Beck spent a year thinking people hated him.
The ‘Loser’ singer hired The Flaming Lips to support him on tour in 2002 but frontman Wayne Coye criticised him after the gigs, describing him as a "d**k", which led Beck to believe he wasn’t liked in the industry.
He said: "I really don’t know [why he said that]. I was very surprised, because I have a videotape of the last night where they were saying, ‘I love you, this tour has changed our lives, you’re a brother’, so it really messed my head up. I went around for a year thinking people hated me."
The 43-year-old singer and producer believes Wayne thought he wasn’t rock ‘n’ roll enough, but claims he was ill during the tour and struggled to perform for his fans.
He added in an interview with MOJO Magazine: "Wayne probably sensed I’m the kind of guy who cares what people think, that I don’t come off as some asshole rock-star type.
"What he didn’t know was that I was really sick during the tour, I had some condition and I barely had the strength to pick up a guitar.
"So after the shows, I had to go to my bunk and sleep. One show, I got food poisoning so I delayed it half an hour, which he probably thought was theatrical. But we had a good time! I was hoping afterwards that we’d do a record together."
Beck shocked by Flaming Lips snub
