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\u201cI\u2019m friends with Adam Green<\/a> and there\u2019s a song by Kimya Dawson, the other half of The Moldy Peaches<\/a>, called \u2018The Beer\u2019 where she sings \u2018Evan Dando never planned on telling the truth<\/em>\u2019. \u2018Skull\u2019 by Sebadoh<\/a> is just a pure-out story about me and Lou Barlow<\/a> at the Chateau Marmont doing drugs \u2013 it was a long time ago!\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThen there\u2019s \u2018Evan\u2019 by Juliana Hatfield;<\/a> and there\u2019s one that goes [Evan sings \u2018Christmas With Evan Dando\u2019 by The Humdrum Express<\/em>] \u2018I know this may sound like an unlikely tale but I once spent Christmas Day on Bondi Beach with Evan Dando<\/em>\u2019 \u2013 you have to be Googling yourself to find that one! It\u2019s really funny.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThere used to be song called \u2018Evan Dando at the Sando\u2019 [by Australian band McBodybag] about me showing up at the The Sandringham Hotel on King Street, Sydney.\u201d<\/p>\n CORRECT.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cHave I lost? Is it good that I got them or bad?!\u201d<\/p>\n\n \u201cIt\u2019s called \u2018Roll With It<\/a>\u2019 [Laughs<\/em>]. No \u2013 \u2018Purple Parallelogram<\/a>\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n CORRECT.<\/strong> A version of which was originally included on promo copies of The Lemonheads\u2019 1996 album \u2018Car Button Cloth\u2019 \u2013 before being removed at Noel\u2019<\/a>s request.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cThe reason I wasn\u2019t allowed to use it was because I gave him this pill and he had this dream, then starts singing \u2018Purple Parallelogram<\/em>\u2019 [to the tune of what became Oasis<\/a>\u2019 1995 single \u2018Roll with It\u2019<\/em>]. I\u2019m not claiming the credit for \u2018Roll With It\u2019 \u2013 but it does have the same melody. That\u2019s pretty loose. It wouldn\u2019t stand up in court! But that\u2019s what it was \u2013 even if he didn\u2019t know it at the time. One time Noel was talking to Alan [McGee]<\/a> about this and said: \u2018Don\u2019t tell my publisher this\u2019. And Alan\u2019s like, \u2018Well, I\u2019m<\/em> your publisher!\u2019 [Laughs<\/em>]. At the time, it was bad timing, so I had to roll with it. [\u2018Purple Parallelogram\u2019] wasn\u2019t a great song, and I like \u2018Roll With It\u2019, so if I had anything to do with that, it would be cool.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI was on tour with Oasis for two weeks before their first record [1994\u2019s \u2018Definitely Maybe<\/a>\u2019] came out, \u2018cause I couldn\u2019t deal with going home. I\u2019d been on tour for three-and-a-quarter years, so everyone was like: \u2018Bye Ev! We\u2019ll see you in rehab!\u2019 \u2013 they knew something wasn\u2019t going to go perfect.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI know this is extra but let me unburden myself more [Laughs<\/em>]\u2026 One night we were staying in Liam<\/a>\u2019s room, \u2018cause he was out all night partying. Anyway, I broke the television, the cops arrested me, and Liam walked past and was so psyched because he saw me being led out in handcuffs wearing a mohair jumper and yelled: \u2018Fucking hey, John-Boy on acid! That\u2019s Sid Vicious<\/a> man!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n \u201c[Evan sings various Moz lyrics in his style<\/em>] \u2018I don\u2019t wanna staaaaaaaay \/ Give up life as a bad mistaaaakkke\u2026 \/ I\u2019m too tired \/ I\u2019m so sick and tired\u2026 \/ And your prejudice won\u2019t keep you warm tonight \/ Oh, the devil will find work for idle hands to do<\/em>\u2019\u2026 Morrissey<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n CORRECT.<\/strong> Did he ever see it?<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cHave I talked to Morrissey about it? That\u2019s a hilarious scenario! My question to him would be: does he wear nice leather Italian shoes \u2013 and is that not murder?\u00a0 Morrissey actually wanted to bring us out on tour a couple of times.\u201d<\/p>\n\n \u201cIt was an early one, so that\u2019s tough\u2026 Lisa Stansfield<\/a>?\u201d<\/p>\n CORRECT.