Former Auteurs and Black Box Recorder man Luke Haines has launched a series of scathing attacks on some of Britpop’s biggest stars, including Oasis, Radiohead and Blur.
The accounts are published in Haines’ new autobiography, called ‘Bad Vibes: Britpop And My Part In Its Downfall’.
Despite admitting that Noel Gallagher once congratulated him on the quality of his own songs, Haines dismisses Oasis as “mindless northern bluff” in the book, reports The Times.
Blur, who Haines labels “habitual bandwagon jumpers”, are summed up by the singer-songwriter as “a masterclass in media complicity”.
However, Haines is most bitter about Radiohead, who he calls “that most heinous of creatures, a heavy rock outfit, fright-wig and all”.
The book also sees Haines lay into Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain for inadvertently starting Britpop by committing suicide. “Without the abrupt end of Nirvana there would have been no light entertainment battle for Number One between Blur and Oasis,” he said.
“Not only did Cobain kill himself, he went and left the bloody door open on his way out.”
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Brilliant.
