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Originally Posted by David
No, no, no. I'm gonna stand by my opinion that he was canned. He was canned specifically because the band was adamant about touring behind Tango.
- The album was a big hit.
- The band put the gears in motion to go on the road.
- Lindsey's experience in the studio was very unpleasant, and he figured that all that toxicity would be carried into the live environment.
- The others persuaded him to tour. He agreed under personal duress, feeling extremely ambivalent.
- After agreeing, the band booked everything.
- Lindsey told the others that, despite his earlier agreement, he couldn't stomach it.
- The others put his feet to the fire, telling him that they planned to tour with or without him.
- Emotionally anguished, he backed away.
- They immediately hired replacements.
He was canned. Had they all agreed NOT to tour at that time, he wouldn't have quit. He would have had no reason to quit. It was the idea of the tour that sickened him. He and the band probably would have taken another long break from one another, while he hoped that the drug addicts in the band got treatment. |
He was "canned" in 1987 in the same sense that if the band had told him "Lindsey if you push this button you're out" and so he pushed that button. As far as we know he wasn't asking or expecting them to cancel the tour and just about everyone (from Mick to Lindsey himself to people like Richard Dashut) have all described the situation as Lindsey leaving. In interviews from even before that happened, he kept hinting that he didn't want to be with the group anymore. No matter what logistics you use to describe it, he wanted to get the heck out of there.