That painting of his bedroom. The chair, in the foreground. Proper monged, that chair is.
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What I'm saying is, singers, and strikers, are most important to the overall success of any related project. There's no getting away from it.
Anyway, it's no good arguing; my Mrs is an expert on this. (Anyway, she's read Slash' book, and Steven Tyler's effort too) And the fact is that decent frontmen are practically impossible to replace, unlike any other member of the band, except possibly the lead guitarist, or goalscoring #10.
Which is why we never replaced Patrick Vieira.
After a fall-out once with my singer-guitarist-diva-egomaniac pal he spent six months trying to replace me and eventually had to grovel for me to return.
Look, you're right about the importance of good ones of these people, but most of the ones that set themselves up as the main man are not good enough. They take up the slots because they are pushy arrogant cùnts but are basically frauds stopping other, perhaps more talented but more humble people developing their talents. That's why they are cùnts, most of them.
Oh there were always creative differences. There were certain things (non creative) I just wouldn't let him have all his own way all the time. So he 'sacked' me. Which I was fine with as I was tired of it and wanted a break. I could spend all my evenings in the pub rather than relentlessly rehearsing, gigging, preparing and distributing marketing materials, chasing industry contacts and so on.