Lindsey discusses his firing (Rolling Stone)

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Originally Posted by Tango

http://www.fleetwoodmac.net/fwm/inde...109&Itemid=126

Wow:

"The thing I wish that all the fans would realize about FM, is that everyone, Stevie , Lindsey, Rick Vito, Billy, Bekka, Bob Weston etc are all really nice and fun people, the SOURPUSSES, are, and have always been, in my opinion, Mick, John and Chris, who have tended to act as if they were English 'royalty' and 'Better' than everybody else.

"I'll tell you another little secret that is not known at all except to a few close 'insiders' and me. I met Lindsey once at Chuck's Steak House, (next to the old 'Record Plant' studios) on Melrose in LA after Lindsey had been in the band maybe 6 months, and was in the middle of recording the white album. We had a couple of beers and then he confided in me, "how the hell did you stand it?" he asked me. I knew immediately what he meant...the "emotional atmosphere" created by Mick, John and Chris, all together in the same room could get intolerable at times...

"Any body who EVER was in FM, had to put up with some version of this.

"In the end, Lindsey was actually thinking of leaving FM 6 months after he joined...he didn't know if he could 'take' it...

"...it was not a 'fun group'...."