Noel Gallagher reveals the worst five bands he hates most, including Blur, Maroon 5, and The Beach Boys. Brutal honesty or pure entertainment?
Noel Gallagher reveals the worst five bands he hates most, including Blur, Maroon 5, and The Beach Boys. Brutal honesty or pure entertainment?
Chances are, he’s said something scathing about them. Is it bitterness? Brutal honesty? Or just savvy PR?
Whatever it is, it’s always entertaining.
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Noel has never been modest. He accepts his status as a brilliant songwriter. He helped build Oasis into one of the greatest UK bands.
But he doesn’t extend that respect to everyone. In fact, he’s gone after several famous bands over the years.
These are the five bands he truly despises — and the quotes prove it.
5. “Maroon 5”
They may be chart-toppers, but Noel has zero time for them.
He met one of the band members at a party. When he learned he played bass in Maroon 5, Noel snapped:
“Fucking shit! How the fuck have you gotten Maroon 5 from what I’m doing? Get the hell out of my sight.”
Despite their hits like “This Love” and “She Will Be Loved,” Noel wasn’t impressed by their Oasis fandom.
4. “Radiohead”
Noel Gallagher dislikes both their music and attitude. He criticized Radiohead for complaining about fame.
Speaking of their documentary Meeting People is Easy, he said:
“If you don’t enjoy it, retire. Or move to a mansion in Oxford so we don’t have to listen to you bleeding on about how shit your life is.”
3. “Kaiser Chiefs”
Unlike his support for Kasabian, Noel never respected the Kaiser Chiefs.
He believed they were just riding a wave — not creating one.
“They play dress-up and sit on top of an apex of meaninglessness. They don’t mean anything to anybody.”
2. “Blur”
The Blur vs. Oasis feud defined Britpop. And Noel didn’t hold back.
“Damon Albarn is a fucking knobber,” he said, also mocking Graham Coxon, calling him “the fucking idiot.”
It was brutal, classic Gallagher.
1. “The Beach Boys”
This one’s a shocker. Despite being Beatles-inspired, The Beach Boys got no love from Noel.
“They’re the most overrated group of all time… just barbershop quartet music.”
He even joked they were famous only because Paul McCartney liked them.
Source: Far Out Magazine
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