Wavves vs. Black Lips: Vengeance is mine, saith Swilley
September 28th, 2009 by Chad Radford in Music news
JARED SWILLEY OF BLACK LIPS
In case you’ve missed the excitement, Buddyhead.com has a pretty entertaining run-down of the ridiculous brawl that came to a head this weekend between Wavves’ manager and Jared Swilley of the Black Lips.
The whole situation is just plain annoying, not to mention Swilley’s comments in the interview reinforce some pretty gnarly, negative stereotypes about southerners. In the interview with Buddyhead, Swilley admits to approaching Nathan Williams of Wavves (whom he has publicly dissed) at Daddy’s Bar in New York and saying, “You’re that faggot from Wavves and I don’t like you!” — sounds like fighting words to me.
Swilley also issued the following warning to Williams: “He’s coming to Atlanta October 3rd [4th] and we’re gonna get ugly on him. We’re gonna destroy their van, we’re gonna destroy their faces, we’re gonna get crazy on em’. Nasty style.”
NATHAN WILLIAMS OF WAVVES
If I were Williams, I would take heed. Truth be told, the Black Lips are like a gang. If you mess with one of them, you mess with all of them, and Atlanta is their turf. Then again, it sounds like the Wavves crew rolls the same way. Looks like Oct. 4 is going to be a legendary night when Wavves plays the Earl.
(Top photo by Chad Radford)
(Bottom photo courtesy Wavves)
September 28th, 2009 at 3:30 pm
If they are like a gang, i wish they would all move into my neighborhood. It would certainly be nice to only have to worry about 4 120 lb weaklings terrorizing the neighborhood.
September 28th, 2009 at 4:12 pm
Yawn.
Children acting like children. I wish this town would stop idolizing its biggest retards.
September 28th, 2009 at 6:06 pm
The Black Lips make me ashamed to be living in this fucking town!
September 28th, 2009 at 8:53 pm
I have never heard of Wavves, but that’s because I only listen to the Beatles.
I don’t condone dropping the f-word repeatedly, unless it’s a joke. Was this a joke?
I do condone NASTY STYLE!
http://www.ugo.com/tv/dominant-tag-teams/images/the-nasty-boys.jpg
September 28th, 2009 at 10:13 pm
your favorite atlanta band still sucks.
i find it hard to believe that someone hasn’t kicked this moron’s ass yet.
September 29th, 2009 at 1:49 am
Wesley, you are an idiot! Someone did kick his ass, that’s what this is all about! You are fucking dense!
September 29th, 2009 at 8:35 am
buttf*cker,
if u read the article (harder than posting tough sounding comments, i know), he claims that the other guy DIDN’T beat his *ss but instead he was jumped by six guys and a beer bottle.
go back to thinking the black lips and deerhunter are relevant, dipshit. leave the internets alone, u aren’t ready.
September 29th, 2009 at 11:20 am
If the Black Lips and Deerhunter are irrelevant, then why do you post in every single blog entry that pertains to either one of them, wesleywhatwhat?
Just curious.
September 29th, 2009 at 12:01 pm
hopefully zach hill (drummer for waves) is a pacifist b/c if he can fight like he beats the shit out of his drums the black lips are done for.
Black Lips > Wavves for the record
September 29th, 2009 at 12:04 pm
Nevermind. apparently Zach Hill will not be in Atlanta for the show. Now I have no reason to go except to possibly see a fight
September 29th, 2009 at 12:17 pm
cuz i can’t figure out why those 2 bands seem to dominate this particular publication’s music coverage when there are much better/more interesting bands in atlanta.
10 black lips-related articles since the beginning of summer? really? i think this city deserves better music coverage.
September 29th, 2009 at 12:19 pm
even if someone thinks one of those bands is the best band in the history of music, surely we don’t need an article on them every other week?
who oks these articles?
September 29th, 2009 at 12:21 pm
this is so stupid
oh! its the black lips garage poseur dog and pony show
nevermind.
September 29th, 2009 at 12:30 pm
Wesley, Did you actually count? That’s 10 articles out of hundreds and hundreds of other blog write-ups. Sounds to me like a.) you have tunnel vision and b.) you’re jealous of someone else getting all the attention. Who else in Atlanta is making headlines around the world?
PS You’re still an idiot.
September 29th, 2009 at 12:34 pm
i feel a little bad for the father of this guy.
http://bloginthenow.blogspot.com/2008/03/yes-jared-swilley-is-my-son-repost_14.html
September 29th, 2009 at 12:35 pm
and i feel bad for “bf”.
September 29th, 2009 at 12:41 pm
but enough about that loser.
after googling for a bit, i found some very apropos comments at: http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2009/09/jared_swilley_o.html
Posted by Anonymous | September 27, 2009 2:06 PM
After reading that, who wouldn’t want to beat up this guy?
Posted by Anonymous | September 27, 2009 2:06 PM
“We’re gonna get crazy on em’. Nasty style.” keep it classy ATL
Posted by Anonymous | September 27, 2009 2:06 PM
jared comes across as a moron who has no clear memory of what went down.
Posted by Anonymous | September 27, 2009 2:07 PM
This cannot be the official response. This moron actually took the time to write all of this, think about it and click send? Jesus Christ all this does is make the tour manager look like a hero. Who WOULDN’T want to smash this guy’s face with a bottle?
Posted by Anonymous | September 27, 2009 2:07 PM
dude just ruined his whole bands rep and is now gonna have a completely different shitstorm by ultraviolent people who fucking hate the word faggot
you just opened the wrong can o worms, buddy
Posted by Anonymous | September 27, 2009 2:08 PM
Settle it in athens.
Posted by V | September 27, 2009 2:09 PM
Hrm, so which one is the bigger asshole?
September 29th, 2009 at 4:29 pm
black lips sink ships has become black lip sinks black lips.
stop this trite shite already
September 30th, 2009 at 8:58 am
Say what you will about Jared Swilley, but it can’t be denied that this is a pretty creative way for him to come out of the closet.
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:51 pm
But… if you do not have fun at a Black Lips show, it’s YOUR fault!
October 4th, 2009 at 5:48 am
dude got jumped. where i am from, if your boys jump someone because you’re having an issue with them, that means you get fucked up unless you’re untouchable. and lucky for me i know all the untouchable people where i’m from.
if i were him i wouldn’t announce it over the internet, but forreal if he really does fuck up that wavves kid, like he said, that makes him more of a man.
you guys are just not american enough or hood enough. go read pitchfork and stay out of fights.
October 4th, 2009 at 10:25 am
We have enough dumb asses perpetuating violence in this world.
Do we really need it from our musicians too?
The Black Lips should man up and do a concert against all the violence that has gone down in Atlanta. How many people do we know from ATL that have been shot, raped, robbed etc.. Why add more violence to the mix?
Be a real man Jared. Get over your ego Jared and go check out a 12 step program.
October 4th, 2009 at 3:56 pm
maybe both bands will kill each other. less skinny jeans and ironic t-shirts on the streets.
October 5th, 2009 at 4:42 pm
So, it’s Monday Oct. 5. Did anything go down yesterday?
October 5th, 2009 at 5:26 pm
Peep Chad’s post on last night’s show, Michelle: http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2009/10/05/live-review-wavves-at-the-earl-sun-oct-4/