Damon Albarn Blasts Simon Cowell's Music 'Culture'

Damon Albarn has said he wants nothing to do with the music stars associated to Simon Cowell.

The Blur and Gorillaz frontman said he struggled to “engage” with the acts Cowell had discovered, and criticised the “culture” that the music mogul had created.

Cowell’s TV shows, which include The X Factor, have continued to find new chart-toppers, including Leona Lewis and Alexandra Burke.

In an interview with MTV, Albarn said: “I can't really engage with the stuff that comes out of Simon Cowell's imagination.

“I really don't want to share his imagination, because it's ... his imagination is sort of, by a pool, where he's endlessly looking at a rubber duck, just floating from one side to the other, pulling his trousers up a little more.

"[And] someone brings him a drink, then he goes back again [to watching the duck].”

The singer added: “That's his kind of imagination, and I feel I deserve a little more than that.

“So all the music that comes out of that entire culture, that's what I think of it. ... I want no part of it, really."

As previously reported on Gigwise, Gorillaz headlined the final day of this year’s Coachella festival last weekend.

You can see photos, including the band’s set, from the event on Gigwise below. 

Day 2 and 3 at Coachella 2010