NPR: Ryan Adams Accused Of Psychological Manipulation, Professional Retaliation By 7 Women
In perhaps the least surprising news of the year, Ryan Adams has been outed as a serial creeper who ropes in female artists with the lure of mentorship and collaboration, then goes all-in on being a skeevy jerkass. Most damning, the NYT article includes testimony from a woman (whose relationship with Adams was never in-person) who was just 14 when he started grooming her. Since the story broke, Liz Phair and Karen Elson have also come forward.
None of this really seems out of character, though. This history of The Strokes paints him as, in essence, Satan incarnate.
Who's next? Will rock change? How can we reconcile the documented bad behavior (looking worse by the minute in light of changing standards) of the genre's pantheon with our enjoyment of the music? Will we ever find out what a winding wheel is?
In perhaps the least surprising news of the year, Ryan Adams has been outed as a serial creeper who ropes in female artists with the lure of mentorship and collaboration, then goes all-in on being a skeevy jerkass. Most damning, the NYT article includes testimony from a woman (whose relationship with Adams was never in-person) who was just 14 when he started grooming her. Since the story broke, Liz Phair and Karen Elson have also come forward.
None of this really seems out of character, though. This history of The Strokes paints him as, in essence, Satan incarnate.
Who's next? Will rock change? How can we reconcile the documented bad behavior (looking worse by the minute in light of changing standards) of the genre's pantheon with our enjoyment of the music? Will we ever find out what a winding wheel is?