The Subways frontman Billy Lunn has posted a lengthy rant about Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme on Twitter following Homme kicking photographer Chelsea Lauren in the face on Saturday.
Billboard reports that Homme reportedly referred to the audience as “retards” during Saturday’s show, which brought back memories of the time he yelled obscenities and curses at a young fan who tossed a bottle at him during the Norwegian Wood Festival, calling the person a “chicken-shit fucking f—-t” and threatening to “beat the fucking shit” out of the him and then threatening to sodomize the bottle-thrower in a profanity-laden rant caught on video.
Homme said from the stage that he was suffering form a fever and had been sick for several days beforehand, but the dressing-down didn’t stop the Los Angeles Times from running a story entitled “Why Doesn’t Josh Homme’s Homophobic Rant Mean the End of Queens of the Stone Age?”
Homme responded to homophobia allegations in 2008.
“Some journalists & citizens on the internet & are wondering: Q? Am I a homophobe because I included a slang for gay in with other ‘acceptable’ curse words during a verbal lashing I gave a young concertgoer, after being hit by his shoe, during a show the other day? A= Nope. My gay family & friends, as well as myself, KNOW I am not a homophobe. For years now I’ve known gay is not a choice; one’s skin color doesn’t determine one’s intelligence level; & red hair doesn’t mean you’re someone’s stepchild. You see, it’s not the words, it’s their intent. I never said, nor suggested, that being gay is wrong, but apparently, based on your outrage to my flu-infused rant, you do! By that logic… I also told that young whipper snapper I’d have anal sex with him… how can I possibly reconcile these opposing viewpoints? I called him a pussy too. Does it mean I hate our one worlds’ collective vagina? I never have been nor intend to be politically correct. That’s your cross to bear. To me, that PC world would suck more shit than the porta-potty truck at Glastonbury.”
He continues:
“Homophobic? I’m in Queens Of The Stone Age for crissake… You say, ‘So. Your band name doesn’t prove anything.’ Maybe not. But it’s a helluv a lot more definitive than the logic of some watchdog… (sorry canine-American, canine-European, canine-African, canine-Australian & canine-Asian) moralist, keeping score from pure perfectionville? If your glass house is squeegeed that clean & you need to do something, do what the great philosopher Bill Hick’s once suggested: – forgive me-. Or don’t. I’m not asking for either, OK? I think you should let both of your cheeks go loose so the stick will drop out. Either way I expect that you’ll soon find another injustice from your chair, then roll to your bullhorn & point it out to the rest of us… Because you’re so above it all. Or If you’ll allow me to translate a wish of mine into your PC lingo:
Will you please go have, consensual, sex with yourself.
Pretty please with all natural, carbon offset sugar on top.
Sincerely,
Mr. Missundastood
A.K.A. Joshua, Baby Duck, Jho.”
Read more at http://www.nme.com/news/music/queens-of-the-stone-age-146-1326489#Tp8z3HSieSueXrjH.99
Said it before and I'll say it again. Josh Homme is a dick. https://t.co/fWQQfuXUiZ
— Billy Lunn (@billysubway) December 10, 2017
"Oh look, there's a female photographer in the press pit taking photos of me. That shit is crazy, y'all. Let me just kick her in the face to show everyone in the stadium what a big man I am." DICK.
— Billy Lunn (@billysubway) December 10, 2017
He's a homophobic, woman-hating ass. People are taking forever and a day to latch on to this.
— Billy Lunn (@billysubway) December 10, 2017
There’s nothing “punk rock” about what Homme did to that female photographer, what he said to the crowd, or how he spoke about Muse. The guy is just an insecure, outdated ass. If you see a journalist writing about how these things make him a “rock star”, tear that garbage up.
— Billy Lunn (@billysubway) December 10, 2017
Because even after he said all those homophobic slurs to his own crowd members for years, journalists still worshipped him like he was the last true rock star. Articles in NME, etc. But there ain’t nothing rock’n’roll about being a dick to people, let alone your own fans.
— Billy Lunn (@billysubway) December 10, 2017
He has been both really sweet and really intimidating to me personally the few times I’ve met him. But he has a history of being a real asshole.
— Billy Lunn (@billysubway) December 10, 2017
He’s also friends with Jesse ‘creepy right-wing gun nut’ Hughes. Grohl has done some odd shit recently too.
— Billy Lunn (@billysubway) December 10, 2017
I guess it’s all very subjective and arbitrary where fans draw their own line of “I can deal with this” and “this definitely is not ok”. Morrissey just recently moved into the latter for me. He pushed it finely for a very long time though.
— Billy Lunn (@billysubway) December 10, 2017
There is nothing rock’n’roll about your behaviour, Homme. No place in rock’n’roll for violence against women, no place in rock’n’roll for speaking the way you do to fans (“retards”, really?!), and no place in rock’n’roll for your past use of homophobic language. https://t.co/t09IlVUm9e
— Billy Lunn (@billysubway) December 10, 2017
Guys like him they can just rampage round the world with their leather jackets, slick hair, and cigarettes behind their ears treating people like crap and get praised for it. He’s done this stuff for too long.
— Billy Lunn (@billysubway) December 10, 2017
I get what you’re saying, but I think you’re wrong. It’s important to mention sex (NOT gender) when violence against women is such an important aspect of toxic masculinity, and when males make up so many rock acts, who then use and abuse women. Sex is very important here. https://t.co/ISuOe5uIPp
— Billy Lunn (@billysubway) December 10, 2017
In all honesty, I am holding the hell inside of me back. This ignoramus deserves more of my ire, but not tonight.
— Billy Lunn (@billysubway) December 10, 2017
I don’t get what you mean when you say “directed at a white female photographer”? What is your point? The guy was violent to a photographer, whom he most likely could tell was female. It’s violence against a woman. Deal with it.
— Billy Lunn (@billysubway) December 10, 2017
No; male violence towards women is an important and deeply troubling issue in our society, and when it occurs, it needs to be pointed out. It should not be reduced to just person-on-person violence. There is a power play occurring that needs highlighting.
— Billy Lunn (@billysubway) December 11, 2017
