The Ledge - Taken out of rotation

I cut out most of the interview and just copied the relevant parts... You can get the rest at the links.

http://laist.com/2007/09/14/kxlu.php
The Rotter's Sit on my Face Stevie Nicks was taken out of rotation after threats from Mick Fleetwood himself

http://www.therotters.com/interview3.htm
Rock & Roll Purgatory, interview with Phester Swollen
When exactly did the Rotters form, and how did you meet?

A - We formed in late 1977 but didn't actually play any shows until 1978. Nigel Nitro and I met at Moorpark JC in the film production department. Over the years the band has seemed to go on hiatus,then reform, then disappear again.

What sorts of things have you been involved in when not working on The Rotters’ music?

A - Oh God, I don't know, mostly trying to forget about the Rotters. I was in a couple of other obscure bands after the original Rotters disbanded between 1980 and about 1984. But there have been big periods where I've played no music at all and had as little to do with it as possible. And then, I live in a trendy artist area of Los Angeles so I've written several film scripts. It's a requirement to live here. You don't have to finish them though. You just have to have the idea and a couple of pages and lots of delusions. I actually completed all mine, full length too, with rewrites. Had I known I didn't have to do that to be part of the community I wouldn't have bothered. Trying to cope with life has been rather important too.

Could you explain to those that may not know the controversy your single “Sit On My Face Stevie Nicks” caused. I assume that you would not want Stevie Nicks to sit on your face today, so who would you like to sit on your face?

A - Ha ha. I've contemplated changing the lyrics to "Don't Sit On My Face Stevie Nicks". It's not a pretty thought anymore. You might as well kill yourself by shoving your head up an elephant's ass. In short, the single was in rotation on KROQ here in LA in early '79 right at the time Mick Fleetwood was penetrating Stevie Nicks behind Lindsay Buckingham's back. Strange as it may seem, they didn't find any humor in it. Maybe all the blow they were doing was impairing their judgment. Maybe Mick thought we were trying to but in on his action. Or since she was such a "lady" he must have felt he needed to come to her rescue. So, they threatened KROQ with a lawsuit, us with a lawsuit, any clubs that let us play with a lawsuit and told record stores they wouldn't get any Fleetwood Mac records but they'd get a lawsuit if they continued to sell ours. Of course they really didn't have as much power as they thought but it did scare a lot of people and got us banned from a lot of places. KROQ pulled our single as did Tower Records. And we couldn't play places like The Whiskey or The Starwood, not that we really cared. Who would I want to sit on my face today? Well, I'm happily married, so to keep things that way, my wife. But if you're talking about slutty fu*k-me bimbos who know jack **** about music but pop up on our AOL screens every time we sign on, well, we just can't get away from them can we? There are more of these fu*king lame ass rip-off chicks now than ever. It seems to be the formula for success in the music business these days more and more. You can thank MTV and VH1 for that ****. Somebody good like Janis Joplin wouldn't stand a chance today. Her biggest gig would be Al's Bar on a Saturday night with The Urinals and The Leaving Trains.

A - We still have all the same crap to deal with now don't we? For the most part you still have to suck to be successful in the music business. A lot of it is worse. Hell, Stevie Nicks at least writes her own songs. I'll take Fleetwood Mac over virtually anything you hear or see on any VH1 awards show today. Fu*k Kid Rock! Fu*k Eminem! Fu*k Christina Aguilera! Fu*k dance moves! Do I need to go on? Just for masochistic sake I actually like to check out those awards shows from time to time. I can handle about ten minutes of them. They really piss me off, reconfirm the belief in what The Rotters do and keep me focused. Also I'm always amused by other people's suffering, specially when it's self inflicted. We got a lot of that and it ain't going away.
And then there's Little Bush as President! God help us! Wasn't Big Bush enough of a cretin? Maybe Little Bush will puke in public at an important State function too, or something better! Either way, I'm sure he'll add to the suffering.