Nardwuar vs. Blur

Strange news from another star... Blur torments Nardwuar in this 2003 interview.
Dave Rowntree's of Blur's apology to Nardwuar is here: tinyurl.com/in...
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Doot doo !

[@copacetic9018]

These guys are really brave. Picking on the friendliest and least intimidating person on the entire planet.

[@Fanchus]

Copacetic exactly, straight up bullies

[@codeblue8922]

To be fair it was pretty much all Dave. The rest of the guys actually chilled out once he left.

[@Capnsensible80]

They could have put him in line, but they just let it keep happening

[@jamesoakes1819]

Capnsensible80 Dave's a grown ass man. It's not the other band members' responsibility to babysit while they're trying to do an interview.

[@quantumblurrr]

What a surprise the most harmless looking bandmate tries to act hard, this must be the only time in his life when he wasn’t the victim

[@franco3074]

That hat was from his mother that died, he said it in the Eric André interview.

[@wallas1705]

Shit, that just makes it even worse.

[@wacodraco1558]

Gangstar Y. Fuck these guys I swear to Lord

[@s6nder]

I feel so bad bro. He didn’t deserve that, and the fact that he was still being nice and they didn’t change their attitude :(

[@lilithjade4363]

she may have been alive at the time cuz this interview was pretty old, but either way that’s still unacceptable. my mom died so i would not be able to keep my cool at all

[@eththeman]

Ikken Hissatsu exactly :( wtaf

[@adrianstaurseth5922]

Dave was bullying a person he knew never would fight back, at least physically, just so he could feel powerful. Nard probably wanted to break character and just punch his teeth in, but respect for keeping it cool and rocking in the free world.

[@ApolloStarborn]

I honestly don't think hes playing a character for the most part which makes it even more sad that he would pick on somebody like that

[@Rocketshoes]

@@ApolloStarborn nah he said himself he was in a coked up rage at the time and took it out on narduwar

[@anotherbigfootwithinternet2147]

That's his actual personality

[@ethanh116]

@@Rocketshoes ok but that’s still not a good excuse. like who tf gets high on drugs knowing how unstable they get right before a recorded interview. it’s unprofessional and downright disrespectful.

[@Rocketshoes]

@@ethanh116 then you don't know what addiction is bro

[@joshlarson1252]

This is telling. As soon as Dave leaves the room the other guys start cooperating. That’s how you can tell there’s a dysfunctional dynamic in the group. Dave is a bully, and the others probably don’t agree with how he treats others but they’re too afraid to stand up to him. This was fascinating to watch. Overall, they’re like a group of school children.

[@Homer-OJ-Simpson]

They still made fun of him after Dave left

[@nkp6593]

Probably operating on the false notion that reigning him in, or confronting him would be disloyal.

[@justin7035]

They never grew up

[@Homer-OJ-Simpson]

@@nkp6593 That's my thinking. They probably know what Dave is doing is bad but also don't want to upset him and seem 'disloyal'.

[@aramledezma]

@@Homer-OJ-SimpsonThe release a new track.

[@jwizdum2103]

“As long as we got that on tape that’s all that counts” The Nard knew exactly how big he was gonna be 😤

[@dragonknightofamiraka3636]

He's not big. He's just annoying and forces himself onto people.

[@jwizdum2103]

@@dragonknightofamiraka3636 I heard his Net Worth is over a million based off this and sponsors...I would definitely say he got big 😂 especially in the interview world, no ones doin it like him and that's a fact.

[@TheGameTrainzHD]

THE SERPENT KING he literally interviewed so many legends like Kurt Cobain. Who are you to speak? Sit down.

[@dragonknightofamiraka3636]

@@TheGameTrainzHD That would be your opinion..

[@TheGameTrainzHD]

THE SERPENT KING Well, expect your unpopular opinion to receive replies! End of story.

[@davidfirth]

At first it seems like they are all on board with being difficult but then Dave takes it too far. The way they are all laughing rather than cooperating or at least trying to settle things makes it just look like bullying.

[@rue3816]

Salad fingers! what a surprise to see you here!

[@eddyii7450]

Hello there sir

[@cheekymonkey7942]

Holy shit

[@vapordreams983]

I like rusty spoons

[@psilopsychic]

Hey David, you probably won’t see this but just wanted to say I grew up watching your vids. Cream, salad fingers and so many more impacted an entire generation, I’m 20 now and still go back to your channel every few weeks to see if there’s anything new

[@jireland8824]

Nothing makes me more mad than people who bully Nardwuar.

[@martingrooms]

+Jacob Ireland I couldn't handle it. I'd probably have them turn off the cameras and handle that ass.

[@tim3198]

+Martin Grooms gay

[@generikadeyo]

+Jacob Ireland Yeah, Dave was being an arse. Holy crap no wonder Graham left and they split for 12 years.

[@slimnics]

+Jacob Ireland fucking jerks. I would have left.

[@doctorfeelfunny584]

This would be among the coolest KZbin vids of all time if Nardwaur kicked the piss out of Dave on camera. Or at least fired back verbally: "You seem to be trying to receive all the attention here. Is that because you're the drummer in a band with simplistic, unoriginal drumming? You're basically filling a role literally tens of thousands of drummers could handle without significantly altering the band's sound. I understand your bitterness when it comes to lack of fan and media attention, and I forgive you."

[@a7c777]

Met Nardwuar in person once. He is exactly in person as he is on camera. I was emotional cause I was a huge fan of Nardwaur and he said not to be nervous cause he loves it when people come up and say hi. He’s such a gentle human being. The dude gave me a bro hug and a photo op before we left. Such a nice dude I cant stress enough. He’s a stronger, kinder and better man than I. So to see this, not only am I brokenhearted, but I’m also confused as to how anyone could do something like that to him. Just the vibe alone when he walks into a room gives off a wholesome vibe. Bullying nardwaur is like punting a kitten. I just cant see how anyone could have any capacity to bully him. Even if i was paid a million dollars I dont think i could ever come close to bring myself to even trying to agitate the dude. The Dave fella is on a whole other level of rude

[@Mccaigg]

Compensation for his lack of hair. Blur: are shite.

