JUDAS PRIEST guitarist Richie Faulkner has implored Joe Bonamassa to “stop acting like a spoilt tit” after the blues/rock guitar titan complained about an online article based on one of his tweets.
The online exchange started when Bonamassa shared a brief video of him playing some shredding metal licks and riffs on an electric Steinberg six-string. This led to an Ultimate Guitar article headlined “Watch Joe Bonamassa Play Shred Metal on Unexpected Guitar,” which received several comments from people criticizing Joe’s performance.
In response, Bonamassa posted a link to the story and included the following message: “What’s going on fellas? Slow news day? I did this for fun and had fun doing it… now it’s on your site to be rated by some bullsh*t number system. Next time.. promote an unknown player that could use the exposure.”
A few hours after Joe‘s tweet made the rounds, Faulkner took to the social media platform to offer his two cents. “Calm down joe and stop acting like a spoilt tit,” he wrote. “Everyone judges, good and bad and at the core of all this, it’s just people giving their opinions on one of the greatest players on the planet today. Maybe the site also had fun doing what they do the same way you did. Lighten up”
Richie added: “You’re right, think of all the guitar players that work for years and can only dream of ANY kind of exposure. You ‘do something for fun’ and it’s seen thousands of times with a vast majority of positive comments and you slag it off. You’re an inspiration. What’s the issue?”
It wasn’t long before Bonamassa responded to Richie‘s comments, tweeting: “You know Richie it is very simple… If your job is social media at a media co. your performance is judged by two things.. Views and Engagements. It is really easy to accomplish both with a wind up post (click bait) and very hard with an unknown subject or person. Safe travels.”
