The Black Crowes Got Heckled By Metallica Fans | Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend

you know it's funny because the dynamic. your brother could not be less like you. it's so fantastic how different you guys. are and I've got to know him a little. bit and you've described yourself as a. dyslexic extrovert and rich as an OCD. introvert and I thought when I read that. description I mean I said that in a. therapy session and it got out yeah it. was I was the. therapist I was a bad idea yeah I came. in the meds and now all it.

is but it's it's fascinating that it. works so well and then in other times. you guys would have to say that's it. can't do this anymore for a long period. of time yeah and. for again like like like anything in. life I mean I envy the bands that every. band every business every partnership. everything has its e and flow and good. and bad I love the people that kept. their ship private we were just not. going to be that way we you know to us.

our connection with music and everything. is an emotional connection it's a. feeling we didn't learn music we rich. and I don't know any music if you put it. in front of us uh I've know I don't know. what key I'm singing you know what I. mean like it is something that we've. developed and I mean yes of course we. know a little bit of music 35 years. later but it's really just by the a. visceral sort of connection to to what. it is in the same way um that's how we. write you know ritual play me the little.

it could be the littlest thing it could. be I don't know a rhythmic thing a. seventh note I don't know it could be. whatever it is dictates that's where I. start that's where I come in this song. is. uh whatever the theme is going to be. comes from something that WR she talks. Angels is a great example we were still. living at Mom and Dad's house and he. just played that little thing and he. just started mucking around with open e. and that song is funny because I it was.

very easy to to write a scene or a story. about the I knew someone that looked a. certain way who I at the time. had heard was into heroin right or or. you know hard drugs but I don't know. they never had a child or lost a child. you know what I mean like I just fill in. the blanks of the story I want to tell. but I'm not even beginning to tell that. story without just whatever that little. thing is Rich plays me cuz I've WR many.

songs by myself written songs with other. people and it's different you know what. I mean that's what he and I do so. between our OCD and dyslexia we make one. functioning songwriter I think you know. we're one Billy. Joel so uh Billy Joel who doesn't. shower I'm picturing when little kids. when one gets that's on the other.

shoulder and they put on a big trench. coat and try to go to the movie theater. as an adult and the Hand comes out of. the crotch to pay for it but instead. they play. piano by the way what's the Billy Joel's. song where he goes uh what's the one. where he breaks into like a vampire. voice what's you know what I'm talking. about I don't know that one what it's so. funny Long Island vampire no it's one of. his big heads yeah the Long Island. vampire them big shots that's one big. shot a big shot that's so crazy.

like what is that's so crazy I started. to scan my brain and I just said Billy. Joel vampire and I went to him and the. you think the to a big shot. dja you know count chakula yeah count. chakula well you're not coming to my. castle hilarious like someone talk to. the bass player cuz I'm in the KY of E. flat. what after every concert his band. seriously disappears will you get him on.

your just to ask him what the was. that I would ask him about the other. song where he's like you know JFK Blown. Away the one where he's just listing. things that happened in history that's. the one I remember that Billy Joel was. on Saturday Night Live and he was. performing that song you. know but then it's the whole list of. like you know TR doors Day red China. Johnny Ray Walter South Pacific Walter. wial Jo de Maji okay well you're fired. you're you have get out by the way I. have erectile dysfunction after that.

yeah really I have a huge Bon but anyway. I remember I remember I remember. watching being back you know the craft. Food Service table where the double. doors are and St out live where the food. is and I'm standing there and he's. singing that song listing things and Jim. Downey standing there and he turned to. me and he went he's just listing. things this is when it was like the. number one song in the country but Jim. Downey knew he's just listing things. just reading the credit.

they. go it's like oh bring me my encyclopedia. ban which ones do you want all of them. all of them get them all this is a long. song A to Z sorry I didn't know why he. does it breaks into the Vampire song. well you know it was the 7s he was. feeling it you think you da a big shot. D you know what's uh fascinating to me. is that I don't think people people get. all jumbled up about time later on and.

it doesn't matter but you have to. understand that in. 1990 nobody was dressing like you there. was a Seattle Punk thing that was. starting to happen and then there was. also metal hair metal and then you guys. and you're you've I think you've called. it it's MC Jagger Circa like 1970 well. yeah we we really loved like 72 Stones. like that was like the the way Keith. kind looked the Stooges but it's funny.

because I always. remember you know it was hard to find. clothes like that and everyone had. looked like guns and roses and we went. to England for the first time and they. had a place called Kensington Market was. fabulous amazing place like crazy stalls. and homemade we wild clothes and for all. sorts of stuff Punk things goth things. Ren what ever it could be and I bought.

my I bought a pair of like uh maroon. kind of bell bottoms and and we came. back to the States and we were on tour. with Aerosmith funny enough our first. tour bus but we played a a gig in. Rochester New York at there's a baseball. stadium there and it was black crows. warrant. Metallica Aerosmith we're on First and I. remember I remember this I come off come. out of the thing and I'm like wear in my.

bell B you know the way we look and. people are like snickering at me and I'm. like y'all laugh all you. want I look cool you know like I feel. cool yeah and we went up and did the gig. and people like a lot of Metallica fans. are like you know carving pentagrams of. bleeding in their hands. you I ha you oh I get that a lot you. know they were like we were the worst. thing they've ever seen but we are still. kind of Street you know we're from. Atlanta and I get up there and I'm like.

rubbing my butt and looking at them like. kissing them I'm like this bring it up. here big boy you know I'm saying they're. throwing tennis shoes and golf. balls and at us I'm like who's. bringing golf. balls and so but we did who brought a. pocket full of golf balls to. this gig security you know so we do the. gig though and we you know some people. like it I imagine we're still here but.

we didn't we were like this you know. y'all we're going to do our. thing and this you can't stop us that's. part of this weird rock and roll thing. yep so we go backstage we're like. whatever we played 30 minutes or. whatever warrant is going on next and. they come out of the trailer and these. little matching like outfits they look. like the Osman family you know what I. mean crazy whole you know I remember. that and they would like do their little. dance and they would have like little CH. like one's got blue shirt one's got a.

white shirt blue pants white leg you. know little outfits and these guys are. wearing like these little you know like. the time I guess they had never saw the. Osman family but right so the stadium I. don't know there's 50,000 people in. there and you just hear Warren sucks. waren sucks Jesus and that whole place. is ringing this out like it's loud and I. and they look at each. other and they put on their they went. back in their trailer put on their like.

sweatpants and got on the bus and they. left no and I was like I mean I get it. that's they didn't even know we were The. Black Crows enough to say we sucked we. would have gone out anyway we just would. have we were that insert name here. sucks these mother these people wanted. Metallica and and and AR Smith which is. totally cool of course it's but I was. like you you know I was like who could. why did you if you really believe in.

what you're doing you go you weather the. storm get up there give it to him you. don't know you know what I mean like you. can't just full I mean I'm not picking. on up them I'm sure they're rad dudes I. don't I don't hang out with them at all. you can eat sushi place.