The Shamen's Mr C loved being 'evil' baddie and slams pop's 'pandemic of a***holeness'

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evil acid house band corrupting the nation's youth' - 30 years after drug anthem Ebeneezer Goode was released.Richard West, who is widely known as Mr C, joined the band in 1991 following the success of hit tune Move Any Mountain.The pop star released 'Ebeneezer Goode' the following year on August 24 and it provoked widespread criticism from the media for promoting drug use.Read more: Tributes to Musical Youth's Frederick Waite Jr after death of Pass the Dutchie drummerThe number one hit’s chorus states “Es are good” with the letter E obviously referring to ecstasy - a class A drug which had sparked a national panic in early 90s.

BritainAt the time, the band denied the song had any drug references apart from the mention of cigarettes when he says “has anyone got any salmon” towards the end of the song.The outcry saw Mr C and the band dubbed “evil” for “corrupting the nation’s youth”.But Mr C - who returns to the UK for his underground Summer Love Festival next month - was unfazed and revelled by the controversy, stating it was “perfect”.

Speaking exclusively to theDailyStar, the 56-year-old said: “We didn’t know what the fans were going to do or how the fans were going to react but it came out and everyone went crazy.

All the tabloids including your good selves at the Daily Star went on about how we were the evil acid house band corrupting the nation's youth and stuff like that which was perfect. “It was brilliant, we couldn’t have scripted it any better.