<\/strong> Among others, you could have also had The Shamen, Madonna<\/a>, East Side Beat and Mr Blobby. <\/em><\/p>\n \u201c[Laughs<\/em>] I pulled that one out of my ass \u2013 I remember talking to her pretty early on. She was cool. I\u2019m going to start fucking up now!\u201d<\/p>\n\n \u201c\u2018Into Your Arms\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n CORRECT.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cThese are tough!\u201d<\/p>\n Has Courtney<\/a> read your recently-published autobiography <\/em>\u2018Rumours of My Demise\u2019? <\/em><\/p>\n \u201c[Laughs<\/em>] Fuck, I hope not! I think I might not be alive [if she had].\u201d<\/p>\n You talk in the book about how she\u2019d throw whisky bottles at your head when you toured with Hole<\/a> in 1993 \u2013 was she a good shot?!<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cYeah! I had to duck, dude! I had that \u2018Big Gay Heart\u2019 song which was anti-gay-bashing and she would say \u2018I like violence\u2019 and stuff like that. She was treating me like her boyfriend, and she was on me the whole time, where it looked like we were doing something.\u201d<\/p>\n You allege she told Kurt Cobain<\/a> she was having an affair with you to make him jealous\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cMy first spiritual experience was when Kurt died [in 1994], because I felt that he knew the truth \u2013 because he went to his death not knowing. [Nirvana<\/a>\u2019s] Pat Smear told me Kurt really thought I was having an affair with Courtney. I hope I\u2019m balanced in the book about her, but I couldn\u2019t help saying that the first thing she said to me when grunge broke and everybody had money was: \u2018Evan, this is great! We can put hits out on people now!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI felt that Kurt knew the truth a lot after he died. \u2018Cause me and him had this weird barrier. We were doppelg\u00e4ngers in a way. People who worked with us both said they couldn\u2019t even tell who was onstage. We listened to a lot of the same music and even his singing \u2013 I think that early on, he heard our early stuff. There\u2019s something about his voice.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThis sounds like a podcast and it\u2019s so boring and who-gives-a-shit, but we could have been friends and it\u2019s a bummer. And I think we are friends now<\/em> \u2018cause he knows the truth. One thing Courtney always used to say was that he said his prayers every night.\u201d<\/p>\n\n \u201cJeff.\u201d<\/p>\n CORRECT.<\/strong> The boyfriend of Liv Tyler\u2019s waitress character Callie.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cRiver Phoenix had died and [the filmmakers] said \u2018you can have his part\u2019. My vampiric glory said yes! It was wicked fun. I got there and didn\u2019t know who Liv Tyler was \u2013 it said Liv Rundgren in her passport \u2013 but as I was kissing her, [Aerosmith<\/a>\u2019s] \u2018Sweet Emotion<\/a>\u2019 was playing in my head and I realised of course<\/em>!\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cHeavy<\/em> was just what I needed. I stopped drinking and hung out with this really beautiful, intelligent, rock girl.\u201d<\/p>\n Any other roles you\u2019ve enjoyed?<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cI turn up the end of [1994 movie] Reality Bites<\/em> [as Actor Roy] and that\u2019s the best one because it\u2019s really funny.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe funniest thing was one time I sat next to Tim Robbins who was saying \u2018I really like your music\u2019 \u2013 but he\u2019d mistaken me for Kurt Cobain! Afterwards, I saw him on the Oscars red carpet and said \u2018How\u2019s it going Tim? Remember me from the airplane?\u2019. And he was like nah, because he really thought I was someone else. Maybe I shouldn\u2019t have poked him in the back of his jacket.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cBut speaking of famous people\u2019s blazers\u2026I once went to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame with Lizzie Jagger. We went with Mick Jagger<\/a> and got stuck in traffic for 45 minutes and Mick was doing all these hilarious impressions. But it\u2019s so scary getting anywhere with him. Wherever you go, you had to hold onto his blue blazer and he said: \u2018Evan, if you don\u2019t hold onto the blazer, I don\u2019t know what\u2019s going to happen to you\u2026 [Laughs<\/em>] HOLD ON!