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    Interpol's Paul Banks Labels Carlos Dengler An 'A-Hole'

    He also praises former band mate...

    January 13, 2011 by Jason Gregory | Photo by Carsten Windhorst
    Interpol's Paul Banks Labels Carlos Dengler An 'A-Hole'

    Interpol frontman Paul Banks has called his former band mate Carlos Dengler an “a-hole”.

    But in the same interview the singer also went on to label the bassist a “genius”.

    His comments came after he was asked how he had coped with Dengler’s decision to leave the group last year.

    "I'm the kind of person where, if I think someone is a genius, I'll put up with tonnes of crap from them,” Banks told Australian radio station Undercover.fm.

    "If you're in the presence of someone who you think is a genius then you think, 'I'd rather deal with them being an a-hole than not’.”

    He added: “It's a more rare treat, a more rare treasure, their ability. Carlos is that."

    Dengler was involved in the recording of the band’s latest self-titled album but left before its release.

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