ryan adams "demolition"

I almost hate to resurrect this thread, since Ryan Adams is so obviously a pissant jerk that he deserves as little attention as possible, even of this sort. He deserves to fade into obscurity as soon as possible. However, I could not help sharing this little nugget from Greil Marcus' column in Salon.com:

3) "Piss off Ryan Adams, win a prize!" (Oct. 17)

The tale of Ryan Adams' response to a fan who shouted out for Bryan Adams' "Summer of '69" -- Adams screaming, demanding the house lights be turned on, identifying the offender, paying him $30 as a refund for his ticket and refusing to play until the guy left the hall -- even made it into Time. But not the response of songwriter Robbie Fulks, on his Web site: "Any reader on this site who attends a Ryan Adams show and disrupts the show with a Bryan Adams song request will receive in return merchandise" -- T-shirts and autographed CDs -- "of his or her choice equal to the cost of the ticket, from my online store ... please provide the date and location of the show, what you yelled, and what Ryan's reaction was."

So, there you have it. Almost worth the price of admission to request "Cuts Like a Knife" just to see what might happen, isn't it?

Waltersalas, thank you for that tidbit! Robbie Fulks, whom I've also seen in person, is such a class act, as well as a brilliant songwriter and performer. His offer raises him even higher in my esteem! Maybe Ryan just needs an antidepressant, he is TOO irritable.

As a guy who posted on Adam's odd behaviour in Glasgow a few years back I think we shouldn't get too carried away.
The guy is a real talent and his voice that night was amazing,the music is the music.
If we were to avoid every artist who threw a wobbly,acted like a "superstar",dissed his audience,treated people bad including their wives then our record collections would be pretty empty.
He has made a real ass of himself recently but he is comparitively young and I think he'll make some more great music in the future.