Mark Kozelek is – at times – a rather angry man.
No one who has seen the American songwriter live would deny that. The former Red House Painters turned Sun Kil Moon leader is an intense performer, not one would likes to be interrupted.
Recently labelling the crowd as a Hopscotch show "fuckin' hillbillies" the singer has trumped that remark by slating The War On Drugs.
Noting that another band's music was bleeding onto his stage at the Ottawa Folk Festival, Exclaim report that Mark Kozelek asked the crowd "who the fuck is that?" before saying: "I hate that beer commercial lead-guitar shit."
Clearly annoyed, Mark Kozelek introduced his next song thus: "This next song is called 'The War on Drugs Can Suck My Fucking Dick'."
The japes didn't stop there, though, with the American artist referring to The War On Drugs throughout his set as "John Cougar Mellencamp".
The War On Drugs were seemingly – and perhaps justifiably – shocked by this. Tweeting to fans, they wrote:
Can anyone confirm that mark kozelek was talking shit on us during his set in Ottawa last night? Cuz we obviously booked the schedule….wtf
— The War on Drugs (@warondrugsjams) September 15, 2014
Seems like it might have been at least partially in jest so whatever. Just upsetting to me as a fan that's all. We're just doin' what we do
— The War on Drugs (@warondrugsjams) September 15, 2014
(via Pitchfork)
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