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Catfish and the Bottlemen frontman Van McCann has said that "guitar music's not dead" and that "Royal Blood are killing it, The 1975 are killing it".
In a new interview with NME, the singer speaks of his faith in the genre and asserts that as long as fans keep listening to it and are interested in it, the band won't change their sound for anyone.
"Guitar music's not dead. We're a guitar band and I fucking love it", McCann said. "Royal Blood are killing it, The 1975 are killing it. When we write songs, I just think, 'Are 60,000 people going to want to sing this back to me? Is someone in a nine-to-five job going to feel euphoric listening to it?' If not, I'm getting rid of it."
McCann stated as well that the band are just "normal", in response to accusations of harking back to the lad culture of nineties brit pop. He said: "We sit and play FIFA, get stoned and eat Domino's and that."
He added: "Are Oasis lad rock? Are Arctic Monkeys?... I'm a dead simple lad. I smoke fags and drink tea. I write my songs, I get in the van, I sing as good as I can. The people that get us are not the people that sit at their computers, they're the people working shit jobs or on the dole, like I was."
Catfish and The Bottlemen were awarded the first BBC Introducing Award last week and are currently touring the UK. Tickets for the band are on sale now. For tickets and more information click here.