[@khylelewis]

It's rather simple mate. It's judging a book by its cover.

[@Majistr]

Pretty sure Dave got attacked by somebody or a drink thrown at him at the show following this interview

[@jimmybags6598]

Yeah there’s videos of nardwuar in high school on KZbin and he’s the same as he is in his videos

[@zacariasfangueiro4073]

​@@MajistrHope so

[@chihuahuaman7025]

That nerdy drummer trying to act tough. The guy was in a famous rock band and nobody knows who he is.

[@donkeyboy2678]

well to be honest damon albarn is the only really famous guy in the band,

[@ghostninja5035]

@@donkeyboy2678 Graham is somewhat well known but he wasn't even in this video because he left the band before then.

[@donkeyboy2678]

@@ghostninja5035 yeah i was pretty much taking the piss dont care bout these comments where people say who are these guys even, or theyre not famous and shit, theyre the blur mate, piss off with your ignorance but yeah its obvius damon is the most famous out the band cause hes the frontman, and ofc the gorillaz

[@ghostninja5035]

@@donkeyboy2678 A lot of these ignorant comments saying "Nobody knows Blur" are unfortunately from my fellow Americans. Just because a band wasn't huge in YOUR country doesn't mean they weren't popular in another one. America isn't the only country out there.

[@donkeyboy2678]

@@ghostninja5035 yeah thats pretty much always the case

[@mondoprime]

A guy who wears glasses taking another guy's glasses and throwing them. A swell guy.

[@KeanKennedy]

lol! People with glass faces shouldn't throw specs I guess.

[@patrickmccutcheon8860]

Something about that pisses me off to my core. People fucking with someone's glasses. It's a low blow.

[@shadowrealm1210]

Patrick McCutcheon I knew this dumb kid who had glasses and thought he was all bad I punched home right in the glasses and broke em in two lol he wears contacts now

[@r_e046]

@@shadowrealm1210 That's horrible...

[@frarfarf]

Yeah that's exactly what I was thinking, it's a dog act regardless but for a fellow glasses wearer that is just putrid

[@MRTN13]

Damon and Alex were embarrased and should have said something to this coke addicted drummer... but they didn't. I think every person who got bullied recognizes this passive enabling.

[@aldxbaran]

Exactly. Too many people are defending Damon and Alex when they basically enabled this

[@jub7345]

Have you ever seen a Nuardwar video?

[@gs-nq6mw]

If you see the bullying happens and do nothing about it,you is part of the bullying,specially if is your close friend praticing it

[@Lee-cn4df]

This isn’t bullying

[@ollyf5088]

It's tough at the top and I imagine it's up to you to keep your own sh*t together

[@kikameister]

The fact that they laughed instead of telling Dave to chill out tells you everything you need to know about them

[@RoyRoger-xq5zu]

Drugs

[@toke7342]

They were cool after he left. You're not any better than Dave.

[@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek]

Nah it doesn't

[@nn-vh5ph]

@@toke7342 ???

[@toke7342]

@@nn-vh5ph what?

[@peterhogben3304]

It got a lot better once Dave left the room.

[@DiotraxSecondlives]

at least he got enough sense to leave it, some don't.

[@meneurdujeu]

Total shitbags for not standing up and telling him to leave the guy alone.

[@beepst]

Nah it doesn't get better if they just act like nothing happened and "shy" when 5 minutes ago they were laughing at Dave's bullying.

[@meneurdujeu]

@@beepst exactly! Laughing at as if it was funny, they're just as bad. This video killed Blur for me.

[@andreygermanov4363]

@@az_gk33 Yeah joking around while pushing him and throwing his hat and glasses, funny af!!!

[@AVSidey]

I think that Nardwuar bringing out the real person behind the facade is admirable in itself. "as long as we have it on tape, that's all that counts" Taking all the shit is what makes him who he is.

[@shastealyomeal]

A.V. Sidey Smart

[@surike]

Dave was the only prick the other guys were nice

[@macdaddy11477]

SuRIKE nice people don’t let people get bullied

[@honeypower]

@@surike No they weren't

[@prud5930]

@@macdaddy11477 You've seen the Cartoon Network "say no to bullying" too, huh?

[@user-sy3hu9ju4k]

his dead mom gave him that hat and wears it for just about every interview

[@1mmarker]

- His mom was alive during this interview

[@xTonyTornado]

you took it from your ass

[@coledoucette5116]

@@1mmarker still though its rude

[@chrishightower4308]

@@coledoucette5116 but no man, his mom wasn't dead at the time so its not like its THAT disrespectful

[@coledoucette5116]

@@chrishightower4308 it's not as bad, but still it's a douchebag thing to do. Like saying "what are you gonna do bitch". Its just rude in general

[@drbobsnightmare2521]

These guys make it easy for Nard to be the coolest guy in the room.

[@dedbatt8869]

Fact

[@andreas0101]

are you 12??

[@drbobsnightmare2521]

@@andreas0101 you wish Groomer

[@jordanmccoy5869]

@@drbobsnightmare2521😭

[@magnesjberg24]

@drbobsnightmare2521 Goddamn, you destroyed him

[@cody95]

Nardwuar handled himself very well here. I don't know how most people could keep their composure getting bullied like that

[@NohabloEng]

Cody MacCarroll its super annoying wtf.

[@gs-nq6mw]

He handled himself terrribly,he shouls had stopped the interview as soon the guy started atrck him,not sure if he panicked and didnt knew what to do or continued the interview to expose them

[@gravelrun4028]

I'd jab David's eyes out with that microphone.

[@woowah32]

Bullied …🙄🤣🤣

[@sewerpersonsimp9326]

@@woowah32bullied yea

[@addthisto]

thank you Nardwuar for showing musicians real face.

[@HansonJP98]

addthisto he's the human serviette right?

[@theoldtoys4135]

Nacho Herrera ????

[@wacodraco1558]

Nacho Herrera yep. These pieces of shits need to be driven to an abandoned warehouse and put down like a rabid dog for how they treated this sweet man who does literally nothing wrong to anyone

[@Jojozilla426]

@@wacodraco1558 you think three people should be killed because one of them was a douchebag whilst high in an otherwise very pleasant interveiw?

