Accountability in Music II • Page 24

finally some good news

 

It’s insane he was only serving a 29-year sentence.

 

See ya never, fucking scumbag.

 

Oh well... How's the weather where y'all are at?

 

90+ degrees in October

 

And nothing of value was lost.

 

queen

 

I’ll drink to that

 

Mega lolz

 

I hate Texas

 

Same!

 

Everyone jam this bop today

 

may his soul never know peace

 

Had to google what PMSL meant.

 

rest in dog shit and piss

 

I always felt bad for the remaining members of the band and how people had a hard time believing that they knew nothing about what Ian was doing. Considering how they were all based in LA and he was based in the UK, it wasn't surprising to me that they didn't know anything about it.

 

I'm surprised it took so long, I honestly thought someone would have killed him in there years ago.

 

He was allegedly paying for protection, so he either ran out of money or someone just wanted him gone. Apparently his attack a few years ago was because he owed people some money.

 

I completely forgot about that , he was shanked but it wasn’t fatal then

 

It's seared into my brain that in about 2007/2008, Kerrang! magazine did an interview with him that at one point asked, "What do you get through more of in a month, girls or hair products?" I think he said "Lots of both" of something. I wonder if that journalist ever thinks about that.

Anyway, a group of us went to our friend Kirsty's house after school one day and I remember her giving away the Ian Watkins poster inside, saying she couldn't stand him and felt like there was something off about him. Crazy how right she was, and probably shows how blind people were to the blatant sexism and "lad culture" of the time that allowed predators like Ian to hide in plain sight.

Hopefully his victims have found peace.