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want to be. So it doesn’t feel like anything re- fee cup? That time he left the toilet seat up?” vegetarian or stay vegetarian really, all they
ally. Except I feel a bit smarter. I feel a bit and stuff. These little things that smell like did was make me hate humans. And that’s all
more philosophical and a bit wiser and that’s shit that warn you that there’s a huge these videos are doing, they’re just saying
just because I’ve made so many mistakes in tsunami of shit on the way and unless you ‘Humans are just a disgraceful bunch, such
my life – so I would advise people to make take care of the little things, you’re allowing a horrible species, that the end of the world
lots of mistakes – because you can’t get it in. The most ridiculous thing about Face- doesn’t sound like too bad an idea’. Share
smart without making them. And the bigger book is that people think they’re making a what you want. I share UFO videos. I cer-
the better. So fuck up righteously!” difference reposting things that Russell tainly don’t think they’re going to turn people
Brand says about socialism which doesn’t into believers because that looks like either
s we mentioned at the start of this ar- even exist anymore, told by a man sitting in a really good effect or it could be aliens.”
Aticle, Ginger’s had a name change. a mansion in LA. But he’s making people We’re going off on a tangent somewhat,
He has finally officially become Ginger Wild- aware. He’s making who aware? He’s making but we can’t resist asking Ginger more about
heart. One of the instigators was Facebook a bunch of people aware that are sitting being vegetarian. How long has he been veg-
although Ginger says he didn’t change his down using Facebook. The reason why we gie for?
name just for Facebook. As you may or may won the war and the Second World War was “Since January 5th or 6th,” he replies.
not know, over the last year Facebook has because we were all skint and starving and “We had a long New Year’s Eve! Because I
been a pain in the butt with one thing or an- therefore live and ready knew I was
other. You’re not allowed to have profiles for for duty. A revolution going to give up
your business or organisation unless it’s a now? You couldn’t start a “A revolution now? You couldn’t drink for a cou-
‘Page’. And now you need to use your real revolution now with the start a revolution now with the obe- ple of months
name as your profile name. If they think obesity problems in this and I thought, if
you’re not using your real name they make country. We’d be the sity problems in this country. We’d I’m going to give
you change it. Or they just lock you out and shittest army in the whole be the shittest army in the whole up drink, I usu-
won’t let you log back in until you send them fucking world. And Rus- fucking world.” - Ginger Wildheart ally change my
scans of ID. Even then it’s questionable as sell Brand… the amount diet and get
to whether they will reply. It’s happened to of time that guy spends healthy, because
us. And it happened to Ginger. He was looking in the mirror, he it’s the only thing
locked out of his page and forced to use his doesn’t even know this? A revolution in this that makes sense, because being sober is so
birth name of David Walls for months until country would be impossible because we’re fucking boring. If you like drink and are from
he finally decided to officially change his so pampered. We’ve got no need of a revo- a drinking culture, sobriety is the enemy of
name by deed poll. Although he says, “I’ve lution whatsoever. We have no need to go to all things fun. And so I thought “I’ll go veg-
wanted to change my name for a long time, war. We’re a bunch of spoilt motherfuckers gie, I’ve never tried it, can’t be that hard’. It’s
because when me and my missus finally get and the fact that anyone thinks anyone’s a pain in the arse to be honest! On tour, get-
married I want us to be the Wildheart family. being politically educated by anything that ting vegetarian food really is hard. If you’re
And I want my little boy to be Taylor Wild- anyone posts on Facebook just shows how trying to work out, being vegetarian is fuck-
heart. And he can’t wait. And I want to be the really out of touch we are with what is actu- ing impossible! You can’t get protein at a
first of the Wildhearts clan that maybe in ally going on in the world.” service station. You can get sandwiches.
hundreds of years’ time there are lots of little “Facebook’s just made it easier to be Egg sandwiches, cheese sandwiches. Calo-
Wildhearts running around. And it’s some- lazy and think that just because you pressed ries and carbs, that’s all you can buy. Unless
thing that I wanted to do and wanted to do, ‘Share’ you’ve done some good. You’ve done you’re at home, cooking for yourself, which
and then life gets in the way, and the Face- nothing. Nothing at all. To anyone. You’ve traveling musicians are not.”
