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I went to see Duran Duran last night (for a show that will be on Radio 2 on thursday night) at Sheperd's Bush Empire. Whatever your opinion of the band they can genuinely play well and are usually brilliant live. It was the first time I had seen them since Andy Taylor left (for the second time)
I always thought Andy was a decent player, underrated and undervalued, and his 90s replacement, Warren Cuccurillo, had the chops, but their new bloke, Dom Brown was, not to mince words, rather shit. No timing, kept fluffing notes, kept missing cues, A complete amateur on a stage full of professionals. I've never seen a 'proper' band and thought "I'm loads better than that guy" before. It was weird seeing someone so obviously less talented than the rest of his band.
I thought maybe it was a nerves or something but I checked out his site and listened to a couple of tracks, and they are excruciating, embarrasing crap. How the fuck did he land the Duran gig?
It was like me being in the GB sprint team. On a Pashley.