I just read a wrenching tale of woe on thequietus.com: the GLITTER BAND are struggling to continue their career, but their association with disgraced frontman Gary is a heavy millstone indeed. How are an honest band to succeed when they have to labor in the shadow of the flamboyant convicted pedophile who shared their name? "I've not even spoken to Gary for 30 years," saith bandleader John Rossal, "and every day I have to speak about him. The tabloids ring all the time looking for stories, but I have nothing to tell. We were not even that close when we were working with him."
The recently released Gary Glitter discussed plans for a comeback a few months back, telling a Vietnamese newspaper: "I have an incomplete album that I want to finish. I have been thinking about the plan during my days in jail. I have sung rock & roll for 40 years. After jail, I will continue to rock & roll."
Okay, Glitter Band, let me just throw this out there: this shit is like a romantic comedy where you're perfect for each other but you just can't see it. You're never gonna escape the ghost of Gary, so why not just go for it? Nobody's gonna hear the word "Glitter" without thinking "pedophile" ever again, so you've really got nothing to lose. You already answer questions about the dude all day anyway, so why not just tell the tabloids, "Yeah, hold on, he's right here because we're working on a fuckin' boss new album." Huge comeback!
(Just don't talk to him about the sex-with-kids thing, like how you don't talk politics with your Republican friends.)
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