[@youngvolki1745]

@@A_29886 shut the fuck up

[@marquism1799]

Yo disliking the video doesn't help Nardwuar. Like the video for that fact that Nardwuar showed Blur's true colors, and for keeping his damn composure.

[@wacodraco1558]

Marquis M yea…and fuck Blur

[@arnoldthomsen6571]

Dislikes help the algorithm as much as likes.

[@Jojozilla426]

@@wacodraco1558 No fuck Dave, not Blur

[@arnoldthomsen6571]

@@yhvhfan IM SURE FANBOI

[@yhvhfan]

Arnold Thomsen Dude I knew abt Nardwuar before I even started listening to Blur. It's pretty obv this isnt how they normally act.

[@garryrptr]

The second after Dave left the interview everything gets better

[@S_NRIO]

“As long as we got that on tape, that’s all that counts” oOp

[@xfogscapex]

Savannah McClung baboom

[@wacodraco1558]

Savannah McClung these dudes make me wanna put them through walls. Irrelevant douchebags

[@thatwaslegitness9872]

Content

[@thatwaslegitness9872]

This makes me think. Was this the first ever reference to “content” from a content creator on the internet? I’m talking when a content creator says “content” to a negative person to expose their negative behavior to the world. It’s become such a big thing now people are exposing other people on their negative behaviors

[@Shukulo]

@@peterparker642 Found the blur fanboy

[@HarryAzcrac20]

This is how absolutely miserable people act.

[@poppy8408]

They were pretty miserable at that time. There was a lot of tension in the band and a lot of arguing and the drummer was going through a drug addiction so was probably high during this interview.

[@jacobgaines8299]

@@poppy8408 If you listen to 1996 Blur interview you'll understand why they wanted him to f off. No gifts, just rude questions.

[@jacobgaines8299]

@@poppy8408 American bands at the time knew better than to talk to Nardwuar. He was as likely to quiz you about people you'd had sex with as give you a gift.

[@maxyuri5901]

Cry

[@Matt-pi2vc]

Jacob Gaines cry me a River, no reason to be a dick to a nice guy

[@ape9469]

How a musician treats nardwuar is the ultimate litmus test on whether they're a good person or not

[@angryfrogger]

Truth. I feel really bad for Nard after watching this interview.

[@sstaners1234]

Dave: 1. Runs for Britain’s parliament. 2. Blames cocaine for his actions. 3. Eventually apologizes to Nardwuar 8 years later. One hell of a guy.

[@jacaanthony]

Reallly??

[@DreamBird1]

@@jacaanthony yep he only apologized when he was running for Labour Party

[@michaelcarrasquillo4781]

He’s a loser

[@rupe82]

He actually apologized the day after the interview. There's a clip on KZbin of him talking about it.

[@bluetextonwhitebg]

to be fair dave looks absolutely coked out of his everloving mind in this video, so there may be some merit to no. 2. like before i even read the comments, i thought _that dude's on uppers for sure_

[@pigammon7843]

Guys, don't dislike it, it's Nardwuar's video.

[@hugohepworth5633]

probably blur fans

[@zackzallie8735]

@@hugohepworth5633 i love blur to death but fuckin hate when they treat nardwuar like that. Bunch of narssists.

[@seponviinat822]

@@zackzallie8735 I'd say this is justified after watching the other nardwuar blur interview

[@gordonm6108]

@@seponviinat822 Other Nardwuar Blur video? Where is this? I've never seen or even heard of it.

[@betwandet41]

That’s why I disliked it. I’ve never heard of blur, sonic youth, or even nard himself before today. I don’t get it I honestly don’t. It doesn’t show anyone’s “true colors”( whatever that means). It’s just an annoying voice asking stupid questions being outrageously annoying smacking them with the mic every time he moves it. I couldn’t blame anyone for annoyed upset or a little antagonistic towards the rest of the questions. Now I wouldn’t physically harm the man or take the hat or anything like that but eventually the taunting cat will be knocked flat. And it doesn’t automatically make them a terrible person because they acted inappropriately while annoyed and drunk. (Although I don’t Know if they were drunk I’m just assuming by they way they look and act)

[@ChristertonTullo]

If only Snoop Dogg were there

[@Leblenlens]

Christo Tullo if only you knew that damon and snoop are actually good friends...

[@THEJoeDub22]

Christo Tullo And Billy Eilish, too. She would’ve thrown down for Nard all day and night.

[@sleazemcsleazerson1723]

@@Leblenlens that doesnt change the fact that snoop would defend nardwuar

[@scottiewallace3149]

Why? Because he's black and has a on camera friendship with the nard? How do you know dave wouldn't batter snoop? He looks like he weighs more and he's a drummer so he has stamina.. But then he's not Bj lack and a g rap artist, so I guess your asuptions are right.. Woops sorry about that old boy.

[@sleazemcsleazerson1723]

@@scottiewallace3149 you are the only person bringing race into this. Snoop Dogg is a gangster and is good friends with nardwuar. Has nothing to do with the fact that he's a black man. It has to do with the fact that snoop has actually killed people (allegedly)

[@zackzallie8735]

Dave is literally the human embodiment of this emoji 🤓

[@jakobthe]

seriously i could not believe i was watching an adult act like that

[@ryanvv9349]

You mean 🤡

[@shipley1231]

Or 🗑️

[@gauravdesale9552]

💩

[@yousfiabdelali]

💩

[@MegadethMiller]

Imagine trying to look tough but you're the drummer from Blur.

[@angelamarie2554]

This is sickening. I can't even watch it. People should appreciate Nardwuar. Every other media outlet and journalist only cares about finding out who an artist is sleeping with or beefing with or trying to get a headline story. Nardwuar actually cares about the music and the art... I appreciate his research and enthusiasm for the art. This behavior is sickening.

[@morganhenderson7652]

SiCkEnInG

[@abanana2561]

I agree

[@delinseurn]

Lol go watch Nardwuar vs Strokes. Worst interview ever

[@qtDiabolik]

Nardwuar can be an ass too. Watch the interview with The Strokes.

