A Bite On The Neck And A Plastic Fork In His Ankle? Bob Log II Says No Problem

"I'm constantly searching for the perfect mistake," says Bob Log III. "When something is so straight and perfect, you know what? I can ignore it completely." If you're yet to experience one of his shows, the chaos Log III conjures is difficult to imagine. "It's much better if someone jumps on stage trying to stomp balloons, accidentally falls over, breaks about three things, I get bit on the neck and I end up having to go to the hospital because there's a plastic fork in my ankle," he suggests. Something tells us this is a true story. "Oh, they're all true. They're all true." 

"If someone jumps on stage trying to stomp balloons, accidentally falls over, breaks about three things, I get bit on the neck and I end up having to go to the hospital because there's a plastic fork in my ankle."

It's actually one of our own, Angus Young, who can take the credit for Bob Log III. "I was 11 years old when I realised what I wanted to do was play the guitar for the rest of my life and one of my main inspirations was actually AC/DC," he divulges. "And here was a guy who put on a funny suit, played the craziest, best guitar I ever heard." He's only seen AC/DC live once, when he was "about 14", but Log III continues, "I had, like, every record and I got all the bootlegs when I was a kid and I was just, you know, obsessed!" Confessing he had "a whole wall o' Angus" in his childhood bedroom, Log III vividly describes his "favourite picture": "This one where he was just a mess! He was completely drenched in sweat, he was playing guitar and there was this huge snot bubble coming out of his nose, but, the thing was, he was having so much fun playing guitar that there was no time to wash it off." Does Log III play his instrument "so intensely" that he doesn't even care "if there's snot on [his] face"? Log III observes, "I think I have succeeded in that." But at least his mucus remains within the confines of his helmet, hey? "That's what you'd like to think, wouldn't you?"   

Shit gets mega-loose at Bob Log III's gigs so we wonder what sort of impact a sea of smartphones has on the vibe. "I've been thinking about this," he reveals. "I mean, people go crazy at my shows; they jump up on stage and they do stuff. But, they used to go a lot crazier. People would jump on stage, rip off their shirt and put their boob in a drink. Now, what happened was — I mean, we had YouTube when this all came out, but we all had shitty phones so you wouldn't get in trouble. But now if you do that, you know, your boss is gonna see it before work starts the next day and in probably crystal-clear HD [cracks up].

"What I'm saying is, we've brought Big Brother into the rock'n'roll venues now — it is everywhere, it's not just one in the corner — everyone's got their own [cameraphone] now. And it has kind of affected how crazy people will go in a situation where, 'Here we are ready to go crazy.' But, at the same time, there's always a few people that just don't give a shit." Gotta love those loose cannons! "They usually come to my shows! Thank god for crazy people," Log III praises. And then he looks into his badass crystal ball: "I think there should be a 'leave it at the door' kind of rock'n'roll club."