 2009, @01:33AM (#331569)
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      who is this guy. (Score:0)
      I mean what has he really done since The Smiths?

      what a wanker.
      Anonymous -- Wednesday May 20 2009, @02:05AM (#331573)
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      Rourke (Score:0)
      The mans a tosser
      don't give a fuck about him
      yeah he was good in the smiths
      but since then who the fuck is he?
      a nobody
      Anonymous -- Wednesday May 20 2009, @07:25AM (#331600)
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        Andy Rourke of The Smiths (Score:0)
        The man is a legend. As a bass player of The Smiths, he will be remembered long after Boz and Alain have been forgotten. As for the other collaborators Moz has had throughout the years, I've forgotten them already.

        Not that any of this excuses Andy's pitiful behaviour in this particular incident, mind.
        Anonymous -- Wednesday May 20 2009, @09:24AM (#331608)
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        Pot calling kettle (Score:0)
        Well, at least Andy showed up eventually. Unlike some other ex-Smiths member I can think of....
        Anonymous -- Wednesday May 20 2009, @12:01PM (#331617)
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          Sad Rourke will be remembered (Score:0)
          It's sad Andy Rourke will be remembered when there are much better and more hard working musicians out there who will be forgotten. Morrissey has worked with other fantastic bass players. Also there are musicians out there who are much nicer people than Andy Rourke! Rourke was very lucky. He may once of been quite "good" at playing bass guitar and he may now be "good" at turning on his laptop itunes indie mix to DJ while drinking and looking at the girls but that doesn't mean he is a "good" person! Morrissey is a good hard working person and a vegetarian.
          Anonymous -- Friday May 29 2009, @10:34AM (#333021)
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