Noel Gallagher says he thinks The 1975 are “shit” and “not rock”
nme.comNoel Gallagher has shared his thoughts on the state of modern rock – and that he’s not a fan of The 1975.In the latest instalment of NME‘s In Conversation series, Gallagher was asked if he feels his music with Oasis has had much of an influence on today’s crop of musicians, to which he said that he felt that guitar music had become “marginalised”.
He also disputed the notion of The 1975 being a rock band.“Oasis’ influence, I think, was for people to fucking start a band in the first place,” he said. “I do meet loads of guys who say that and that’s great.
There are a lot of them around, it’s just a pity guitar music has become marginalised. You’ve either got to be rock, or that fucking [The] 1975.
At the BRITs, The 1975 won Best Rock or some fucking shit.“I was watching it with my kids, two teenage lads, thinking, ‘Is it me being a grumpy old man, or is this shit?’ They were both going, ‘Oh no, this is fucking shit’.
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