Bradders 2 Posted February 4, 2006 Just shared a sofa bed with Splodgenessabounds frontman Max Splodge and he's suffering with a bit of gout amongst other things.... born in 1959 and a heavy drinker for most of those years. Maybe one for 2007? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nuclear Nick 0 Posted February 4, 2006 Gout's hardly a sign of impending death. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,684 Posted February 4, 2006 A 46-7 year old with gout, sounds like one to watch on the forum and/or obsess over. Apart from drinking and banking a few quid from radio plays and compilation rights, what does he do all day? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bradders 2 Posted February 4, 2006 He's also a bingo caller... won Bingo Caller of the Year award in 2002 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bradders 2 Posted February 4, 2006 Gout can be fatal if the uric acid crystals go into your kidneys or your brain... he also has osteoperosis too if that helps? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pulphack 6 Posted February 4, 2006 well well, so bradders is a morbid sod, too. wait til i tell rob about this... i think this is just part of your campaign to relaunch max's career. anyway, he's been one of the walking dead for years! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bradders 2 Posted February 4, 2006 He's not THAT ill.... actually he personally asked me to put him on here. There's no such thing as bad publicity (unless you're Gary Glitter) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nuclear Nick 0 Posted February 4, 2006 He's not THAT ill.... actually he personally asked me to put him on here. There's no such thing as bad publicity (unless you're Gary Glitter) Surely a request to be on the DL is a good reason to never put said person on the DL. Otherwise all sorts of suicides will kick off... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,684 Posted February 4, 2006 Was Max Splodge the one who used to piss in a beer glass on stage and drink it during the show? That could have contributed to his present gout. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bradders 2 Posted February 4, 2006 That's him - well remembered! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Bearer 6,130 Posted February 4, 2006 Just finished watching him on HH TV Burp. Looked pretty damn healthy, contender for deathlist 2026 (maybe) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,684 Posted February 4, 2006 Aye well, it was distinctive. I don't remember that trick being part of the act of any other rock legend......although the dear departed GG Allin took things way further. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handrejka 1,911 Posted February 4, 2006 Gout can be fatal though. I believe John Nathan Turner who produced Doctor Who in the 1980s died of gout. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lady Grendel 139 Posted February 4, 2006 The drummer from Splodgenessabounds appeared on Channel 4's 'Rock School' last Sunday as chauffeur to Gene Simmons, driving him around Lowestoft and playing 'Two Pints of Lager' on the car stereo. Comeback time? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,684 Posted February 5, 2006 Comeback time? Not if they're reduced to tricks as desperate as that. It might just bump them up from fourth to third on the bill at the punk revival festival in Morecombe this summer. Just under the adverts and well under Still Little Fingers, sort of thing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tempus Fugit 214 Posted February 5, 2006 Comeback time? Not if they're reduced to tricks as desperate as that. It might just bump them up from fourth to third on the bill at the punk revival festival in Morecombe this summer. Just under the adverts and well under Still Little Fingers, sort of thing. How can you have a comeback when you never made it in the first place? Still Little Fingers?? Stiff, surely. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,684 Posted February 5, 2006 You can come back to where you used to be. Splodgeness used to play to pissed up crowds of a couple of hundred students who lived noisy acts they could jump about to. For one afternoon in Morecombe they could - like - make a couple of hundred people jump about whilst they're all pissed. Beats driving a f*****g cab, just. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pulphack 6 Posted February 5, 2006 one of the few things max hasn't done. bingo caller now, used to be a barman (a dangerous job for one wit his liking for ale), allegedly a porn actor (though i've never seen an example of this - thank god), and once was reduced to walking around the Standard in walthamstow offering free copies of his 'seven golden gussets' lp to anyone who'd buy him a pint. festivals like punk aid and wasted are a bit crap in lots of ways, but for many of the bands in middle age it's a chance to play to more peopl than they may have done in their peak years. not sure i'd want to still play thirty year old two chord songs to ageing punters but, pardoxically, i've been only too happy to go and see some of these guys if only from curiosity. it gives them and me someting to do of an evening. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,684 Posted February 6, 2006 Pulphack, I know what you mean. I was involved in music writing for a while and as some of the people I'd followed in my youth got older I found I could ring them in the afternoon and they always answered their own phones at home. It's a very rare ageing rock star who retains his/her dignity. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lady Die 63 Posted February 6, 2006 Just shared a sofa bed with Splodgenessabounds frontman Max Splodge Why? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bradders 2 Posted February 6, 2006 We were dossing in someone's flat after a gig... all innocent, wasn't like I was sharing with Steve Strange or Gene October at least! Max is flattered by all the interest in him, and he promises he'll do his best to croak it if you put him on your lists for 2007 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pulphack 6 Posted February 6, 2006 god, max is such a pop tart. he's got to be a good bet anyway, as he must have a liver of Best-ian proportions. last year he had a twenty minute conversation with me - instigated by him - which was very bizarre as he talked like we were old friends (i've never spoken to him before then) and he knew me well. god knows who he thought i was... nice bloke though, if a little drink-eccentric. mary - is it possible for rockers to grow old and play out careers with dignity, d'you reckon? it's not something they or us think about when we're twenty. but at past forty, you do start to wonder. and i answer my phone at home in the middle of the day - what does that say about me? (ps - slightly off topic - i hope derby don't lure simpson away - best thing to happen to your lot for years) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bradders 2 Posted February 7, 2006 I take it you know me Pulphack, but I still don't know who you are! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pulphack 6 Posted February 7, 2006 of course i know you. but you ain't seen me... got your e-mail via the list as well, but i crave anonymity. that's one of the things i like about these kind of lists. not that i would abuse the privilege, of course... don't worry, i'm not an enemy. and i like old max, even though he can't tell the difference between moroccan stella and the real thing... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,684 Posted May 5, 2006 Now the Splodge site is down due to hacking. How much worse can things get for our cult hero? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
