Former AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd has opened up to the press with his first interview since he plead guilty to the death threat and drug charges he was arrested for last November.
The interview was done on the Australian program A Current Affair. [The video of it can be watched below.] According to Rudd, the cause of all of the problems going on for him recently was a big "meltdown" caused by the major disappointment with how poorly his 2014 solo album Head Job did.
Rudd says:
“I was pretty stressed at the time. I got back here and the people who I had working for me for this launch — it was a total f—ing disaster. So I was really p—ed off.”
None of the members of AC/DC have been in contact with Rudd since the arrest. Rudd has written to them, but has received nothing but silence in return. The band has been on tour since the release of their most recent album Rock Or Bust and have replaced Rudd with former AC/DC sticksman Chris Slade who played for the band through the late 80's and early 90's.
Rudd says:
“I wrote them a letter, I tried to get in contact with [Angus Young]. I’ve had no contact with anybody. … I’m sure they’re having a great old time. I’m sure they’re really enjoying playing. I’m sure it really sounds great.”
Rudd seems to have had a change in attitude since his first post-arrest interview where he said “I’m going back to work with AC/DC, I don’t care who likes it or who doesn’t. Everyone listens to the wrong people, they should listen to me.” Rudd is doing his best to get out of doing any time in jail, but at the moment he seems to be getting serious about turning his life around for the better. In the clip he says “I’ve seen the errors of my ways. It’s onward and upward from here.”
Hopefully Rudd is true to his word. If he can avoid the jail time (which he probably can because he is a rockstar with tons of money) Rudd can once and for all clean up his act and live out his remaining years with some dignity and respectable behavior. Time will only tell, though.
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