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Helicopter business

This is commonly referred to in several books on AC/DC and the magazine article cited under "References". I haven't specifically attributed the quotes to the article because I don't know how to. If anyone thinks this is necessary, go right ahead. Bretonbanquet 18:16, 17 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Assault

On March 27, 2007 Witschke was on his boat with his two children at the Mount Maunganui marina when his former partner arrived to pick up the children, aged four and 10.

A discussion about money ensued which became heated, at which point Witschke pushed his chest into his ex-partner and held a clenched fist to her face in threatening manner. Witschke then grabbed her by the upper arms and pretended to push her overboard, which caused her and the two children who witnessed the assault to become upset. She subsequently laid a complaint with police. When police spoke to Witschke on April 22 he denied pushing her, claiming he just wanted her off the boat and had stopped her falling into the water as she stepped onshore.

Witschke escaped a criminal conviction because it would hurt his career - despite admitting he assaulted his former partner in Mount Maunganui. Phillip pleaded guilty to one charge of common assault when he appeared in Tauranga District Court in 2007.He pleaded guilty after police reduced the charge from the more serious offence of male assaults female, which attracts a prison sentence of up to two years. But Judge Robert Kerr discharged Witschke, 53, without conviction. His lawyer, Matthew Ward-Johnson, successfully argued a conviction would have a significant impact on his client's musical career and therefore outweigh the gravity of his offence.

Judge Kerr said it was clear to him Witschke's actions were at the lower end of the scale and "threatening rather than violent". The judge said a discharge without conviction was fair given the significant impact it would have on Witschke's career and his ability to travel to some countries to pursue it.

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The above unsigned information was added by User:118.90.28.221 (contribs) on 07:46, 15 November 2009 according to page history.---Manually ascribed by shaidar cuebiyar (talk) 06:17, 29 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Name correct?

Are we sure his real surname spelled here as 'Rudzevecuis' is correct? 'RudzevecIUs' sound smore lithuanian..

--Vunzmstr (talk) 08:53, 6 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Quite a few people bring this up, but his name is always spelled "Rudzevecuis", including on his solo album. Bretonbanquet (talk) 11:34, 6 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Personal life

The section for his personal life is largely just a collection of his arrests and a restaurant business. Usually we have spouses and kids in there. Does he have a family? Political views? 155.213.224.59 (talk) 17:52, 6 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The trouble with AC/DC, and particuarly Phil Rudd, is that they rarely talk about personal stuff. Rudd has children but good luck finding out how many, or how many times he's been married. I've never seen an interview with the guy where he spoke about anything other than music. Bretonbanquet (talk) 17:55, 6 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

In 1983 he married a Kiwi woman named Lisa O'Brien, they had 5 kids and divorced around 2006. According to the French wikipedia he has a son in France from a previous relationship too. This stuff can go in the article if there is a reliable source out there (hint: this does not include the Daily Mail). MaxBrowne (talk) 00:04, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Please change the birth name from "Phillip Hugh Norman Witschke Rudzevecuis" to "Phillip Hugh Norman Witschke Rudzevičius" because this is the correct Lithuanian spelling. 78.56.230.169 (talk) 17:10, 7 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

We use the English spelling here which leaves off diacritics. Is there an English source that uses that spelling with respect to Mr. Rudd?
— Berean Hunter (talk) 17:21, 7 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not done no reply from original poster - Arjayay (talk) 18:08, 10 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The "bullshit" quote

If someone wants to re-add it to the article, I believe from examining the video that what he actually said was "are you allowed to say 'bullshit' on TV?". MaxBrowne (talk) 11:24, 2 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

You'll need to ask Bretonbanquet for permission first. ;) Caper454 (talk) 16:16, 2 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I didn't put it in or take it out. Not sure it's all that important. Not sure what you mean by that comment, Caper454. Bretonbanquet (talk) 17:57, 2 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I just thought it was unnecessarily detailed and "gossipy", but if someone disagrees I won't edit-war over it. MaxBrowne (talk) 01:31, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Replaced by Chris Slade

As of 02/07/15, Phil Rudd is no longer the drummer. Chris Slade announced on his Facebook that he is now drumming for AC/DC Grammy performance and on the Rock or Bust world tour. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.46.9.61 (talk) 14:47, 8 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Threatening to kill charges etc

The consensus at the moment is that we don't need a blow by blow description of all the legal proceedings, or of his odd behaviour. People can click on the links if they want the gossip. MaxBrowne (talk) 13:01, 31 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Head Job European tour 2017

The 'Head Job European tour 2017' section has muddled tenses ("will tour Europe in 2017" and "Joining Rudd […] for the tour will be…", but also "The tour started in Oslo, Norway on 31 March"). It also says "The band's name is yet to be announced" – presumably if the tour has taken place there was a band name (perhaps "Head Job" to match the album?), but if so there's no reference confirming what it was. JezGrove (talk) 22:59, 18 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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