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Oasis rant at the new wave of rock bands

Noel Gallagher has blasted the current crop of rock pups claiming they're not a patch on Oasis in their heyday. The Oasis axeman singles out The Kooks and Razorlight for a particular bashing. His extraordinary rant also sees the elder statesman of Britrock taking a swipe at Arctic Monkeys.

Stop The Clocks, Oasis's first greatest hits collection, hits shops in a fortnight and the senior Gallagher, 39, is despondent about the guitar-toting groups of today.
He Rages: "If I see one more advert on the TV for an album that says 'Best guitar album since Definitely Maybe' I'll shoot whoever writes those f***ing things!"

"It's flattering that it's still considered the benchmark, and that The Libertines, Arctic Monkeys, Razorlight and all said it was the album for them, but come on. I think a lot of these bands are just copying the blueprint . You're always looking at Johnny Borrell or him out of The Kooks and going: 'I dunno if you mean it man.' When you see those bands, there's something not quite right."

Alex Turner, 20, and his gang fare little better either. The guitarist reckons their dour image will really hamper their progress. In an interview with NME out today, he continues: "Their public persona is now of a bunch of grumpy old men." I'm worried about what's going to follow in their wake. If it's gonna be c***s with guitars going: 'And me mum works down the f***ing chip shop, she met a geezer' and all that." "Great pop music is not about real life, it's about how great real life can be. Real life's sh*t."

Now rave scene leaders Klaxons get the hair dryer treatment too. "I saw them in Ibiza with Kasabian," adds Noel. "It was like torture. "Either all their instruments were broken, or they didn't have a clue what they were doing!"

Who says that age mellows anybody?

Source: Daily Star

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