Read seven of the wildest tales from Black Crowes drummer Steve Gorman's new tell-all on the group, including a particularly alarming fight between the Robinson brothers and why the band's tour with Jimmy Page imploded after just 11 shows
, written with Steven Hyden, he distills his 27 years with the group into a satisfying and unexpectedly emotional read.From onstage fights between the famously quarreling Robinson brothers, singer Chris and guitarist Rich, to backstage run-ins with Aerosmith on the Crowes’ first major tour, Gorman paints a picture of a band that just couldn’t get out of its own way.
Rubin didn’t like the group’s original name of Mr. Crowe’s Garden, and he suggested a moniker that both nodded to the Robinson brothers’ home state of Georgia and was provocative. Attention-grabbing or not, the allusion to the Klan didn’t sit well with the band. “How about we kick your ass right here in this bar tonight? That’ll get some attention,” Gorman recalls2. Gorman once tried to kick Liam Gallagher’s ass for slagging the Crowes onstage at Glastonbury.
The incident started when Chris tried to get his brother to play more cover songs in the Crowes’ set. At first, they just hurled insults — “Go ahead, walk away, you fat piece of shit,” Chris taunted Rich, who replied, “Go do some more drugs, you fucking poser, you fucking alcoholic!” Then it got physical, with Chris throwing beer cans and the pair wrestling their way into a dressing room mirror surrounded by light bulbs. Busted glass was soon everywhere.
6. Rich Robinson’s snub of Jimmy Page derailed the Black Crowes’ 55-date tour with the Led Zeppelin guitarist after just 11 shows.
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