Mike Skinner: 'Damon Albarn needs to stop'

Mike Skinner has revealed he does not regret ending his career as the frontman of The Streets, and cites Damon Albarn as the inspiration for his retirement.

The rapper/producer has told The Guardian that he had no intentions of ending up an aging rocker, citing the Blur frontman as an example.

"Noel Gallagher has always just stood there and sung a song, and I think you can take that right through to middle age," Skinner told the broadsheet when asked about his decision to end his music career. "He's so graceful, isn't he? Whereas Damon Albarn, say, needs to stop, 'cos his kind of music is, 'I'm a bit mad'. Eurgh, it just doesn't work. And unfortunately my music is, 'I'm a bit mad.' So no. No regrets at all."

Skinner ended The Streets in 2011 after the release of 'Computers and Blues' to focus on his production and music video directing career.