Liam Gallagher: Viva Brother Are A Proper Rock N' Roll Band

Liam Gallagher has backtracked on derogatory comments he made about Viva Brother.

Earlier this year, the Beady Eye frontman described the much-maligned band as “little posh boys with tattoos”.

But The Sun reports that at a festival in Japan recently, Gallagher told the group:  "I was only winding you boys up. You're a proper rock 'n' roll band."

Viva Brother – formerly just Brother – released their debut album 'Famous First Words' earlier this summer.

Their music has been widely criticised for its close resemblance to Britpop – a period of music Gallagher's former group Oasis pioneered in the mid-90s.

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