May 18, 2006 • 1 min read

Razorlight better than Monkeys say, er, Razorlight

Razorlight's Johnny Borrell has told NME his band are better than Arctic Monkeys, and that other bands are too.

Razorlight's Johnny Borrell has said that his band are way better than Arctic Monkeys, and what's more, lots of other bands are too. In a new interview with NME, the singer was asked if he thought Arctic Monkeys were better than his own band, to which he retorted: "What? Of course I fucking don't. I wouldn't say they're better than the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, either. Or The Strokes, or even like The Libertines were for those five minutes when they were brilliant. But they deserve it because the door was open for them and they blew the hinges off."

Borrell also went on to speak of his own "genius" during the course of the interview, which ought to help blow that popular perception that he's an arrogant wanker right out of the water.

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