Gary Powell: Pretty Much LeanIn November 2004, Rolling Stone's Mark Binelli had the pleasure of meeting the Libertines. "[Drummer Gary] Powell does not drink at all while performing," Binelli later reported, "but the moment he steps offstage, he pours the remainder of the whiskey, about a third of a bottle, down his throat in a matter of minutes. This trick is known in band circles as a 'Gary gargle.' In the upstairs dressing room a few minutes later, Powell is wearing a red Snoopy sweat shirt (backward) and shouting, slurrily, 'I'm bangered I'm so bangered! I'm lean!' He turns to me and asks, 'Did you get lean? That's when you're so bangered you start to lean. I am, right now, pretty much lean.'
"As I leave the dressing room, he shouts after me, 'I can play Scrabble like a demon when I'm bangered! Nobody can beat me! I have complete control of the English language!' Then I hear the thump of someone falling down and a series of curses."
Powell, Gary (?- ) British musician [noted for various recordings with The Libertines]
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