[kj] [KJ]_The_truth_about_Jaz_Coleman's_infamous_liver_and_maggot_madness_

[Neil Perry]

This has been covered before several times, but it
still makes me laugh, so just to clarify a few points:
I was the person from Sounds interviewing Jaz at the
time; his recall on this is surprisingly accurate,
apart from he didn't throw the liver around the
office, he dumped it on the receptionist's desk; the
correct names are Steve Sutherland and Mat Smith (the
latter remains a total KJ fan and was at the London
Astoria shows last year); and I don't remember ever
showing Jaz the Melody Maker piece that started the
whole escapade, I recall his PR showing it to him. 
But the rest is true, especially the bit about the
receptionist's screams as we legged it out of there
back to the Sounds office, as the maggots spread
rapidly all over her desk. Ah, happy days.
N


 --- dub <dubireland@eircom.net> wrote: > Hello all,


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> "It was an afternoon of much mirth. It all started
> because I was being
> interviewed by somebody in [rival music weekly]
> Sounds at the time, who
> showed me the Melody Maker piece. So I got our
> record company to get a
> car and take me to the fishing shop at the top of
> Ladbroke Grove. I
> bought a couple of pints of maggots, then a load of
> pigs' livers, before
> driving around to the Maker offices.
> 
> "I'd rung them up beforehand and asked 'Who wrote
> the article?', making
> out I was very upset. They said, 'Oh, we can't tell
> you that.' I said,
> 'Well, I'm coming in with a pendulum and a cricket
> bat and I'm gonna
> batter them to death, whether I get a reason or
> not.' When I got there,
> as soon as I walked into the building there was this
> 'zzzzzzt!', this
> click. Security had locked the main door to get in
> past reception. The
> girl at the desk was shouting, 'He's here! He's
> here!' into the phone.
> They were terrified!
> 
> "So I stood there and said, 'Can I speak to Stuart
> Sunderland (sic)?',
> because I knew it was him who did it. 'So I said,
> 'Okay, can I speak to
> Max Schmitt (sic) then?' So they sent Max down,
> pushed him through the
> door then slammed it behind him and locked it. It
> was just him and me.
> 'Max, 'I says, pushing my collar up so I looked
> particularly sinister,
> 'I'm very upset about this. I want you to tell me
> who wrote this thing.
> 'Max said, 'Jaz I can't do it. 'So I said, 'Right,
> I'll give Sunderland
> an hour and then after that I'll start bending his
> mind. I'll explain.'
> And with that I got these scissors and jammed them
> into the desk. Then I
> got the pig's liver and threw it all around the
> office. Then I emptied
> the maggots all over the place. I said, 'Now he's
> got one hour to ring
> me up at the Sounds office and apologise,' then
> left. All you could hear
> was the receptionist's screams."Anyway, he rang up
> about 45 minutes
> later. We were all laughing our heads off as he made
> his apology. I
> heard afterwards that Max had to clean it all up
> afterwards, too. It was
> all very funny. 
> 
> I mean, God, you're asking me about it now still,
> two decades later! I
> think I've had my money's worth out of that one."
> 
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