book thing just expedited the process. “Oh changed nothing. Go out and give a home- We definitely agree there. Service sta-
well, you know that deed poll that we want to less person £10 and you’ve done something tions are not very veggie or vegan friendly.
do, shall we just do it now?” I don’t use the to change something.” We personally use an app/website called
name David Walls and having a Facebook We’re not sure we wholeheartedly agree. HappyCow – over at happycow.net. If you
page… I’ve actually got so little interest in Take for example the Manchester Dogs put in the name of a town it will bring up a
online stuff which might surprise some peo- Home that was burnt down last year. Or the list of all the vegetarian or vegan restaurants
ple that I actually didn’t care much about it story about the man that couldn’t afford to or stores in the area. It’s a Godsend. Al-
other than I don’t like the name David Walls, drive to work in the USA so walked 12 miles though yes, if you’re stuck on the motorway
it represents a lot of bad memories to me, my a day to get there. Links were shared online in the middle of the night you’re not going to
family doesn’t like it, my mother doesn’t like to a GoFundMe page and thousands were have a wide variety of options.
it and the fact that they were making me use raised. You can donate money without leav- Ginger’s had some great feedback since
that name, and I needed to keep open the ac- ing the house, and just by being inspired by going veggie though. “Since doing this tour,
count for various things, keeping in touch a post on Facebook. We tell Ginger that we there’s a lot of people we haven’t seen. I
with people that I don’t see, keeping in touch personally reshare a lot of animal rights don’t tend to play that many gigs really apart
with my kids, I thought, ‘Yeah, it’s a good based posts – not on the Black Velvet profile, from my birthday gig which happens in Lon-
time to do it,” but it certainly wasn’t as a re- but on our private one. We do think this don so a lot of people haven’t seen me for a
sult of Facebook’s draconian rules. Face- makes a difference. Just the other month a few years and they’re like “Fucking hell, how
book’s so ridiculous, I really am looking friend decided to stop eating meat. Although did you lose so much weight? Are you run-
forward to a time when something else takes Ginger is adamant that it doesn’t change ning? Going to the gym?’ I just stopped eat-
over which it inevitably will because Face- people. ing meat. I guess my body is just having a
book is looking like something that is de- “It’s fun. But do you honestly think that holiday at the moment because it doesn’t
signed to be improved on by someone else sharing animal cruelty things is turning peo- have to do much. My digestive system is like
and become the MySpace of it.” ple into vegetarians?” ‘ahh, this is great!’. Every now and again I’ll
When we tell Ginger it happened to us Well it’s worked with our friend! Not have pizza and in the morning my body’s like
too – although we just started a new page everyone of course, there are many people “You bastard!” and that’s like the equivalent
from scratch – he replies, “It’s absolutely not that aren’t swayed by anything - and not of when I used to pig out on meat. We won’t
only ridiculous, it’s criminal to force anyone overnight – but it can happen. Maybe it de- get too graphic but being a vegetarian’s def-
to have to do anything for the privilege of pends on the person watching or reading. initely got its positives but I definitely would
using a free online service that’s supposed He continues, “I personally have become never ever try and turn people vegetarian.”
to improve relations between whatever on- vegetarian because my missus is a vegetar- Shame. We would.
line communities that you’re dealing with to ian and I’ve never tried it. And I found that I
start having little rules that feel like abuse. lost tons of weight from it. I made the mis- Catch Ginger on tour later this year. He’ll
That’s how World War II started. Everyone take of watching a lot of these animal cruelty be touring with The Wildhearts in September,
was getting on with Hitler for a long time. He videos as well and yeah, they stopped me playing ‘P.H.U.Q’ in its entirety, and will fol-
was a mate of ours, so much so that we wanting a bacon sandwich after watching low that up with two Halloween shows in
didn’t expect him to turn around and do that baby pigs being thrown around, because lit- Wolverhampton on Oct 30th (Hey Hello) and
but it was all these little things… “You know tle baby pigs are just little baby humans, 31st (Ginger Wildheart Band). Visit www.gin-
what? I knew he was a wrong ‘un! Remember they’re just little babies that want their mam. gerwildheart.net for more info.
that time he didn’t fucking clean up his cof- But the videos didn’t make me want to go Words & Photos By Shari Black Velvet
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