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CaptainHolt said:
Yet Roger Taylor is in fine fettle. I suppose he didn't tour as much as Phil in the 90s,after Freddie died. Also he has a second drummer on stage with him these days. I think Rufus did it for a while before joining The Darkness.
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style of drumming honestly comes down to it a lot too. roger was always upright almost jazz style stacatto drummer (charlie watts being another great example of one who was able to tour right into very old age, also drummed in a very chilled way).

taylor was always on the more frantic scale when you watch him and had a very hunched style. he was already experiencing huge issues with his back and wrists (like a lot of rockier drummers do), not to mention the general strain on his heart from playing like that for hours and months at a time.

that rolling stone article linked above has stayed with me since i read it because none of the other drummers had any reason to lie or mislead (all big names themselves). i think it sadly is true that taylor felt a bit indebted to and in awe of dave, and so was trying to power through long tours when he was in pain.
 
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If anyone has seen the film studio 666, it’s all a big “pisstake” of Dave pushing the band to make a record, and him wanting it all his way.

Life imitating art and all that
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LaBlonde said:
style of drumming honestly comes down to it a lot too. roger was always upright almost jazz style stacatto drummer (charlie watts being another great example of one who was able to tour right into very old age, also drummed in a very chilled way).

taylor was always on the more frantic scale when you watch him and had a very hunched style. he was already experiencing huge issues with his back and wrists (like a lot of rockier drummers do), not to mention the general strain on his heart from playing like that for hours and months at a time.

that rolling stone article linked above has stayed with me since i read it because none of the other drummers had any reason to lie or mislead (all big names themselves). i think it sadly is true that taylor felt a bit indebted to and in awe of dave, and so was trying to power through long tours when he was in pain.
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He did look like he started to develop a hunch back towards the end didn’t he 😢
 
LaBlonde said:
none of the other drummers had any reason to lie or mislead (all big names themselves).
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Back when the article was released I read something by a journalist who said that with big pieces like this the quotes and interviews etc are checked over and over again by multiple people, legal teams are involved, etc. Rolling Stone is a big magazine with a long history, there is no way they’d mess up or try and craft a negative narrative for the sake of it.
The people who then went ‘they’ve taken my words out of context’ etc etc were just doing damage control.
They interviewed 20 odd people related to Taylor and would have done their due diligence - if the main take away that the readers had of the article was that Dave and the management pushed Taylor then maybe there is some truth there.
 
thegirlscout said:
Back when the article was released I read something by a journalist who said that with big pieces like this the quotes and interviews etc are checked over and over again by multiple people, legal teams are involved, etc. Rolling Stone is a big magazine with a long history, there is no way they’d mess up or try and craft a negative narrative for the sake of it.
The people who then went ‘they’ve taken my words out of context’ etc etc were just doing damage control.
They interviewed 20 odd people related to Taylor and would have done their due diligence - if the main take away that the readers had of the article was that Dave and the management pushed Taylor then maybe there is some truth there.
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Rolling Stone published an article in 2003 claiming gay men were deliberately trying to get infected with HIV on a massive scale. The doctors quoted in the article later said they had never made the statements attributed to them

In 2005 they published an anti-vax article written by Robert F Kennedy.

In 2014 they published a fabricated story about a gang rape on a University campus, they were forced to retract it and lost more than one defamation lawsuit resulting from it.

In 2016, they published an interview with Sinaloa Cartel leader El Chapo and gave him full editorial control over the article.

In 2021 they published a fake story about hospitals being overrun with Ivermectin overdoses. They basically had to admit they did no fact checking whatsoever.

In 2023, they claimed that an ABC journalist had been arrested for criticising the government, when he had actually been arrested on CSEM charges. The editor is a friend of the journalist and had the article rewritten to remove all references to child sex abuse.

So, yeah, I could easily believe they bullshit that article and twisted the interviewee's words, whatever Dave might actually be like.

All on their wiki page for further details

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Rolling Stone - Wikipedia

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Harlot O'Scara said:
Rolling Stone published an article in 2003 claiming gay men were deliberately trying to get infected with HIV on a massive scale. The doctors quoted in the article later said they had never made the statements attributed to them

In 2005 they published an anti-vax article written by Robert F Kennedy.

In 2014 they published a fabricated story about a gang rape on a University campus, they were forced to retract it and lost more than one defamation lawsuit resulting from it.

In 2016, they published an interview with Sinaloa Cartel leader El Chapo and gave him full editorial control over the article.

In 2021 they published a fake story about hospitals being overrun with Ivermectin overdoses. They basically had to admit they did no fact checking whatsoever.

In 2023, they claimed that an ABC journalist had been arrested for criticising the government, when he had actually been arrested on CSEM charges. The editor is a friend of the journalist and had the article rewritten to remove all references to child sex abuse.

So, yeah, I could easily believe they bullshit that article and twisted the interviewee's words, whatever Dave might actually be like.

All on their wiki page for further details

en.m.wikipedia.org

Rolling Stone - Wikipedia

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Damn, did not know that!
 
HerFromInTheMiddle said:
They would have totally known what he was doing behind his wife’s back in my opinion. ( Long time fan here too )
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It amuses me that I've seen so many comments across different platforms that the other band members would be disappointed etc. Assuming they're not all at it? They're all in the same position as Dave but without the mega fame - more than likely they've all dabbled in a bit of groupie fun.
 
CaptainHolt said:
It amuses me that I've seen so many comments across different platforms that the other band members would be disappointed etc. Assuming they're not all at it? They're all in the same position as Dave but without the mega fame - more than likely they've all dabbled in a bit of groupie fun.
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They're probably annoyed with him for getting so embarrassingly and publicly caught out thereby dragging the band through the mud, rather than what he's actually done.
 
CaptainHolt said:
I think the article is interesting. I don't think it should be used to prove that Dave pushed Taylor too hard. Taylor was a grown man, he could have said", this is too much, something has to change or I have to leave". It sounds to me like he was letting off steam to his friends about his workload rather than making it official.
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The whole narrative RS picked to go with in that story is so messy that I shake my head over how anyone can take it as gospel or even Taylor's final word. There's an account that's built its whole worldview around it to blame Dave for killing Taylor...like Taylor wasn't a 50 year old ADULT who couldn't speak for himself.

It also bears mentioning that Matt Cameron and Chad Smith both retracted the statements they gave to RS. No matter how badly some want to believe they don't count as retractions. They did. Get on with it.

Cat87 said:
If anyone has seen the film studio 666, it’s all a big “pisstake” of Dave pushing the band to make a record, and him wanting it all his way.

Life imitating art and all that
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Every band member is an equal partner and publishing credits are distributed evenly. They are all officers in the band's LLC. The only part where that differs is Dave being president of Roswell Records, the label that releases the band's music (RCA/Sony has a distribution agreement).
 
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