Friday, April 18, 2014

"Frontman of rising Nottingham duo Sleaford Mods hits out at retromania and the dearth of protest music - 'Noel Gallagher's got blood on his hands''"

full story at NME.com

Actually the full full story is in the newsprint edition of NME  but the website has a taster:

Stating that their name is not meant to be ironic, frontman Jason Williamson of the Nottingham based rap duo, confirms that he grew up as a Mod but turned away when the scene became too retro for him. "Creatively speaking, Noel Gallagher's got blood on his hands." Elsewhere, Williamson decries the lack of politically outspoken music in 2014, saying; "Ever since Thatcher got in and cut everything to the bone, it should have been protest music all the way."
Read more at http://www.nme.com/news/oasis/76793#Oaq4Seeo0TpMPZkE.99
"Stating that their name is not meant to be ironic, frontman Jason Williamson of the Nottingham based rap duo, confirms that he grew up as a Mod but turned away when the scene became too retro for him. "Creatively speaking, Noel Gallagher's got blood on his hands." Elsewhere, Williamson decries the lack of politically outspoken music in 2014, saying; "Ever since Thatcher got in and cut everything to the bone, it should have been protest music all the way."

Stating that their name is not meant to be ironic, frontman Jason Williamson of the Nottingham based rap duo, confirms that he grew up as a Mod but turned away when the scene became too retro for him. "Creatively speaking, Noel Gallagher's got blood on his hands." Elsewhere, Williamson decries the lack of politically outspoken music in 2014, saying; "Ever since Thatcher got in and cut everything to the bone, it should have been protest music all the way."
Read more at http://www.nme.com/news/oasis/76793#Oaq4Seeo0TpMPZkE.99
 I don't know about "blood on his hands" but this post-peak Oasis #1 single, recently discussed on Popular, is culturcide or historycide -  something of that order of atrocity:




Good group, Sleaford Mods





Sorta like Pitman, but for real.

1 comment:

Robin Tomens said...

Great London gig on Friday. Contrary to appearances (when performing), Jason's a good guy and very approachable.