[@delinseurn]

@@qtDiabolik lmao

[@OrionKalas]

This actually ruined Blur for me

[@Jpiggye]

Agreed. Makes me want to send Dave a shit load of hate emails. What a little bullying bitch.

[@baboon2525]

he's just a bit dull in real life. only traces of unbearable smugness. was when i met him, anyways.

[@DarlingPhenylethylamine]

WMsandKFCisBackMOFOs Name one time Nardwuar bullied somebody.

[@WMsandKFCisBackMOFOs]

Beck

[@DarlingPhenylethylamine]

I'll admit to not watching that one. I'll search it now.

[@ScoopMeisterGeneral]

You can tell Damon and Alex felt bad after Dave left. Pretty cowardly of them if you ask me.

[@TheSm1thers]

What exactly could they do?

[@steveachealo89]

Cowardly? So Dave wasn't a coward because he bullied?

[@ten_white_kidzhermacinski7029]

Their cowards, just like dave

[@gs-nq6mw]

If you see the bullying happens and do nothing about it,you is part of the bullying,specially if is your close friend praticing it and don't try to say "he was on drugs" lol,he's 100% councious of his actions

[@silkymilkymememonkey]

Nah, they didn’t feel bad. They seemed to be giggling in an ironic “wow, this kid is so pathetic” kinda way.

[@Tizzen]

Blur so lucky I wasn’t in that room 😭🙏

[@cantinamember6653]

*Dave is such a charmless man*

[@Monkeypole]

He met them in a crowded room though

[@bumblebloof4122]

​@@Monkeypole doesn't excuse his blatant disrespect of nard for no reason

[@Monkeypole]

@@bumblebloof4122 It's the lyrics to a Blur song mate 🤣

[@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek]

​@@bumblebloof4122ew

[@koll]

You can tell Dave is someone who probably got bullied in school. Was probably got called ginger nut, ginger pubes or some variation of that. This is him getting his revenge and thinking he's hard...sad.

[@angrygrouse4989]

That's oddly specific *gin g er. Nut*

[@jabba_sechta9111]

G L O C K at least he makes his own videos.

[@spiralarips]

He´s hard on cocaine and booze

[@gilberttrujillo9967]

Cinnamon Roll damn my neighbor is English and calls me ginger nut I have red hair lol

[@MichaelJimenez416]

Cinnamon Roll come on now 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@doggytheanarchist7876]

Damn that was painful to watch. A full group of grown ass men trying to intimidate this most sweet and innocent dude. This is the worst fucking part of the 90's. As if bullying was a cool and fun thing.

[@sixthdegreesunburn]

It was only really Dave being a dick to him.

[@artifex2.080]

Wel this was in the 2000's

[@crowkid5553]

Not only that but it was in a time where blur was out of control, especially with Graham in rehab

[@vercality6170]

Gulf war was pretty bad

[@TehSawnderz]

i think they had a good reason

[@matthewjerome3496]

Seeing this makes the fact that Oasis bullied blur mercilessly for so many years so much more satisfying.

[@ageandorange9514]

Would much rather hang out with Noel or Liam then those suckers. At least Oasis never pretended to be nice, artsy guys.

[@Cabsmell]

Lost a lot of respect for Damon after this, just sat back and did nothing

[@aldxbaran]

Ikr, too many fucking people defending Damon just because he made Gorillaz

[@twodee4368]

Sean Weir I’ve never respected him. I love Gorillaz and blur but I just hate Damon Albarn

[@philmstud2k]

To be fair, he was raddled on heroin at the time.

[@gs-nq6mw]

If you see the bullying happens and do nothing about it,you is part of the bullying,specially if is your close friend praticing it

[@1mmarker]

philmstud2k Yeah he has to be on something his facial expressions and the way he was talking

[@LieLikesMusic]

3:02 The relief when he finally got the interview started.

[@POOPGOD999]

He looks like he escaped a tornado by that timestamp💀💀

[@zackzallie8735]

Nardwuar looked legitimately distressed at that moment. Felt bad for him.

[@LieLikesMusic]

@@gs-nq6mw "Well they're 4 of the biggest stars in the world. We're just cameramen and crew." I imagine that's the story they were telling themselves at the time.

[@Ben-xf1ym]

This lot are a bunch of cunts, I grew up in lewisham “se 13” in the real area of lewisham not the poncey goldsmiths new cross area and none of them would of survived here, real Blokes to treat a guy on his own like a cunt like that. If your American… trust me real south east londoners don’t act like this were hard cunts but not rude.

[@Kevin-pw7so]

Man the interview really got civil once Dave left

[@headerspbj770]

Kevin yeah, I think part of it was that they thought he was wearing a “blur are shite” shirt like Dave and maybe the others thought, the interview took a turn for the better at the point where he revealed his shirt

[@RuleroftheWorld]

Wow, the history behind that hat as well. Nardwuar handled himself very controlled.

[@silkymilkymememonkey]

I hated how Damon and Alex still thought Nardwuar was pathetic even though Dave left. That, ironically, makes THEM the pathetic ones.

[@notfontenot8540]

lmaothe idea of hitler peter griffin saying this comment makes it so much better lol

[@lewisb85]

@@jacobgaines8299 They were probably thinking, fuck this guy again! Fat mike who is friends with nardwaur now said how he hated him for a long time.

[@shnwll1756]

lol shut up dork

[@silkymilkymememonkey]

@jibriel! xo I wouldn’t forget punctuation and capitalization and shove “lol” in my sentence if I was a “dork”.

[@abou5305]

Damn these replies don’t know shit about nardwuar

[@4nathem4]

i lost a lot of respect for blur watching this

[@Eternity909]

This was when they all had bad drug problems at the time.

[@GOWvMatchstick]

@@Eternity909 And who's fault is that.

[@Eternity909]

Andrew Blonski Well they are all clean now. Rowntree is still a twat from what I’ve heard but apparently the others are nice people now.

[@Shukulo]

Never had any respect for them to begin with.

