Motorhead rocker Phil Campbell hates fans filming entire concerts
Motörhead rocker Phil Campbell is speaking out on his pet hate of fans filming entire concerts.
Motörhead rocker Phil Campbell gets annoyed when fans film entire concerts.
The 63-year-old guitarist doesn't mind if gig-goers record half a song, but when they are filming the entire show, he finds it "off-putting" seeing a sea of smartphones instead of their faces.
Speaking to singer-songwriter Brocarde - who claims to be able to speak to the dead and recently alleged that she got in contact with the heavy metal group's late frontman Lemmy - in a recent YouTube interview, he said: "As soon as we get on stage, you see all the phones coming up. And I don't mind somebody filming a little bit — you know, half a song. You get people, and I see them and they've been there, they're expressionless and they've been there the entire show. They haven't moved a limb. And stuff like that really p***** me off. You should live in the moment. And it's off-putting as well. I much preferred it when people couldn't be just filming. And the quality's c*** anyway. I'd rather see them tapping their feet or anything… You walk on stage and automatically everyone — the cameras come up, phones. You gotta be in the moment. You gotta be there. It's important."
It's a pet hate of many artists, but Jake Bugg recently insisted he doesn't care if fans are glued to their phones at his gigs.
The 30-year-old musician told the Daily Star newspaper's Wired column: "I don't mind phones at concerts. If people want to film and look back on it, that's OK."
However, the artist – who released his latest album 'A Modern Day Distraction' last month – isn't so keen on fans chucking beer in his direction.
The 'Lightning Bolt' hitmaker added: "I've had people throwing things. Sometimes it's a nice letter, sometimes it's beer. You just don't know what you're going to get."