\u2019. That was the night I was going to fight with [Eagles<\/a>\u2019] Don Henley<\/a>. He was like: \u2018Dando! You and me outside!\u2019 Anyway, I\u2019m over-answering\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n You can\u2019t leave us on a cliffhanger of a punch-up with Don Henley!<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cI missed my chance to say \u2018Take It Easy\u2019, man!\u2019 [Laughs<\/em>]. He would have smacked me. He\u2019s a big dude. He wanted to take it outside, but it takes so long to get outside, he couldn\u2019t have remained angry. He just wanted attention \u2013 I know the feeling! Next question.\u201d<\/p>\n\n \u201cKelly Osbourne<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n WRONG.<\/strong> Fall Out Boy<\/a>\u2019s<\/em> Pete Wentz<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cBut Kelly Osbourne was there \u2013 she was hosting the awards with an Australian comedian [Jim Jefferies]. I sat with Alice Cooper<\/a>, more importantly. I threw my award straight away in a bin outside after receiving it.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cKeith Richards.<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n CORRECT.<\/strong> The Rolling Stone<\/a> reportedly held it against your throat at his house.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201c[Evan impersonates Keith\u2019s voice<\/em>] \u2018You\u2019re not on television now!\u2019<\/em>, he said. \u2018I\u2019m going to throw you in the fucking moat!\u2019<\/em>. I was like: \u2018This is so awesome!\u2019 Another time, Keith said: \u2018Meet me at the bottom of the stairs in two minutes and 12 seconds<\/em>\u2019, and he\u2019d given Liv and Kate [Moss] the same message. They showed up at the right time and he said, \u2018What do I need you for Dando?<\/em>\u2019. And he fell up the stairs, like only Keith Richards can, and I accidentally stepped on him and put my foot on his chest, saying \u2018I conquer thee!\u2019. We were having a blast. He later explained: \u2018You were one of my son Marlon\u2019s friends. I had to put you through your paces. For 25 years, I\u2019ve been watching you from afar\u2019. He was really nice eventually \u2013 but that was scarier<\/em> than him being antagonistic to me. When I was a kid, my favourite band was the Rolling Stones.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cCourtney\u2019s fucking with me again because she said I look like Tina Turner<\/a> in that video! All I can think of now is Tina Turner. God, that is hard<\/em>! Neneh Cherry<\/a> and Lisa Stansfield? I know Huey<\/a> [from the Fun Lovin\u2019 Criminals<\/a>] sings \u2018yeaaah<\/em>\u2019 on it, but I don\u2019t fucking know!\u201d<\/p>\n WRONG.<\/strong> You appeared between Dr John and Emmylou Harris<\/a>. Huey Morgan does indeed sing the line \u2018<\/em>Someone good\u2026 yeaaah\u2019.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cNice placement! The whole thing was so quick and all I can remember is Tina Turner \u2018cause I\u2019d been up for three days or something when I did the filming, but I was glad to be included in the pantheon of wankers [laughs<\/em>]. That was great.\u201d<\/p>\n It\u2019s an impressive line-up that includes the late Shane MacGowan<\/a>\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cOh, I loved him and hung out with him quite a bit over the years. What a guy! At a festival in Ghent, I got invited into the Drug Tent with Shane and Lemmy<\/a> where they were racking up lines of speed over a foot long \u2013 and it was wicked.\u201d<\/p>\n\n \u201c\u2019Cell Phone Blues\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n CORRECT.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cYou can fucking quiz me about anything and I\u2019ll remember. But you don\u2019t have to do it now. [Evan jokingly imitates a stereotypical British rock journo\u2019s voice<\/em>]. \u2018Do it backstage man and we\u2019ll rack up some lines<\/em>\u2019. But I don\u2019t do that anymore [He pauses for comic effect]<\/em>\u2026 I\u2019m not doing English accents anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n What was inspiring this album?