[@eddie2913]

They treat him even more shittier in his nirvana interview kinda

[@babylonian]

since i hadn't seen anyone else mention it: Dave (the guy being an total shithead to Nardwuar in this video) eventually apologized for this incident. here's what he said: "There has been some speculation as to why I accepted a recent blog comment linking to a clip of me bullying the Canadian journalist Nardwuar in 2003. The reason is, that I can't take the credit for the things I've done that I'm proud of, without taking the blame for the things that I'm ashamed of. And this is definitely one of the things I'm ashamed of. There's no excuse for my bullying, and the reason I did it is perhaps nearly as sordid. As I've written in the past I became addicted to cocaine during the nineties. Now I've no idea if it has this effect on anyone else, but for me, the day after a cocaine binge I'd sometimes fly into a murderous rage, and take it out on whoever happened to be around. In this case, it happened to be the journalist. To be clear, Nardwuar didn't do anything to provoke me. I sent an apology to him the next day, but I didn't hear anything back from him, so I assume he didn't accept it. These days I keep a clip of the interview on my phone. I don't drink, smoke or take drugs, and if from time to time I wonder if I'm doing the right thing treading this (sometimes rather lonely) path I play it, and have the answer." (also worth mentioning: Nardwuar gracefully responded to the statement, saying "Thanks to Dave of Blur for this apology - I do appreciate it!")

[@ninmgen4240]

Thanks for the info, dude. Context clears up a lot of everything

[@SpaceDJ3]

Love your videos Nick! Thanks for clearing up with the extra info!

[@lovebugea]

Aldebaran this vid remind u of getting bullied in hs huh

[@thefallenonezz7540]

Hes not sorry hes just sorry he got caught still a dick head

[@ToasterBrain51702]

The FallenOneZz denial.

[@amaxwiththefacts]

0:22 - As long we got that on tape that's all it counts.

[@cujoe]

This is what Dave Said about the incident 4 years later " There has been some speculation as to why I accepted a recent blog comment linking to a clip of me bullying the Canadian journalist Nardwuar in 2003. The reason is, that I can't take the credit for the things I've done that I'm proud of, without taking the blame for the things that I'm ashamed of. And this is definitely one of the things I'm ashamed of. There's no excuse for my bullying, and the reason I did it is perhaps nearly as sordid. As I've written in the past I became addicted to cocaine during the nineties. Now I've no idea if it has this effect on anyone else, but for me, the day after a cocaine binge I'd sometimes fly into a murderous rage, and take it out on whoever happened to be around. In this case, it happened to be the journalist. To be clear, Nardwuar didn't do anything to provoke me. I sent an apology to him the next day, but I didn't hear anything back from him, so I assume he didn't accept it. These days I keep a clip of the interview on my phone. I don't drink, smoke or take drugs, and if from time to time I wonder if I'm doing the right thing treading this (sometimes rather lonely) path I play it, and have the answer. " Nardwuar responded to the apology on his Twitter page, where he wrote, "Thanks to Dave of Blur for this apology... I do appreciate it!"

[@anon3600]

At least we got some closure

[@vknl99]

@Gemma nothing that came before this excuses how much of an asshole he was being. get over it man some of your favorite musicians are just assholes

[@jacobgaines8299]

@@vknl99 bruh kzbin.info/www/bejne/oqrNdaWPqLWnq9E

[@vknl99]

@@jacobgaines8299 your point? they're still being assholes in this video

[@toxicdavid1487]

This happened 13 years ago and y'all still hating? Cancel culture is freaking pathetic

[@AssassinKillua15]

Makes me respect Nardwaur even more. Held his composure and kept his confidence despite being picked on by these man children. Been doing this since he was 17 and you can tell.

[@JewJam69]

The fact that he blamed this on cocaine 8 years later says a lot about himself as a person

[@1337_bean]

fr, he didnt want to blame his character because he was running for office

[@cutiebeautyqueen]

@@1337_bean WHY IN THE WORLD WOULD HE RUN FOR OFFICE

[@1337_bean]

@@cutiebeautyqueen just to add some “achievements” to his imbd page

[@eagleflies8681]

He was a mediocre person back then and always will be. Drugs are no excuse.

[@VinVonVoom]

He simply elaborated on it by saying he was under a cocaine rage at the time, he said in the literal same message you're pulling from that he doesn't think that justifies it in any way and he's very open with this being around, even sharing it himself. Nardwuar forgives him but it seems you can't. Now does this mean he's a good person? Not really, but it's not the indicator of that.

[@Jhas14ducks]

Want to say coming back to this interview now that the band is sober you can tell the difference in how they are now and how they were when they were all on a fuck ton of drugs (mainly coke)

[@alukuhito]

Blur should've done their homework. It's a complete honour for Nardwuar to interview you. You'll never have an interviewer as interested in you as him. He was finding out obscure facts about bands before there was even the internet. Sometimes he even goes out and buys rare presents for the people he interviews. If you bully Nardwuar, how do you treat all the others who don't care about you as much?

[@lukeshioshio]

They knew who he was.

[@kevinuribe318]

@@lukeshioshioif they knew then no excuse whatsoever the band was total rubbish. Fell off so hard they even look much older than Nardwuar. It just goes to show how much of a “good” life they apparently have lived. Karma Forsure

[@baileythrelkeld1]

Crazy disrespectful to one of the coolest music journalist of all time. He gives people crazy rare gifts and to be treated like this is very unprofessional these guys play music for a living which is thousands of peoples dreams. To not be able to conduct yourself in a professional respectable manner is ridiculous and honestly it pisses me off. Shout out to Nardwaur for handling this like a true gentlemen and professional.

[@woodpigeonsong]

Proof that Coxon is the best member. edit: well this may have aged poorly

[@zackzallie8735]

This video is the reason why Coxon temporarily left the band lol

[@mikeoxlong567]

Best of the 3 but still a douche for laughing

[@mikeoxlong567]

@DEEJMASTER 333 my bad my dumbass was thinking of Alex lmfaoooo

[@andromeda5209]

This is so true

[@hi_immkaylee]

this aged badly

[@he-dp3mk]

Love how he ran away when he started asking what schools they went to😭😭 knew exactly where he was going

[@8_bruh_8]

Nardwar understands the classism of British culture. He’s playing chess.

[@timgilligan3885]

Sniff sniff.

