the more I think about it the more I think it's okay that this EODM dude is a psycho creep. It's not like he's breaking new ground in the world of rock by being scuzzy and unrepentantly drug-addled.
Exactly. Amongst rock stars, he tends to be a little more straightforward about discussing his bad habits, which makes him an easy target. Yes he's douchey, but he's often quite funny, sometimes intentionally.
I'm not saying he doesn't have problems. In other interviews he claimed Josh Homme "saved his life" by checking him into rehab. Now he's back to claiming that drugs aren't a problem for him. Basically he's displaying the type of schizoid behavior that a lot of druggies display.
I'm gonna say that another redeeming quality that comes through in the interview is his genuine love and enthusiasm for a wide variety of music. Compare that to Gene Simmons ... if you go back to that Terry Gross interview, you can hear Gene boasting about how "KISS is a rock BRAND not a rock band". He basically owns up to the fact that he couldn't care less about music in general. If you look up "Gene Simmons bass solo" on youTube you'll find further evidence that the musical component of KISS is the very least of his concerns.
I think drug-free Gene S. is a thousand times douchier than fucked-up Jesse from EODM.