Cantankerous Sex Pistols and PiL singer John Lydon has taken a swipe at Arctic Monkeys calling them a “mockery.”
The 54-year-old punk rocker, who has previously slammed Coldplay, Duffy, The Eagles, Bloc Party etc..., savaged the Sheffield indie outfit in the latest edition of Q Magazine.
He blasted: “That's not a band. That's a showbiz construct. A mockery. That's very much like that awful band Green Day or Avril Lavigne”.
Asked about Alex Turner's song-writing ability, Lydon blathered on: "He just turns on the computer and types in 'punk' and it goes ping.
“I see no gut-wrenching soul-searching going on there. Just pleasant little ditties. There's room for that, but I'm seeking more substance."
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- Absolutely, about time someone told it like it was. It's the way they are constricted, it's a disgrace they get away with it. It is'nt about being in a band, it's about making money and pissing on music for this lot. Horrible.
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- what??? turners ****ing genius (and im not some crazed indie kid who treats nme as the bible btw) lydon doesnt have a clue whats up with the whole computer thing? and alex chonger british butter?? its obvs the arctic monkeys squeezing money out of music. dick.
- The arctic monkeys ain't about being in a band, it's as simple as that, it's about mass production, brainwashing. Lydon was shafted in the first place, the great rock n'roll swindle, he was partly responsible for making British music influential around the world. Who else would do the ad. Never Mind the bollox, tit.
- lmao - go back to ya butter adverts
- sex pistols were a band created to meet the needs of london desingers during the punk era thers no escaping that fact. arctic monkeys are a group of mates from sheffield who write quality tunes and the people who like the music buy it no brainwashing there. the ad was against the whole against the industry shite he was used by. lydon did **** all for britain..beatle mania or something ???
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