[@soppsau]

Holy shit, this was really uncomfortable to watch.

[@5fish256]

I like blur's music but their behavior in this video makes me feel uncomfortable. Because it reminds me some bad memories when I was in school.

[@brothermickle2455]

Ya especially when they threw there hat

[@pupplementarypupplements5804]

ya right everyone just standin around watchin

[@jacobgaines8299]

Give them some slack. Blur probably 1.) didn't schedule this interview themselves or know who they'd be speaking to and 2.) Nardwuar spent a previous interview trying to get the band to talk about the girl Damon lost his virginity to and calling Damon "Damien" and "Damon Arben".

[@henrywolf5332]

Jacob Gaines why? 1) they are not good and time has shown that 2) there is no excuse for a coke head bullying people trying to give them press and 3) you are the same type of enabler as his band mates who just let it go on while standing and throwing shade at our man Nard.

[@jacobgaines8299]

@@henrywolf5332 bruh. this happened -20 years ago-. the drummer apologized -in 2011-. you're not avenging Nardwuar at this point. you're fueling the bullying and harassment of a bunch of middle-aged dads. even their guitarist, who wasn't in the band when this happened, still has idiots giving him s.

[@lduff155]

No wonder liam Gallagher took the piss out of Blur for so many years.

[@lottofever3061]

Liam is a dick himself I've heard

[@turtlestuff7]

liam gallagher would do the same to nardwuar lets be real

[@skrulgrills]

as if that mf was any better

[@prudenceneverpays]

liam would do the same tbh

[@bellafiori4077]

@@prudenceneverpaysI don’t think he would’ve. Nardwaur probably knew about how he was and chose not to interview him for that reason. Blur act like good guys but their behaviour is appalling, so he probably didn’t know what he was getting himself into

[@ollyg235]

Let's face it, Dave was always the weakest link in the band - the least talented, the least charismatic, the least good-looking. Used to be a severe alcoholic up to 1994, didn't know bout his cocaine habit till seeing this video though. What a shame.

[@OmniDubStep]

You've hit the nail on the head

[@ytgibbo]

Olly G Yep. Utter prick, in this clip at least. I imagine you could knock him out pretty easily, probably happened to him a lot as a kid, ginger and speccy (I wear them too), and high on coke gave him a bit of bravado. Went down in my estimation after watching this. All in the past etc. but still disappointing. At least the others were respectful (whilst obviously taking the piss a bit). Every time I see Rowntree now, sadly I can’t get past this clip in my head. He says he regrets it and so he should. Still a good band though.

[@longde]

dave deserved a punch, but you're wrong. As a drummer myself, I can tell you Dave is a very good drummer.

[@El_Andru]

You know what? FUCK DAVE

[@dreat5665]

>Used to be a severe alcoholic up to 1994 Well he did it better than the band's other achoholic and that other drug abuser

[@Irene-nq5qm]

For once in my life i'm glad for not seeing Graham on a blur's interview

[@aleeecita]

Same

[@DominarRygel-XVI]

This blur guy sounds like a real jerk!

[@andrewroberts7428]

that's good to hear

[@waynea7265]

Still a twat

[@LoewenRanger]

His apology was weak

[@c4n0]

Ill punch that looser face for reminder purposes too

[@eziauditore]

Fuck him

[@chiaracavicchi7808]

As a Blur fan I'm never gonna forgive them for this lol

[@Jhas14ducks]

I don’t think any of us can ever at the time they were genuine assholes despite the drugs doesn’t make any of it justifiable lol

[@aleeecita]

So real

[@Janim8282]

Real

[@Ben-jx1ys]

Uff, my respect for Blur just evaporated. Completely evaporated. And I had a lot of respect for Blur. It's gone. All of it. Gone. I hate bullies and this is a textbook example. I'm not sure if a better example is captured anywhere on film. Nardwuar you handled that like a pro.

[@Karlski420]

On Dave's wiki it says "He has also said that he keeps a clip of the interview on his phone, to watch if he ever considers relapsing into drug use". Interesting

[@FragmentedR_YT]

Benjamin Coady I’d argue that there actually is a better example: Nardwuar’s 1991 interview of Sonic Youth.

[@speedking7224]

Boohoo

[@joejoejoe0121]

Can I just say your punctuation makes me very happy?

[@Andy.G8]

@@speedking7224 Who invited the tard?

[@Thawah]

This practically made me cry.

[@aveytare2185]

@@BrokenGodEnt Your response is so left field. Nardwuar didnt deserve the treatment in this video, but he can be an obnoxious bully too. Watch his interviews with the Strokes and Beck

[@bossman8805]

BrokenGod Ent. If you nearly cry over some random guy you’ve never met getting his hat thrown and not much more, how are you gonna deal with an actually traumatic event such as losing a close one

[@epitaphboi4816]

Callum Davage It’s literally empathy tho. Niggas sound dumb asf these days

[@Quandussy]

I think I might have anger issues since this clip got me so pissed that I wanted to land a haymaker on the prick bully through my screen lol. I certainly didn't feel like crying tho

[@panquake3217]

@@aveytare2185 Wow empathy is so left field amirite? Fucking dumbass

[@TopMostFlavor]

Nardwuar, the epitome of patience. I bet he had to put up with snooty bands wasting his time regularly.

[@eugenefanboy4478]

It payed off. Man is a legend now and will always be remembered in the community. Unlike Dave lol.

[@dogoven.]

I like how nobody else in the band said anything and just laughed nervously and nobody ever talks about how that’s literally half of the behavioral problem here.

[@MegaMasterkiller666]

As someone who experienced bullying in school, it almost make's it hard to much just because of my sympothy for Nardwuar, i like blur's music but was this behaviour really necessary? Nardwuar is such an awesome interviewer who does nothing more than just try and have fun yet i've seen so many of his interviews when bands take themselves waaaaay too seriously like chill and lighten up for once

[@MegaMasterkiller666]

Also i disliked just because of the way the interviewer is being treated here.

