Idolator
Billy Corgan, in his latest attempt to be seen as a total nutball by pretty much anyone who liked him during the '90s, is saying that Eddie Vedder's Someone Wanted To Kill Michael Azerrad Because They Liked The Sound Of His Name
Big-time rock critic Michael Azerrad's life took an unusual turn recently, when a proggy British emo band called Tubelord* wrote a song about killing him. The murderous ode to him, called "I Am Azerrad," is their next single, and it features these lyrics:
"I see today, I see you, Azerrad / I've read the clues, they lead me to your head / I'll kill today, I'll kill you, Azerrad."
That seems pretty conclusive to me! At least Azerrad got in some good lines about it when he wrote the incident up for Spin—he even tracked down the lead singer of the band, Joe Prendergrast, who acted all quiet and British-y about the whole thing, saying he picked Azerrad's name because it had a "swing to it." As Idolator pal Eric Harvey notes, Prendergrast's defense is pretty flimsy.
More »
