Glasvegas: “We’re Straight Arseholes Now”

Glasvegas members Rab and Paul have spoken out about frontman James Allan’s drug overdose, to reassure fans such behaviour is all in the past.

Allan was initially said to be suffering from exhaustion and dehydration when the band pulled out of their Coachella appearance in 2009, and it’s only recently reports of what really happened have surfaced.

Speaking in interview with DIY, the guys tell us how it’s affected the band.

‘Things were just mad then,’ Rab reveals.
‘[James] was in the room and the paramedics were in and me and Paul went to try and get booze. [Paul’s] laying over James to get a bottle and paramedic’s like, ‘Can you give him a bit of space, I need to give him an injection.’ Paul’s like, ‘I’m just getting the vodka and the beers and then I’ll be out of here.’

‘He was in the way of the drink,’ Paul explains. ‘I mean fuck’s sake! It was my day off in LA in the sunshine.’

‘At the time,’ Rab continues, ‘that was just another day in the life of Glasvegas. Now, looking back, I remember getting back to the hotel and taking tonnes more drugs and he [James] was still unconscious.’

It’s not all bad, however.

‘Things have changed,’ they tell us. ‘We’re straight arseholes now.’

You can read the full interview online on DIY next week.