[@functionparameter]

dont dislike dude, its nardwuars channel not theirs

[@MegaMasterkiller666]

FocsBLAC Yeah you're right actually i take that part back

[@mike365fly]

Well if you like this Nardwuar guy I guess you deserved to be bullied in school

[@MegaMasterkiller666]

Play-a-maker I'm hurt, honestly i am

[@charleshowarth574]

When Nardwuar said "As long as we have that on tape that's all that counts..." If I was Dave I would have stopped immediately. That was the absolute best thing to say in that situation and Dave just ignored it. To be fair on Dave, he finally apologised in 2011.

[@TheImancs]

Bc he has to save his ass

[@DontReadDis]

It’s still Fuck Dave to this day.

[@stephenbowden9084]

Its not fair to him, once you act bad enough an apology doesn't make a difference

[@NoConsequenc3]

@@stephenbowden9084 it does make a difference, but it doesn't entitle forgiveness.

[@SurrenderedByGraceMinistry]

He apologized because he was running for a political position

[@JamesAllenQuinn]

My jaw was on the floor during the first half of this interview. It's so rare to actually see a real person bullying a guy who is different like Nardwuar. We write these characters into movies all the time, but rarely see them play out in real life. Apparently, that asshole apologized and this incident is something he is deeply ashamed of, but holy shit was this hard to watch. I just wanted to give Nardwuar a hug and give Dave a dose of his own medicine.

[@lukeshioshio]

He should be ashamed. He's a raging douchebag.

[@devonsteinke]

this made me respect nardwuar a lot more. he handled himself gracefully in front of someone who isn't.

[@raybbaby]

Only in Canada do British guys get to act tough. LMAO

[@wmurray003]

+raybbaby They should come to the states and try to do an interviewer like that. See what happens... lol.

[@pausebeforeviewtube]

+raybbaby narduar is narduar. canadians are actually pretty tough depending on where you are. it's the same as with every country

[@skystudios2474]

Massive generalization, there are weak and tough people everywhere. Walk into a pub around East London or Glasgow and start pushing people around, see how far you get.

[@VanIsleBC]

+Sky Studios i tried this and ended up in the hospital after some hulking brute bottled me

[@Dandaman955]

+Willie Murray Haha, get to fuck. US people wouldn't be able to lift their tonne of flab after a fucking drink.

[@MatgoStyles]

Adele on working with Damon from Blur: "It ended up being one of those 'don't meet your idol' moments. The saddest thing was that I was such a big Blur fan growing up. But it was sad, and I regret hanging out with him.”

[@neonbible08]

Who cares what Adele thinks

[@igottwopeepees]

@@neonbible08 soft dick having dude.

[@Beautifullyaberrant]

@@neonbible08 it obviously correlates to the asshole in this video. Hopefully he’s doing better

[@nskfsr]

@@neonbible08 because she's a great artist

[@pierced_veil]

@@neonbible08LMAO fr

[@akselcoe6333]

Blur always had tensions between the group, the other two probably didn't want to confront Rowntree in his rage for fear that he might quit the band. Still not an excuse, as a Blur fan I am disappointed.

[@clintonleonard5187]

Damon said he found the behavior attractive.

[@kingdavid3790]

Imagine bullying a guy who is more passionate about you and what you do, then you are about yourself!

[@chairmanmeow-ij1wd]

Daves apology: "There has been some speculation as to why I accepted a recent blog comment linking to a clip of me bullying the Canadian journalist Nardwuar in 2003. 
 The reason is, that I can't take the credit for the things I've done that I'm proud of, without taking the blame for the things that I'm ashamed of. And this is definitely one of the things I'm ashamed of. There's no excuse for my bullying, and the reason I did it is perhaps nearly as sordid. As I've written in the past I became addicted to cocaine during the nineties. Now I've no idea if it has this effect on anyone else, but for me, the day after a cocaine binge I'd sometimes fly into a murderous rage, and take it out on whoever happened to be around. In this case, it happened to be the journalist. To be clear, Nardwuar didn't do anything to provoke me. I sent an apology to him the next day, but I didn't hear anything back from him, so I assume he didn't accept it. These days I keep a clip of the interview on my phone. I don't drink, smoke or take drugs, and if from time to time I wonder if I'm doing the right thing treading this (sometimes rather lonely) path I play it, and have the answer."

[@IStehSHIT]

***** What a fucking idiot.

[@mattmacneil3424]

IStehSHIT Who? Dave? how is he a fucking idiot? This apology is legit and the fact that he acknowledged his shit behaviour and drug addiction is a pretty cool thing to do.

[@IStehSHIT]

Matt M Nurdwar didn't accept his apology, so I don't see why anyone else should. Besides from his parents, maybe.

[@mattmacneil3424]

IStehSHIT He did. twitter.com/nardwuar/status/53632826918178816. There's no point in holding grudges in life. Dave saw that what he did was wrong, felt remorse, and apologized. What more could he do really?

[@Brax1982]

***** I thought this was staged, for sure. Looked to me like that Dave guy could hardly keep himself from laughing. Weird.

[@MicBassLights]

Narduwar more relevant then Blur haha

[@pmoneycool8979]

Correct

[@louisdavis4837]

What about gorillaz tho

[@copinhagen]

@@louisdavis4837 who?

[@louisdavis4837]

@@copinhagen aha.. Ha

[@BUZZZK1LLINGT0N]

@@louisdavis4837 gorillaz are pretty trash

[@masoncrowley2777]

And through all of this, he stayed in character. Nardwuar is a legend.

[@SenshiSushiFGC]

Its not a character, that's just nardwuar. He just remained cool.

[@JesseBakerH]

It feels like watching a bunch of bullies mess with someone who's genuinely just trying to be friendly.

[@DFranco91]

It's alright, they're just a "blur" now

[@thelankgod8073]

Danny Franco Nah, Damon Albarn is still the main guy of Gorillaz

[@brockhampton3078]

Ha the Gorillaz haven't made good music since Demon Days which was over a decade ago, while Nardwuar is enjoying the prime of his career.

[@captainkrunchthewall]

plastic beach was okay too

[@cachorrao0703]

Brock Hampton Dude... Have you ever listened to plastic Beach? One of the best albums from this decade, lol.

