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Kasabian Lament The Lack Of Bands In UK Charts

They believe the internet is partly to blame...

April 06, 2010 by Scott Colothan | Photo by wenn.com / Shirlaine Forrest
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Kasabian have hit out at the state of the UK music charts saying it's devoid of bands.

Singer Tom Meighan even suggested that the internet has taken “the shine” from rock n' roll as there is too much out there.

"There's no bands in the Top 40 these days, is there? Singles and albums chart - no bands, man,” Meighan complained to the NME.

"I think the internet's took the shine off rock 'n' roll. Everything's splintered now.

“When we got signed it's like we jumped on the last boat out of Armageddon."

In a separate interview with clickliverpool.com last autumn, Serge Pizzorno bemoaned the lack of talent left to take up Oasis' mantle as the UK's biggest rock band.

Pizzorno said: “We never actually said we were the biggest band in the UK but what we did say is that now with Oasis splitting up, there aren’t many proper rock n roll bands left. Can you name one?

“There are only us and the Arctic Monkeys. All the rest of them have released shit albums or didn’t care enough in the first place.”

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  • What about Muse you dick head.Another band worthy of a lot more credit are Oceansize - 10X more creative than Kasabian are.Arctic Monkeys last album sound like they don't care also - very pedestrian.Kasabian themselves are one of the most predictable rock bands out there.Although I don't particularly like the post-hardcore / punk pop bands there are quite a few of them about (leave it to someone else to name them) - rather convenient not mentioning them.

    ~ by Scratchy7929 4/6/2010 Report

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  • Tom was spot on what he said. iTunes chart for example, it's top ten includes Lady Gaga, Rihanna, Cheryl Cole etc, the same old crap that's been in there for a while and there's no proper bands in that chart. Serge makes a good arguement cos when you consider it a lot of the good bands come from the US, The Drums, Yeah Yeah Yeahs etc, but having said there are a lot of good bands in Britain, but because of the pop culture in Britain nowadays, they do not get the publicity and miss

    ~ by Rooftops 4/6/2010 Report

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