\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cThe main one was Charles Mingus because he had a song called \u2018Love Chant\u2019, and my version is a little bit like its riff. I\u2019m proud to be an American because of John Coltrane, Charles Mingus, Elvin Jones, Chuck Berry, Hank Williams \u2013 so it\u2019s my desperate hanging onto my American pride by calling the record \u2018Love Chant\u2019 after Charles Mingus, who America treated like shit! The influence of Willy Mason<\/a> was also huge for me. He\u2019s so good, you\u2019re just like \u2018Fuck you, Willy!\u2019. We pray to Willy. What else? \u2018Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)\u2019 by Brian Eno<\/a> \u2013 we were aiming for an Eno\/Roxy Music<\/a> vibe. We wanted to make a coherent, classic record. It was as simple as: \u2018What do I want to hear right now? Let\u2019s make it.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n \u201cDaisies?\u201d<\/p>\n CORRECT.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cThat seems like an alright score!\u201d<\/p>\n The Lemonheads\u2019 latest album \u2018Love Chant\u2019<\/a> is available now. The band tour <\/a>the UK in 2026. For full live dates, see here<\/a>. Evan Dando\u2019s memoir, \u2018Rumours \u00a0of My Demise\u2019 is published by Faber & Faber <\/em><\/p>\n The post Evan Dando: \u201cTim Robbins once mistook me for Kurt Cobain\u201d<\/a> appeared first on NME<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Name four of the countless songs that reference you. \u201cI\u2019m friends with Adam Green and there\u2019s a song by Kimya Dawson, the other half of The Moldy Peaches, called \u2018The Beer\u2019 where she sings \u2018Evan Dando never planned on telling the truth\u2019. \u2018Skull\u2019 by Sebadoh is just a pure-out story about me and Lou Barlow […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38135,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-art"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-10-25 17:18:35","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpnewswire.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpnewswire.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpnewswire.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpnewswire.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpnewswire.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38134"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gpnewswire.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38134\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpnewswire.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpnewswire.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpnewswire.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpnewswire.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Name the (officially unreleased) Oasis song you co-wrote with Noel Gallagher. <\/strong><\/h2>\n
When The Lemonheads performed your hit cover of \u2018Mrs. Robinson\u2019 on Top of the Pops<\/em> in 1992, which Manchester singer did you impersonate at the end?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
For a bonus half-point, can you recall any other act who appeared on the same episode as you? <\/strong><\/h3>\n
Which Lemonheads song did Courtney Love<\/a> join you to perform at the London Roundhouse date of your \u2018It\u2019s A Shame About Ray\u2019 30th Anniversary Tour in 2022? <\/strong><\/h2>\n
What is your character called in the 1995 film Heavy<\/em>?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
At the NME <\/em>Awards USA<\/a>\u00a0in LA in 2008, who presented you with the Classic Album Award for The Lemonheads\u2019 \u2018It\u2019s A Shame About Ray\u2019? <\/strong><\/h2>\n
Which rock icon once held a sword on you?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Which two musicians\u2019 vocals are you sandwiched between on the BBC\u2019s all-star 1997 charity cover of Lou Reed\u2019s \u2018Perfect Day\u2019?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
What is track six on The Lemonheads\u2019 latest album \u2018Love Chant\u2019? <\/strong><\/h2>\n
What flowers adorned the dress you wore onstage during The Lemonheads set at Reading festival in 1993?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
The verdict: 8.5\/10<\/strong><\/h3>\n