{"id":23695,"date":"2026-10-30T06:34:21","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T11:34:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=23695"},"modified":"2026-10-30T06:34:24","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T11:34:24","slug":"meg-lee-chin-vlog-russell-brand-the-rock-star-myth-what-i-witnessed-on-the-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=23695","title":{"rendered":"MEG LEE CHIN VLOG: Russell Brand &amp; the Rock Star Myth: What I Witnessed on the Road"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"686\" src=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/MEG.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23696\" style=\"width:524px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/MEG.jpg 700w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/MEG-300x294.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Life on the road with Pigface, the Russell Brand trial, and the rock star myth. What I saw from inside the tour bus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I toured America with Pigface, the industrial music collective run by drummer and ringmaster Martin Atkins, across 42 cities with a dozen musicians from around the world. Over the years the revolving lineup included Trent Reznor, Genesis P-Orridge, Danny Carey of Tool, Nivek Ogre of Skinny Puppy and Taime Downe of Faster Pussycat. With Russell Brand\u2019s trial at Southwark Crown Court in the news, I look back at the fame, hero worship and excess I saw first hand, and ask why we keep putting celebrities on pedestals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this monologue:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How I landed in Pigface, picked up at O\u2019Hare by Martin Atkins of Invisible Records, a drummer who came up through Public Image Ltd, Ministry and Killing Joke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>What it feels like to sing over the rhythm section of Martin Atkins and Charles \u201cChooch\u201d Levi<br>The tour bus: the goodbyes outside, and what changed when the doors closed \u201cDid my boy behave?\u201d and the question I was asked at the end of a tour Rock and roll culture before the Me Too movement, and how people misread each other. Celebrity as a hall of mirrors, and the Wizard of Oz behind the curtain. Why we keep giving power to the people we worship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please note: Russell Brand has pleaded not guilty and denies all allegations. This video is not about his guilt or innocence. It\u2019s a personal reflection on rock and roll culture, based only on my own experiences touring with Pigface. The musicians named above are mentioned only as members of the Pigface lineup, and nothing in this video suggests any of them behaved improperly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"nv-iframe-embed\"><iframe title=\"Russell Brand &amp; the Rock Star Myth: What I Witnessed on the Road\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ejfTAC4gfDw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Meg Lee Chin<\/strong> is a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Taiwanese_Americans\">Taiwanese American<\/a> singer, songwriter, sound engineer and video producer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She is known as an early pioneer of the home studio revolution and female-produced music. As an early adopter of computer-based audio production, she built her own PC and created &#8220;Egg Studio&#8221; with a small mixing desk and audio interfaces. Her role in the movement toward DIY record production was first recognized when she appeared as the first home studio producer to be featured in the January 2000 Millennial issue of <em>EQ Magazine<\/em>, which was the foremost high-end audio publication of its time. She also appeared in <em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tape_Op\">Tape Op<\/a><\/em> magazine and <em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Electronic_Musician\">Electronic Musician<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 1997, Chin began collaborating with the industrial supergroup <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pigface\">Pigface<\/a>, headed by <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Martin_Atkins\">Martin Atkins<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Invisible_Records\">Invisible Records<\/a>. After appearing on <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pigface\">Pigface<\/a>&#8216;s 1997 LP <em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A_New_High_in_Low\">A New High in Low<\/a><\/em> and their 1999 follow-up, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Below_the_Belt_(Pigface_album)\">Below the Belt<\/a><\/em>, she released the solo debut <em>Piece and Love<\/em> on ex-<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Public_Image_Ltd\">Public Image Ltd<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ministry_(band)\">Ministry<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_Joke\">Killing Joke<\/a> drummer <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Martin_Atkins\">Martin Atkins<\/a>&#8216; <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Invisible_Records\">Invisible Records<\/a> label. As a core member, she toured the US extensively and shared the stage with industrial music notables including <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nivek_Ogre\">Nivek Ogre<\/a> (Skinny Puppy), <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Genesis_P-Orridge\">Genesis P-Orridge<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chris_Connelly_(musician)\">Chris Connelly<\/a> (Revolting Cocks), Geordie (<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_Joke\">Killing Joke<\/a>), <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/En_Esch\">En Esch<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/KMFDM\">KMFDM<\/a>), <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Danny_Carey\">Danny Carey<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tool_(band)\">Tool<\/a>) and Charles Levi (<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/My_Life_with_the_Thrill_Kill_Kult\">My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chin left Invisible in 2002 but contributed tracks for <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Underground,_Inc.\">Underground, Inc.<\/a>, an Invisible Records subsidiary, that appeared on releases such as the 2004 <em>What&#8217;s the Word, Volume One<\/em> compilation, featuring <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jello_Biafra\">Jello Biafra<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mike_Ladd\">Mike Ladd<\/a>, among others. Other works also released on Invisible include remixed covers of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ministry_(band)\">Ministry<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/David_Bowie\">David Bowie<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dead_Kennedys\">Dead Kennedys<\/a> tracks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Life on the road with Pigface, the Russell Brand trial, and the rock star myth. What I saw from inside the tour bus. I toured America with Pigface, the industrial music collective run by drummer and ringmaster Martin Atkins, across 42 cities with a dozen musicians from around the world. Over the years the revolving&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=23695\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">MEG LEE CHIN VLOG: Russell Brand &amp; the Rock Star Myth: What I Witnessed on the Road<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23696,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23695"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23695\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23697,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23695\/revisions\/23697"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/23696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}