[@matthewshinn5839]

david got picked on his whole life so hes taking it out on Nardwuar who actually has done something good being the bigger man when gettig picked on

[@mrmurphypiers1241]

Nope David was on Coke binge the night before and on a come down which makes him confrontational and arsy this he admitted to.

[@IdontFuckingKnow9]

Mr Murphy Piers Bullshit excuses Fucking dumbass can’t take responsibility for his own stupidity therefore blames it on drugs Yeah sure, the Columbian snow literally overtook your cognitive functions and made you act like a dick, it wasn’t you at all

[@LEFT4BASS]

If you pass on the bullying, you deserved it.

[@musicwithmorals]

@@LEFT4BASS oh yea 👍

[@jpalvarez4972]

Dave apologised. Nardwuar accepted. Both moved on. Shame you can't.

[@ryanhingorani4019]

The mean dude seems like he is trying so hard to come up with something clever to say

[@BIGBOYGAMING03]

I mean the only ass in this interview was David, Damon and the rest we're very courteous and nice the rest of it. Apparently David apologized the next day and has gone on to say that he feels terrible for it to this day. Dont do coke kids.

[@jacobcurle8964]

Everyone is focusing on Dave's coke-fuelled assery, not enough focus on the immortal Alex James quote "Who invented poo?"

[@moondog4147]

It’s a line from a song he co-wrote called “Who Invented Fish and Chips”: kzbin.info/www/bejne/m6DbeKuYd7qKhrc

[@petercook360]

It seems the KZbin era has really changed the ways musicians react to Nardwuar.

[@jacobgaines8299]

It's also changed how Nardwuar conducts himself. Rappers don't get annoying questions about people they slept with 10 years ago (unlike Blur in 1996).

[@coltonc8562]

@@jacobgaines8299 L

[@ejenplitobarces]

​@@jacobgaines8299this is from 2003, but was there another Nardwuar interview with Blur??

[@jessicaapinon]

Nothing crushes that guys spirit

[@Overdrivepony]

Correcting Dave might have led to even more belligerence from him. Waiting until he left might have been the best move. Nardwaur managed to hold his own.

[@moonlightltd219]

Guess they’re still angry for being second to Oasis their whole careers

[@shhs1227]

I mean not even second. Alex and Dave are nobodies Damon is arguably more known than Oasis thanks to Gorillaz

[@kamenk1382]

Third, after The Verve ;)

[@yaboyMAP]

SH HS i think he’s referring to britpop

[@shhs1227]

@@yaboyMAP He said and I quote "their whole careers"

[@yaboyMAP]

SH HS he said ‘their’ as a collective, almost certainly meaning blur.

[@Mistashiba]

this man has balls of fucking steel to keep conducting the interview with that guy in his face like that

[@Larbioca]

Nard stood on 10 toes he real asf 4 that

[@matthewkelly1418]

Damon and Alex are just as bad as Dave here laughing like school yard bullies in the backround

[@jacobgaines8299]

Meh. Nardwuar brought a photo of the girl Damon lost his virginity to their last interview and spent the whole time hassling the band about it. He also addressed Damon as "Damien" and "Damon Arben". Post that interview, Nardwuar.

[@aveytare2185]

Also nardwaur provokes shit, listen to his interview with Beck, the guy is a total asshole and jealous of the success beck was gaining post-Loser

[@thetideishighandsoami3928]

This is the reason graham is my favorite member

[@coltonc8562]

@@jacobgaines8299 L

[@ΟΑυγολεμονος]

@@jacobgaines8299 That doesn't justify anything and doesn't mean anything. If they didn't want the interview they shouldn't have accepted it and not act like toddlers

[@jackieburkhart3268]

nardwuar is much more mature and witty on this interview than his innocent self in 1991 with sonic youth

[@davemahony6300]

Damn man. I'm actually really sad. I really like blur. But I'm disappointed at them right now.

[@j3in725]

Just deleted there music from my Spotify Playlist, buncha assholes

[@bmcg8888]

Retarded comment that was over 20 years ago

[@rulerofroombas1443]

Jean It’s alright to enjoy the work of any artist. Just remember to value good people by showing appreciation (supporting them, buying their products directly rather than on Spotify, as music artists don’t make much revenue from music streaming sites)

[@sterlingwatson5472]

@@bmcg8888 not helping

[@mobileman283]

you can tell shit got real when even Nardwuar shows aggression

[@DirtyWorldRecords1]

I feel glad that Graham was out of the band at the time.

[@jacobgaines8299]

still gets told to apologize to nardwuar tho...

[@ericmsandoval]

Never wanted to absolutely beat someone to a bloody pulp before in my entire life

[@brodftw]

fuck Blur I had no idea they were like this

[@jptrout235]

I like bullies. Especially when they start bleeding and regretting everything they've ever done wrong.

[@Het2010]

Nardwuar handled that very well.

[@PewterBird]

everyone has clearly made their summary judgements about Dave, and these top comments will never be surpassed by newer comments, but it sounds like Dave has made serious amends since this was recorded. he admitted to being trapped in cocaine addiction and has reached out to Nard with a personal apology. nobody's perfect but they buried the hatchet.

[@Dan.Tebasco]

I always thought Blur was the geeks that got bullied in school, but after watching this it's pretty clear that they were the bullies... And not even grown up, this is 10 years into their careers absolutely disgusting... That Dave guy especially should get kicked in the balls, every day by random people...

[@tomduggan8044]

Tbf they could've been the ones to be bullied at school too and picking on this interview could come from insecurities from being bullied themselves

[@SW-fn7cl]

​@tomduggan8044 that's often very true

[@Michaelpokepulls]

He will get himself into any situation with no fear, love this guy man and I’m sure he was happy to get this kind of reaction cause it still makes for great content!

[@connoroleary591]

Lesson here: Don't be a shithead just because you can. Treat everyone with respect. David Bowie had severe cocaine and alcohol addiction; he would never behave like bully. Manners make the man.

[@rohaanbeballin4034]

It's all fun and games until nardwuar reads them their own credit card and social security numbers

[@gilbertenja6128]

This actually made me laugh so much. Dave's such a wannabe. I don't think Nardwuar is traumatized by this.