Liam Gallagher has been ranting about the apparent shortcomings of a variety of popular UK bands in an exclusive interview in yesterday's edition of NME, but he's apparently a big fan of
Charlotte Church, saying "It's Charlotte Church for me, man. She could be the next Liam. She's got a great voice and she fucking has it. She knows how to get fucking hammered and she freaks people out."
But enough of that, and on to the ranting. Gallagher called buzz band Kaiser Chiefs "a bad Blur" and described **Bloc
Party "a band off University Challenge, like they're sitting on a panel or something", but his harshest comments were reserved for Pete Doherty, Alex Kapranos and Scissor Sisters**.
On
Franz Ferdinand front man Kapranos the Oasis star said: "He reminds me of fucking Right Said Fred. You put on 'I'm To Sexy
For My Fucking Thing' next to their records and I bet you any money it's the same person. It's the same fucking person! He's just gone on the Atkins diet and grown his hair! Not my thing at all. I don't like quirky, weird music. It's not my cup of tea all that nonsense, million miles an hour music that's not going anywhere."
On
Pete Doherty: "I'm not into smackheads. Smackheads need slaps... So what does the word Libertine mean? What does it mean? Freedom? He's fucking in the corner doing smack with a helmet on his head! There's nothing free about that. It's nasty, innit? If the kids like them, fair enough, but they're nowhere near like us. The music's rubbish for start".
And on Scissor Sisters, who said that Oasis lacked respect for the
Glastonbury crowd following their performance at last year's event, Gallagher said: "If that's what they call entertaining then let them 'av it - bright colours and fucking weirdos on stilts? I'm more entertaining than that cunt. And I'll rip his fucking vocal chords out any day because he's fucking rubbish."
Nice.
Especially that bit about the vocal chords.