BYE BYE BYRDIE
Let’s just get this part out of the way, since it’s gonna come up anyway and maybe you’re one of the ones who got pissed off at ’em for doing it: the Long Ryders did that Miller Beer commercial because they needed the money. And they ain’t sorry they did.
BYE BYE BYRDIE
NEW BEATS
Long Ryders•Run Westy Run-Washington Squares•Kim Wilde•Jane’s Addiction•Hugh Masakela
Let’s just get this part out of the way, since it’s gonna come up anyway and maybe you’re one of the ones who got pissed off at ’em for doing it: the Long Ryders did that Miller Beer commercial because they needed the money. And they ain’t sorry they did. So there.
“There’s no argument over whether we did it for the money because we did," says guitarist/songwriter Sid Griffin, who’s as close to being head honcho as anyone in this band gets. “You’ve gotta remember that we’re guys who have families and we’re in a business and need a certain amount of dollars and it’s a cruel world out there. There’s another reason, and it’s cynical, but the Long Ryders aren’t played on the radio because people are so damned anxious to hear ‘Free Bird’ or ‘Layla’ or ‘Stairway To Heaven’ one more time. So if you can’t get into the home of someone who’s 19 or 23 by being on his radio, what do you do? You get on his TV!”